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Event Series Event Series: Health and Wellness Roundtable

Health and Wellness Roundtable

August 12, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Join the BE+ Health and Wellness Roundtable, a venue for architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss issues related to healthy buildings.

Reach out to wellness@builtenvironmentplus.org with any inquiries, questions, or concerns.

View the roundtable’s webpage

 
Group Leadership:
  • Co-Chair: Lisa Carey-Moore
  • Co-Chair: Connie (Tzou) Wijaranakul
  • Board Liason: Jenn Taranto
  • Board Liason: Heather Henriksen
  • Board Liason: Rebecca Schofield

2021 Topics & Speakers

December - Lighting (Coming Soon)
November - Big Wins and Challenges in Building Rating Certifications

More info to come – Presentations of built projects by local leaders discussing the successes and challenges when using various rating systems to drive health and wellness in the finished design.

October - Cancelled
September - Member Input & Planning Meeting
August - Materials Universe
The products we use to construct our buildings and create engaging interior spaces are expected to do more than serve a function or aesthetic. Today’s materials are being asked to have healthier ingredients, lower embodied carbon and promote circularity, and, if they’re really well conceived, address inequities and injustice throughout their supply chains.
 
Building and product certifications, as well as commitments like the 2030 Challenge or AIA Material’s Pledge provide us with frameworks for setting materials goals. Research continues to evolve to support, or even challenge, the use of certain materials. It’s a lot to stay on top of given that product selection is likely only one facet of our work.
 
Jack Dinning of Brightworks Sustainability, and a materials consultant to Harvard’s Office of Sustainability, has been regularly mapping the building products ecosystem, and is looking to engage practitioners at all levels of experience to share information and strategies for pursuing optimized materials goals.
 
Note: Attendees will get access to a Miro board prior to the session that will be the focus of the collaborative discussion and once complete, can serve as a resource for accelerating the work of optimized materials.
Thank You to our Health & Wellness sponsor Superior Essex!

*Roundtables are FREE for Built Environment Plus Members. Enter your email into the promo code field for 100% off.

**New to the Roundtables? Join as a Newcomer, and come visit up to 3 times for FREE. After that, consider becoming a BE+ Member, or purchase general admission to return as you like.

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August 12, 2021
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