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 #5 | Sept 24 | 9am to 11:15am | 2 AIA LU|HSW Available
Designing for End of Life: Assumptions vs Actualities
The final workshop will explore the topic of designing for a building’s end of life material flows. Frequently, only cradle to gate is considered when selecting a building material for its carbon content; however, WBLCA carbon content depends upon the longevity of a material, a building and an uncertain future. Concrete, steel and mass timber structural systems all claim recyclability and re-use potential but these are impacted by initial design considerations and market forces. The panel will consist of researchers and practitioners working to shape future material pathways through decisions made at the outset of a project and also bring together European and North American perspectives.
You can register for all 5 workshops at the link below.
In this presentation, participants will be able to:
Understand end of life pathways and their ability to reduce environmental impacts of building materials.
Describe the re-use potential of concrete, steel, and mass timber and how recycling will reduce the global warming potential of each material.
Discuss current research around building end of life pathways.
Describe innovative design strategies for building deconstruction and re-use to further reduce the environmental impacts of buildings.
This work was funded through USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS 58-0204-66-002) grant and in association with TallWood Design Institute