BuildingEnergy Boston 2025 - Sessions by Room
Sessions in Marina 3-4
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Anti-Racism In Action Join us for a facilitated conversation around the topic of structural racism in the construction industry, using a format that NESEA's Anti Racist Action Group (ARAG) follows in its meetings. Led... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Asher Greenberg Kate Stephenson Andrew Webster |
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Carbon in the Landscape: A New Frontier in the Whole-Carbon Approach This session will explore how strategies from the 2023 MA Healthy Soils Action Plan (HSAP) can transform our approach to site development and expand the carbon counting boundary. We’ll look at... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Sebastian Gutwein Jim Newman |
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The Curb-Cut Effect: Practical Tools for Engaging Neurodiverse Project Teams Research estimates that at least 25% of people working in the AEC industry are neurodivergent, and yet most project teams are organized with the neurotypical brain in mind. Given that high-... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Miriam Aylward Mel Houser Kai Fast |
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Building Material Reuse: The Time for Circularity Is Here! The building industry is assembling a circular economy, and we need you! Participants of all roles (architects, contractors, owners, fabricators, policymakers, etc.) are invited to learn what it... Full Description |
10:30 am to 12:00 pm |
Olivia Huang Michael Orbank |
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Breaking the Design Bubble: Community Engagement and Youth Empowerment The design profession has responded creatively and urgently to climate impacts, but there is more! We must ensure that design responses are socially equitable and tap into the immense knowledge... Full Description |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Laura Bailey Heather Ferrell |
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Moving Beyond: Leveraging Moral Imagination to Accelerate Systems Change Expanding leadership skills and perspectives is vital to breaking through “business as usual” mindsets and enacting industry-wide change. Using an interactive moral imagination exercise, we guide... Full Description |
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm |
Melissa O'Mara Kevin Stack |
