The second day of the online symposium will consist of a keynote speech and three 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
Associate Dean of Research, Penn State College of Arts and Architecture
Mallika Bose
Director, Global Building Network
Esther Obonyo
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
Stephen Richardson
European Regional Network Director, World Green Building Council
8:50-10:20am
(U.S. Eastern)
1:50-3:20pm (GMT)
2:50-4:20pm (CET)
Session 3:
Embodied Carbon – Urban Scale Perspectives
Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Moderator
a. Approaches and System Boundaries for Urban Carbon Accounts
Klaus Hubacek, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Presenter
Yuli Shan, University of Birmingham, UK
Presenter
Shaoqing Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
b. Quantifying the Sunk Carbon Cost of Cities: Fifty years of construction in Odense, Denmark
Srinivasa Raghavendra Bhuvan Gummidi, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Presenter
Benjamin Goldstein, McGill University, Canada
Joshua Sohn, University of Southern Denmark
Maud Lanau, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Morten Birkved, University of Southern Denmark
Gang Liu, University of Southern Denmark
c. Embodied Carbon in Urban Transport: What is the best way to decarbonize?
Shoshanna Saxe, University of Toronto, Canada
Presenter
d. Lifecycle Assessment Applied to the Eco-design of Urban Projects in France
Bruno Peuportier, MINES Paris Tech, France
Presenter
Patrick Schalbart, MINES Paris Tech, France
10:20-10:25am
(U.S. Eastern)
3:20-3:25pm (GMT)
4:20-4:25pm (CET)
Break
10:25-11:55am
(U.S. Eastern)
3:25-4:55pm (GMT)
4:25-5:55pm (CET)
Session 4:
Embodied Carbon – Building Scale Perspectives
Dan Willis, Penn State, USA
Moderator
a. Methods and Indicators of Climate and Resource Footprints Assessment in Building Information Modeling
Husam Sameer, University of Kassel, Germany
Presenter
Clemens Mostert, University of Kassel, Germany
Stefan Bringezu, University of Kassel, Germany
b. Achieving Social Justice and Environmental Justice in Safe, Affordable Housing through a Materials-centered, Multi-level, Transdisciplinary Approach
Giulia Celentano, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Esther Obonyo, Penn State, USA
Presenter
Guillaume Habert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
c. Embodied Carbon and Building Retrofit, an Example
Freya Wise, The Open University, UK
Presenter
d. Causes of Real and Apparent Variations in Embodied Carbon Impacts of Construction Materials
Jane Anderson, The Open University, UK
Presenter
Derek Jones
11:55am-12:00pm
(U.S. Eastern)
4:55-5:00pm (GMT)
5:55-6:00pm (CET)
Break
12:00-1:10pm
(U.S. Eastern)
5:00-6:10pm (GMT)
6:00-7:10pm (CET)
Session 5:
Embodied Carbon – Material Scale Perspectives
Alice Moncaster, The Open University, UK
Moderator
a. Three Windows: Accounting for embodied resources and cultural value
Lynnette Widder, Columbia University, USA Presenter
Christoph Meinrenken, Columbia University, USA
Presenter
c. Embodied Carbon in Biogenic and Earth Materials: Accounting for the work of the biogeosphere in construction materials
Bill Braham, University of Pennsylvania, USA Presenter
Miaomiao Hou, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Suryakiran Prabhakaran, University of Pennsylvania, USA
b. Farm to Building: Catalyzing the use of net-zero, natural, and healthier building materials
Lola Ben-Alon, Columbia University, USA Presenter
1:10-1:15pm
(U.S. Eastern)
6:10-6:15pm (GMT)
7:10-7:15pm (CET)
Concluding Remarks
1:15-1:45pm
(U.S. Eastern)
6:15-6:45pm (GMT)
7:15-7:45pm (CET)