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 #3 | August 12 | 9am to 11:15am | 2 AIA LU|HSW Available
Comparing Carbon Narratives: how do concrete, steel, and mass timber actually perform?
The third workshop will address the comparative carbon analysis of three common structural materials, concrete, steel, and mass timber, and will explore the complications associated with hybrid structural systems. All three industries producing these materials advocate for the use of their material to reduce carbon in the built environment, each drawing on data and assumptions to support claims. The conversations will investigate these claims across all modules of Whole Building Life Cycle Analysis to understand the at times divergent narratives of building carbon estimation. The purpose of the panel discussion is to discuss the nuances, assumptions, and missing data points with experts studying these carbon models. 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:
Understand the differences in the carbon impact of the three main structural systems; concrete, steel, and mass timber.
Understand the differences in the energy performance of the three main structural systems; concrete, steel, and mass timber.
Discuss the inputs and assumptions with hybrid structural systems regarding carbon counting and energy performance analysis (WBLCA).
Evaluate the credibility of research sources and the strategies to identify biased data.
Workshops 5 | 9-11:15am | Save the Dates!
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