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NZ19: Building as a Conscious Act
October 2, 2019 - October 4, 2019
NZ19, the Net Zero Conference, is the largest Net Zero Building Conference and Expo. The conference brings together design professionals from across the world for three days of education sessions, tours, and professional networking. This year’s conference will take place October 2-4, 2019 in Los Angeles.
Session Overview: Building as a Conscious Act – Finding Opportunity in Health, Resiliency and Community
100,000 years ago, humans had a near extinction. From those 2000 people came the billions we have today. Now we are facing a new threat of extinction.
In the next decade, more than 6,000 cities, states, and provinces around the world will try to do something that has eluded humanity for 50 years: reduce their carbon emissions. But at our rate of urbanization, we’re building the equivalent of a city the size of New York every five weeks.
Ideas that seem crazy today will seem sane in 10 years. In a world where we will “do anything” to end homelessness (except build homes); will “do anything” to end hunger (except provide food); and will “do anything” to cut emissions (except use less coal), we need new, bold solutions to our address our built environment.
In this talk, we’ll journey through an inspirational look at the global crises facing the world and a variety of ways to transform your business to adapt to a warmer, wetter world. Learn from our work with hundreds of municipalities, agencies, and companies to reduce their carbon, boost their performance, slash their operational expenses, and provide healthy spaces for everyone. Learn how to link design to outcome and uncover new ways to expand your business.
Design affects everything. The typeface in your child’s textbook affects their ability to comprehend the information. The ceiling height of your office affects the productivity of your employees. Imagine how you can use design to transform your business to improve outcomes in health, energy, carbon, and more. If you plan cities for cars & traffic, you get cars & traffic. If you plan for people & places, you get people & places.
This session will be presented by Eric Corey Freed, Sustainability Disruptor, on Thursday, October 3 at 3:15 pm in room 150 B.