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Carbon Narratives for Design Planning Workshop Series - Workshop 2

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 #2 | May 28 | 9am to 11:15am | 2 AIA LU|HSW Available

Beyond the EPD: Economics, Equity, Ecology

The second of the workshop series will explore large scale implications of forestry practices, such as extensive or intensive harvesting, on surrounding communities, interrelated ecological networks, and global climate change. Members of the AEC industry seek clarification on how their roles and decisions in these various practices will impact the environment. The panelists represent a variety of backgrounds all unified around the questions of economics, equity, and ecology regarding the use of timber and wood building products. The facilitated conversations hope to distinguish between idealized scenarios and actual realities when it comes to advancement in forestry practices and the regulations of forested lands.  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:

  1. Understand forest ecology impacts, resilience and biogenic carbon caused by clear cutting and/or selective thinning practices.

  2. Discuss the ecological and economic consequences to surrounding communities from forest management practices and government regulations in forested lands.

  3. Describe the AEC’s role in market demand and global carbon impacts through the specification of wood products.

  4. Discuss points of improvement in our current practice and regulation of forested lands to further enhance the vitality of forests and surrounding communities.

Workshops 3-5 | 9-11:15am | Save the Dates!

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

Earlier Event: May 27
Thursday Roundtable