The University of Oregon’s Net ZED Lab, in association with TallWood Design Institute, CORRIM, and AIA Oregon are launching a series of five workshops to focus on unanswered questions or conflicting narratives in the professional design community related to carbon in structural building materials. To develop a more consistent narrative for the carbon conscious selection of structural building materials, we are inviting AEC members from multiple scales of practice, to query scientific and industry experts.
Workshop #1 | Apr 30 | 9am to 11:15 | 2 AIA LU|HSW Available
Wood Certifications: What is the difference and is it worth the extra cost?
The first of the workshop series will center conversations around North American forest certification programs, and the increasing demand for wood building products. Panelists of foresters representing small, medium, and large-scaled operations, will candidly speak about forest management practices in the Pacific Northwestern United States and Canada. Their “boots on the ground” perspective will provide invaluable insight on how the AEC’s desire for wood building products impact local ecologies, economics, and overall forest sustainability. The complexities of what it means to select wood from certified forests, costs, and the misconceptions and understandings of what our design decisions mean will be covered from forestry perspectives. There will be a Q&A period following the panelist presentations.
You can register for all 5 workshops at the link below.
In this presentation, participants will be able to:
Describe the differences between forest certification systems in North America, and the impacts to biodiversity and local ecology under different certifications.
Discuss the common misconceptions around forest certification systems, and the need for science-based information that help consumers appreciate responsible forest management practices and conservation-related values.
Describe the costs associated with maintaining an ecological balance and forest certification.
Recognize forest ecology impacts, resilience and biogenic carbon footprint caused by clear cutting and/or selective thinning practices.
Workshops 2-5 | 9-11:15 am | Save the Dates!
May 28 | Beyond the EPD
June 25 | Comparing Narratives
July 30 | LCA Assumptions
September 24 | Building the End of Life
This work was funded through USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS 58-0204-66-002) grant and in association with TallWood Design Institute