Presenters:

Larry Strain, Principal, Siegel & Strain Architects

Reducing embodied CO2e in the built environment is critical to meet 2030 Green House Gas (GHG) reduction goals. Embodied CO2e may only represents 10 – 20% of total GHG emissions over a building’s life, but if we focus on the 20years between now and 2030, it’s more like 30 – 60%. We can reduce embodied GHG emissions through materials efficiency, lower carbon materials and local materials, and also by reusing materials and buildings. And because embodied CO2 is saved at the beginning of a building’s life, it effectively increases the rate of CO2 reduction, resulting in less total CO2 emitted.

Presenter Bios

Larry Strain
Larry Strain, Principal, Siegel & Strain Architects has a 40-year background in sustainable design. He studied ecological systems at Evergreen State College and was a student instructor at the Farallones Institute in the 1970’s. He received an M Arch from UC Berkeley, co-founded Siegel & Strain Architects in 1990, and began to systematically research sustainable materials. Larry authored Resourceful Specifications, later incorporated into the GreenSpec Directory. He speaks widely on sustainable materials and issues and serves on the Board of the Northern Cali¬fornia Chapter of the USGBC. Siegel & Strain have received over 50 design and sustainable design awards.