Presenters:

James Jenkins, Senior Project Associate, O’Brien & Company

As we move towards net zero energy buildings, the embodied energy becomes a larger and larger percentage of its overall impact on climate change. We know how to achieve net zero energy and have several strategies to achieve it but we don’t always understand the ramifications of our choices from a larger carbon perspective. In this session we’ll look at various types of insulation and solar pv system and explore the interrelationship of these two strategies on the overall embodied carbon emissions of net zero energy single family residence design.

We’ll also take a look at the implications of insulation choices on various LBC Imperatives related to insulations and solar pv choices: Red List, Appropriate Sourcing, Embodied Carbon and Conservation and Reuse.

Session Format:  Session will be a mixture of presentation, discussion and exercises.

Presenter Bios

James Jenkins
James provides technical leadership to a large portfolio of commercial and residential green building projects at O’Brien & Company. He is well versed in green building certification programs such as LEED, Built Green, and Living Building Challenge and facilitates project design and construction teams. James works closely with his clients to provide well-rounded education on green building techniques and on-site practices, and ensures team compliance and proper tracking for certification projects.