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It’s Now or Now: Every Building Counts

IT’S NOW OR NOW: EVERY BUILDING COUNTS

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DATE: Monday, July 25, 2022
TIME: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
PLATFORM: Hybrid Zoom or In-Person
VENUE: If attending in person and weather permitting - Nexus Creative Design, 100 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591
CREDITS: 2 AIA PDH HSW
PRICE: AIA $35 / Associate AIA $25 / Non Members $45 (If attending in-person, please email Alexandra Kovenat at alex@usechroma.com by 7/24/22)

Edward Mazria FAIA FRAIC, founder of Architecture 2030 and recipient of the 2021 AIA Gold medal, will deliver a riveting presentation on keeping the Paris Agreement 1.5oC alive and the extraordinary transformation underway in the building sector and built environment to address the most pressing issues of our time – urbanization, energy, and climate change.

Learning Objectives:

  1. To gain a better understanding of the contributions made by the building and development industry to climate change.

  2. To be better able to appreciate and analyze the successes and failures of past efforts to change architectural and development practices.

  3. To better understand to goals set by Architecture 2030 and the tools available for architectural practices to mitigate the climate change impacts of their work.

  4. To understand ways in which the architectural community can impact governmental policy and climate change at the local, state and national levels.