Presinar: Life-Cycle Assessment, LEED v4, and Environmental Product Declarations Webcast

GBCI: 0920020398

Learn how to document the least implemented requirements in LEED v4 Materials and Resources credit category from an expert life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioner.

Course Objectives:

  1. Gain understanding of what life cycle assessment (LCA) is, including specific terms and definitions.
  2. Define what whole building LCA (WBLCA) is and how it is applied within the LEED v4 BD+C building life-cycle impact reduction credit.
  3. Define environmental product declarations (EPD) and be able to locate and identify life cycle information for materials and products for the LEED BD+C v4 building product disclosure and optimization – environmental product declarations credit.
  4. Learn how to document the least implemented requirements in LEED v4 Materials and Resources credit category; understand life cycle thinking and how aspects of LCA and EPDs apply to LEED BD+C v4 building life-cycle impact reduction and building product disclosure and optimization – environmental product declarations.

Credits: 1 AIA 1 GBCI (LEED Specific BD+C, GA)

https://www.usgbc.org/education/sessions/smart-cities-11692994

Presinar: Smart Cities

GBCI: 0920016469

This session discusses new technological optimizations in highway and road systems, how creating food development and promoting agriculture is an essential component to becoming a Smart City.

Course Objectives:

  1. Identify the benefits of agriculture in urban environments.
  2. Understand the different components of the local food system that have opportunities for smart technology implementation.
  3. Analyze underutilized space for possible intervention with smart systems.
  4. Define Smart in relation to your life and your city.

Credits: 1 AIA 1 GBCI (LEED General)

https://www.usgbc.org/education/sessions/smart-cities-11692994

Upcoming USGBC MA Presinars

By USGBC MA


Do you need to maintain GBCI CE and/or LEED-NC credits to maintain accreditation? Do you just want to learn about new trends in sustainability and how to improve your designs? We offer a pretty simple way of doing this – you can attend one of our after work presinars in either Boston or Worcester.

Here's what's coming up in the near future:

 

April 12th: US Nippert Stadium Renovation Case Study
Sustainability Hub
912 Main St.
Worcester, MA, 01610

How can a building with nearly 60 percent glass on the exterior—one that is operated for only a few days per year and served by existing central plant systems—achieve LEED certification? The answer is: not easily.

April 19th: The Business Case for Sustainable Design
50 Milk St., 17th Floor, Hercules Room
Boston, MA, 02109

This lesson is intended to provide students with the foundational knowledge to understand and make the business argument for Sustainable Design and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting. It covers the high-level effects of climate change on business, as well as decisions that individual organizations must consider.

Presinar: Designing a LEED Campus in the Desert – Part 2: January 1st

By USGBC MA


The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix has created an innovative model for an interdisciplinary approach to health sciences education and research. The new iconic copper-clad Health Sciences Education Building, a $135 million dollar medical school in downtown Phoenix, will support the colleges of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, and biomedical informatics for the University of Arizona. The new LEED certified building will educate the healthcare workforce of tomorrow.

Register here!

The intended audience for this course includes architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and other design professionals. Course participants will examine the role of the contractor in LEED implementation during construction, including lessons learned, personnel training, and documentation tips discussed by the construction team. In addition, course participants will learn about positive outcomes by utilizing the Integrated Design Process. Finally, participants will be treated to an in-depth building tour that highlights the design elements of the LEED project.

Objectives

  1. Discuss how the integrated design approach affected the cost and design of the HSEB building
  2. Describe the role of the Contractor in LEED implementation during construction, including lessons learned, personnel training, and documentation tips discussed by the HSEB construction team
  3. Detail the MR and IEQ credits that the Contractor has a primary responsibility for during construction
  4. Explain the roles and responsibilities of various construction team members for the commissioning process as it relates to Enhanced Commissioning (EAc3)
  5. Articulate internal and external conditions of a project that can affect Increased Ventilation (IEQc2) Course outline: Not needed.

Location
The Sustainability Hub
912 Main Street, MA, 01610.
Worcester, Massachusetts 01610

Sun, January 1, 2017

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST

Tomorrow Night's Presinar: How to Achieve Foam Free High Performance Building Enclosures

By Alexander Landa


Foam Free High-­Performance Building Enclosures presents a clear and practical guide to achieving the highest levels of resilient and sustainable building enclosures while eliminating foam. The growing performance demands of air control, vapor control, thermal control, health and sustainability are examined. Foam insulation, dominant in today’s high­performance marketplace, is increasingly recognized as hindering many of these building performance goals. Practitioners are therefore wanting and finding new solutions that virtually eliminate foam and provide greater performance. This presentation is a careful look at how to do it.

Register here!
Wednesday, December 20th, 2016
4:30pm-6:00pm
50 Milk St., 17th Floor, Hercules Room
Boston, MA, 02109

Attendees will learn to:

1. Define what qualities differentiate high­performance enclosures from typical construction and how those qualities are evolving.

2. Describe practitioner concerns of foam insulation hindering efforts to meet the evolving high-
performance qualities.

3. Describe how a foam free enclosure can more robustly achieve the qualities of high­performance.

4. Describe practical methodologies practitioners can implement, to successfully produce a high-
performance enclosure that is foam free.

Attend Our Next Presinar – Pathway to Zero Energy Buildings Oct. 19th

By Alexander Landa, Outreach and Communications Manager


Next Wednesday, October 19th, we will be holding a presinar titled “Pathway to Zero Energy Buildings” here at our Boston office. During this session devoted to ZeroNet Energy building design and construction, you will learn all about the topic from dream to design.

For those that attend, you will become familiar with what makes a new design a NetZero Energy Building. To further expand on this emerging topic, the presinar will discuss the difference between Site and Source Energy and impact on Net Zero. If you're interested in potentially designing a NetZero building, this session will discuss potential strategies to help facilitate a Net Zero Energy project. Lastly, this session will cover the cost impacts of going Net Zero on a project.

Neil Angus will be leading a discussion following this presinar. Come equipped with questions and be ready for a focused chat on NetZero!

October is a busy month for us here at the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter! On Wednesday the 19th we're holding a LEED workshop, and then on October 26th you can join us at Google's Cambridge HQ for Healthy Materials Summit 2016.

Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
50 Milk Street, 17th Floor
Hercules Conference Room
Boston, MA, 02109

Cost of attendance is $25.00, and you can register here.

Connect with us! We can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Flickr.

Intro to SITES Presinar

By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow


Are you in need of GBCI credits?  Do you want to better understand the USGBC’s suite of LEED rating systems? If so, come to our Introduction to the SITES program presinar Wednesday, April 20th!  This is a part of our new 2016 USGBC MA Chapter webinar series that look at indoor air quality.  We'll also cover energy codes, environmental product declarations, and more later on in the year.

Join us for this informative and interactive webinar at this in person session! Each session in this series is registered for GBCI CE hours and AIA/CES LU/HSW hours. Please note, these webinars are pre- recorded and you are required to attend in person to receive credit.

Read more about the event:

​This overview of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) informs participants of the critical need for a more careful and sensitive approach to land design and development in regards to the growing population of the planet. SITES goals are identified and explained, and the concept of evaluating ecosystem services as a basis for land design and development is detailed through photographs, graphics, and SITES Pilot Project case study information.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the benefits that ecosystem services provide
  2. Explain the process for regenerative design
  3. List SITES goals
  4. Identify the process for registering a SITES project for certification

This event will be on April 20th at 50 Milk St: 17th Floor- Hercules Conference Room, Boston, 02109. Register here!

Don't Miss: Introduction to the SITES Program (Presinar)

By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow

Do you pay attention to landscape design and landscape architecture? 

Check out the new SITES program with our Presinar April 20th from 4:30 to 6!  Learn more about the event below, and register here!

This is an in-person viewing of a professionally produced information-packed webinar. It's a great networking opportunity.

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This overview of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) informs participants of the critical need for a more careful and sensitive approach to land design and development in regards to the growing population of the planet. SITES goals are identified and explained, and the concept of evaluating ecosystem services as a basis for land design and development is detailed through photographs, graphics, and SITES Pilot Project case study information.

Objectives

  1. Describe the benefits that ecosystem services provide
  2. Explain the process for regenerative design
  3. List SITES goals
  4. Identify the process for registering a SITES project for certification