Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule the event again in the future!
The Chapter’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) is excited to announce the new Healthy Materials Symposium!
The Symposium delves into the impact of materials on human and environmental health, explores the tools available for prioritizing healthy materials, and identifies strategies for project teams to make informed decisions that promote healthy and sustainable environments.
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DETAILS
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (8:00am registration, 8:30am program start)
Place: SMUD Customer Service Center – Rubicon Room, 6301 S Street, Sacramento, California 95817
Cost: $75 AIA & Allied Association Members; $125 Non-Members; $25 Students
Limited number of scholarships are available through SMUD, email [email protected] to inquire.
Meals: Break snacks & lunch are generously provided by SMUD.
Parking: For those traveling by personal vehicle, parking is available directly across from the Customer Service Center Building or street parking is available. Carpooling is highly encouraged. There is a Regional Transit Light Rail station within one block of the SMUD building (University/65th Street Station); please see www.sacrt.com for a current schedule.http://www.sacrt.com
Register: by Monday June 4, to hms2018.bpt.me
AIA CES : 6.5 AIA Learning Units
SCHEDULE
The Symposium is organized into 3 sessions, each session will feature 2-3 speakers presenting on a materials topic for 30 minutes and a panel discussion. We’ve integrated breaks and social time for additional networking and discussion!
8:00 am – Registration / Breakfast
8:30 am – Symposium Introduction by Jeffrey Long, Assoc. AIA, Program Chair
8:40 am – Session 1: The Problem
10:45 am – Break (20 min, snacks provided by SMUD)
11:05 am – Session 2: The Tools
1:10 pm – Lunch (55 min, provided by SMUD)
2:05 pm – Session 3: The Solution
4:10 pm – Meet & Greet / Social
SESSION TOPICS & SPEAKERS
SESSION 1 – The Problem: Identifying Material Impacts on Health and the Environment
Alexandra Muller, Living Product Challenge Manager, International Living Future Institute
Alex Muller is the Manager for the Living Product Challenge (LPC). at the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). The LPC is an international product sustainability framework and certification program, incentivizing the creation of healthy, regenerative products for all. Alex works daily with manufacturers pursuing the program on supply chain issues, material health and life cycle analysis; and with the program’s third party assessors to continually streamline and evolve the program, to scale its adoption. She loves having the opportunity to engage with so many different types of products and business types, focusing on not just reduction of negative impacts, but also on maximizing a businesses’ positive impacts.
Alex holds a Master’s degree in Sustainability & Technology from Purdue University. She found her niche working on the materials research (and ultimately construction) for a tiny home project, as well as vetting materials for an LBC-registered project at Purdue. Her thesis research looked at manufacturer perspectives on material health evaluation and transparency measures in the building products industry.
Garret Root, Senior Architectural Historian, Stantec
Garret Root is a Senior Architectural Historian at Stantec Consulting Services here in Sacramento. He has worked in the environmental consulting field for eight years working with a wide variety of clients. The majority of his work focuses on utilities and hydroelectric projects. He is a California native, having grown up in Yuba City and spent the last nine years in Sacramento. When not working on history projects for work he spends his time volunteering for organizations such a Preservation Sacramento, having served as that organizations President for two years.
Dean Mochrie, Vice President of Environmental Services, Stantec
Dean is the Technical Leader with Stantec’s Environmental Service Business Unit and provides technical guidance on hazardous building materials projects throughout the US and Canada. Dean has over 25 years of experience and is passionate about protecting human health and the environment. He combines this passion with his keen focus on hazardous building materials to make renovation and demolition projects safer for facility owners, occupants, contractors, and the environment. Over his career, Dean brought this passion to bear in nearly every market sector. He is an EPA accredited asbestos Building Inspector, Management Planner, Project Designer, and Contractor Supervisor and licensed in the state of California as a Certified Asbestos Consultant through the State of California, Division of Occupational Safety and Health. In addition to his asbestos credentials, Dean is also an EPA accredited and California licensed lead-based paint Inspector/Risk Assessor as well as Project Monitor through the California Department of Public Health. Dean is an advocate for volunteerism and has an affection for basketball… when not helping his clients or mentoring employees, Dean finds time to Coach Special Olympics basketball in Placer County.
SESSION 2 – The Tools: Identifying Tools of the Trade
Tom Cooper, Standards Manager, Sutter Health
Tom Cooper has been in the healthcare industry for over 30 years. He is the Sustainability & Standards Program Manager for Sutter Health. In that capacity he negotiates contracts and manages the building design standards for Sutter Health Facility & Property Services construction projects with a focus on cost, performance, aesthetics, and environmental/human health impacts. Within the construction sourcing contracts Sutter Health has established particular standards for products and building systems based on those focus areas. Tom supports project teams with product expertise and vendor performance management. Tom also manages Sutter Health’s environmental stewardship program, reporting to the Chief Medical Officer. Sutter Health has an environmental stewardship advisory body composed of senior leaders of key departments. The environmental stewardship program also has five sustainability committees that Tom oversees which focus on waste, supply chain, food, facilities, and energy & emissions. Prior to working at Sutter Health, Tom performed similar duties for Kaiser Permanente in managing their green buildings program and establishing national construction sourcing standards. Tom has a degree from UC Berkeley in social science.
Patty Karapinar, AIA, Director of Sustainability, Arch Nexus
Patty Karapinar is Director of Sustainability and an Associate Architect with Architectural Nexus, a Sacramento and Salt Lake City based architectural firm with an integrated practice (planning, landscape architecture, interior design) reaching throughout the western United States and beyond.
Her 30 years of professional experience have focused on educational and civic projects. She serves as Project Administrator on LEED, Living Building Challenge, and Collaborative for High Performance Schools projects, provides guidance to project teams, and conducts sustainability training. She has developed an in-house master specification for sustainable schools. For the Arch|Nexus SAC office, which achieved LEEDv4 Platinum, is the 19th Living Building in the world, the first in California, and the first Living Building that is an adaptive reuse of an existing building, Patty was responsible for achieving the Materials Petal including Red List vetting of every product in the building, and performed construction administration, ensuring that only healthy building materials were installed.
SESSION 3 – The Solution: Identifying Strategies to Implement Healthy Material Thinking
Genise Plessas, Architect & Design Sales Manager, Cosentino Sacramento Center
Genise Plessas is an Architect & Design Sales Manager for Cosentino Surfaces, manufacturer of Silestone and Dekton. She has been in the design community as an Interior Designer for over 17 years and during that time was a LEED-GA. While no longer certified with LEED, Genise has had a passion and awareness of design influence in the marketplace with regard to sustainability practices. As a representative for Cosentino Surfaces, she is acutely aware of competing materials that are specified without regard as to origin, content and sustainability practices of many manufacturers. Having a curiosity about each component and wondering what’s in it, keeps conversations lively and interesting. Helping an architect or designer navigate through the process of selecting the best possible materials available is at the core of each interaction. Genise currently holds the position of President for the California Capital Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association. She is also the Chair of the Architectural Control Committee for Natomas Park Master Association Community.
Bob Habian, AIA, Mason Market Development, Basalite Concrete Products
Bob Habian, AIA, is a California licensed Architect and a graduate from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He currently leads Masonry Market Development for Basalite Concrete Products, LLC, one of the largest suppliers of concrete masonry in the Western U.S. Over the past 25 years, he has advised hundreds of building industry manufactures on market strategy, and in the role of architect, entrepreneur and environmental pioneer, he continues to expand his research of the macro-dynamics of the building industry, with a particular focus on improving the quality of information exchanged between supply side manufacturers and demand side design and engineering professionals.
Jessie Buckmaster, Sustainability Manager, Hathaway Dinwiddie
Jessie Buckmaster is Sustainability Manager at Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company with 8 years’ experience in commercial construction and green building. She provides sustainability expertise and consultation for Hathaway Dinwiddie’s projects from preconstruction through certification. Jessie has worked on numerous LEED projects, and is currently working on a project pursuing full Living Building Challenge certification. In addition to being an active member of USGBC, she was Co-Facilitator for the Living Building Challenge Los Angeles Collaborative in 2016. Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction was ENR California Contractor of the Year for 2016.
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