AIA Japan - The Future of Carbon Neutral Design with Atelier Ten

When: Thursday 21 October 2021 @ 06:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 19:00 (Japan time)
CES Credits - 2.0 LU/ HSW for AIA Members

Speakers:

Junko Nakagawa, Associate Director, Atelier Ten New York

Shruti Kasarekar, Associate Director, Atelier Ten San Francisco

Description

As the urgency to address climate change and halt greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continues to grow, designers have a responsibility to make smart design decisions to minimize their buildings’ GHG emissions. The steps to designing a carbon-smart building are two-fold: minimize embodied carbon and bring operational carbon to zero. This session will look at the holistic carbon profile of the built environment and the cutting-edge tools and processes that design teams can use to design carbon out of their projects.

Speaker Bio

Junko Nakagawa, Associate Director, Atelier Ten New York: As an Associate Director at Atelier Ten and an experienced sustainable design consultant and architect, Junko possesses a strong interest in collaborative work with architects and design clients on high-performance building projects and masterplans. Her diverse range of experience includes past work on academic buildings, cultural and institutional structures, performing arts centers, high-rise commercial buildings, and master planning projects, with a particular focus on international projects.

Shruti Kasarekar, Associate Director, Atelier Ten San Francisco: Shruti is an Associate Director, a senior member of the Atelier Ten Energy Analysis Practice, and the Environmental Design Practice Leader for the firm. She combines her technical competency and creativity across multiple disciplines – architecture, engineering and master planning – to develop integrated, cross disciplinary solutions for projects. She is an expert on passive systems, façade and energy optimization, and energy masterplanning.