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Materials Certificate Program Course 4 - Life Cycle Assessment: Tools to Reduce Environmental Impact
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Presented by the Committee On The Environment of AIA St. Louis

2/17/2023
When: Friday, February 17, 2023
12:00 PM
Where: ZOOM
United States
Contact: Patrick Tetley
ptetley@aia-stlouis.org
314-621-3484

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About the course:

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a useful tool for understanding products and whole buildings. This course simplifies the LCA process and describes its limits and opportunities for architects. You’ll also review an extended case study that reveals how one firm embraced LCA to deliver a LEED Platinum office building.

Moderator:

Ralph Bicknese, AIA,
LEED AP BD+C, LEED Fellow

Principal

Helmuth + Bicknese Architects

 

Ralph Bicknese is an architect, LEED Fellow and principal at Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects. He has been active in green building throughout his 40+ year career. Ralph is a mentor to students and professionals, a frequent lecturer/presenter on sustainability in design, has participated in over 55 LEED projects, 11 projects seeking LBC certification and several net zero energy projects.

Ralph served in a variety of leadership positions with the USGBC MO Gateway Chapter and is a founding member of the City of Maplewood Sustainability Commission (1/2011-present). He participated in development of “The New Orleans Principles” as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Ralph served on the AIA Materials Knowledge Working Group 2016-2021, was co-chair in 2019 and chair 2020-21, served on the AIA Sustainable Leadership Group 2019-2020, is a member of the AIA’s Committee on Climate Change and Design Excellence (CCADE) from Jan 2021-present, a member of the AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence Task Force, a two-time technical reviewer for the AIA COTE Top 10 Awards and serves on the mindfulMaterials Content Advisory Board fall 2021-present.

 

About the Materials Certificate Program:

Material selection is a core service provided by architects, but that process is far from simple. The Materials Certificate Program untangles the complexities of that process in five essential courses. The key? Materials transparency. When you know everything you can about the materials you use, you’re able to make the best product decisions for projects, people, and the environment. The courses cover different types of impacts, and best practices for reducing these impacts, from industry-best instructors. Each course will be followed by a Q&A session moderated by local and national experts.

 

Each course is worth (1) LU/HSW credit.  Take all five courses and earn a certificate!  All courses are free of charge, courtesy of our series sponsor, CaraGreen - Home - CaraGreen.

 

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