Chris Magwood

Chris Magwood

Manager, Carbon Free Buildings

RMI

Chris Magwood helped to establish Builders for Climate Action in 2019 and has been leading development of the BEAM carbon estimator tool for low-rise construction.

In 2022, Chris joined the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Embodied Carbon initiative within RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. From 2011-2022, Chris was a director and teacher at The Endeavour Centre, a not-for-profit sustainable building school. Chris has authored seven books on sustainable building. His most recent book, Building Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture, is co-authored with Bruce King and published by Island Press.

Chris is an active speaker and workshop instructor in Canada and internationally.

Past Conference Sessions

Session Title	Event
RESNET Standard 1550: Embodied Carbon Comes of Age	BuildingEnergy Boston 2025
The Materials Revolution	BuildingEnergy Boston 2025
Retrofitting Existing Buildings into Low-Carbon Assets	BuildingEnergy Boston 2023
Carbon Storing Buildings: A Gateway to Justice and Belonging	BuildingEnergy Boston 2023
Embodied Carbon in Materials: Real Steps to Drawing Down Carbon in our Buildings	BuildingEnergy Boston 2020
Carbon Drawdown Now! Prefabricated, Carbon-Storing Building Components Built Before Your Eyes	BuildingEnergy Boston 2019
Carbon Drawdown Now! Turning Buildings into Carbon Sinks	BuildingEnergy Boston 2019
Integrative Carbon Building: Embodied Carbon, Net Positive Carbon, and the New Carbon Architecture	BuildingEnergy Boston 2018

Chris Magwood

Past Conference Sessions

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