Event Description
This session explores how architects can leverage AI and automation to address embodied carbon challenges, reduce environmental impact, and streamline compliance with evolving regulations like Title 24. Key takeaways include strategies for benchmarking embodied carbon, integrating tools like EC3, and implementing data-driven workflows to enhance efficiency and sustainability. Attendees will gain actionable insights into aligning design goals with climate-positive outcomes, supported by case studies and practical applications in real-world projects.
Speaker
Patrick Chopson, AIA, Co-Founder and CPO, cove
Moderator
Manon Sora Koestoer, AIA I President, AIA Southeast Asia
CES: 1 LU/HSW for AIA Members
Speaker Bio
Patrick Chopson is the CPO and Co-Founder of cove, an AI-powered building performance and sustainability consulting company, where he leads product development and research initiatives. A licensed architect and Georgia Tech graduate with a Master's in High Performance Buildings, Patrick brings over 20 years of experience spanning architecture, research, and mechanical engineering.
Before founding cove, he co-launched the successful building performance consulting firm Pattern r+d. His work has been featured in prominent publications, including Architect Magazine, TechCrunch, Site Selection, and ArchDaily. Patrick is also the co-author of Build Like It’s the End of the World: A Practical Guide to Decarbonize Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, published in 2024.
Moderator Bio
Manon Sora Koestoer is the Founder and the Principal of Spatiality Studio Pte Ltd, is a registered architect in the US (Texas) since 2004. Graduated from Texas A&M University in 1997 and an NDTV award-winning architect in 2013 for Chaithanya Smaran Project in Bangalore, India.
Focusing on laboratory, life sciences, work spaces and interior projects, Manon is an IFBA certified bio-safety professional and has over 20 years professional experience in architectural practice in United States and Singapore with project ranging from laboratories, data centre, institution, interior design, resort, master planning, high-rise, education and research.
Manon served on the AIA International Board of Directors as the Director for Unassigned Members in 2015-2016. He is the current Country Representative for Singapore, and the AIA Southeast Asia section President.
