28 Nov 2022

The first day of the online symposium will consist of a keynote lecture and two sessions. More details can be found below.


8:00-8:10am
(U.S. Eastern)

1:00-1:10pm (GMT)
2:00-2:10pm (CET)

Opening Remarks

Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Dean, Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
B. Stephen Carpenter II

Director, Penn State Institutes of Energy and Environment
Bruce Logan

Symposium Co-chairs
Rahman Azari, Alice Moncaster, Freja Nygaard Rasmussen


8:10-8:50am
(U.S. Eastern)

1:10-1:50pm (GMT)
2:10-2:50pm (CET)

Keynote Speech

Luke Leung
Sustainability Engineering Studio Director, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)


8:50-10:20am
(U.S. Eastern)

1:50-3:20pm (GMT)
2:50-4:20pm (CET)

Session 1:
Embodied Carbon – Some Questions and Key Debates

Rahman Azari, Penn State, USA
Moderator



a. A Manifesto for Minimal Embodied Carbon: A question of politics not percentages

Alice Moncaster, The Open University, UK
Presenter


b. Climate Neutral and Circular Built Environment – Right Here, Right Now

Guillaume Habert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Presenter



c. Net Zero in Buildings and Construction: Use and misuse of carbon offsets

Bernardino D’Amico, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Presenter

Francesco Pomponi, Edinburgh Napier University, UK



d. Characterization of Links between Embodied Carbon and Thermal Mass

Matan Mayer, IE University, Spain
Presenter

Jonathan Grinham, Harvard University, USA
Presenter



10:20-10:25am
(U.S. Eastern)

3:20-3:25pm (GMT)
4:20-4:25pm (CET)

Break


10:25am-12:10pm
(U.S. Eastern)

3:25-5:10pm (GMT)
4:25-6:10pm (CET)

Session 2:
Embodied Decarbonization – Policies and Approaches

Alice Moncaster, The Open University, UK
Moderator



a. Building Decarbonization in the United States

Rahman Azari, Penn State, USA
Presenter


b. Embodied Carbon in Building Regulation: Development and implementation in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark

Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Presenter

Harpa Birgisdottir, Aalborg University, Denmark
Tove Malmqvist, KTH, Sweden
Matti Kuttinen, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
Tarja Hakkinen, Ministry of the Environment, Finland


c. Global Carbon Budgets for the Built Environment: How far are we to achieve a 1.5°C limit in global warming? A Swiss example

Yasmine Dominique Priore, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Presenter

Guillaume Habert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Jusselme, HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse, Switzerland


d. The Levels Process and the Life Levels Project: Supporting the development of quality data

Borja Izaola, Green Building Council, Spain
Presenter


e. Embodied Carbon – Knowledge Building for Industry

Aoife Houlihan Wiberg, Ulster University, UK; NTNU, Norway
Presenter

Harpa Birgisdottir, Alborg University, Denmark
Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Tove Malmqvist, KTH, SwedenAlice Moncaster, Open University, UK


12:10-12:40pm
(U.S. Eastern)

5:10-5:40pm (GMT)
6:10-6:40pm (CET)

Networking