29 Nov 2022

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)

Networking