Next month, catch Payette’s Sara Gewurz, Sarah Lindenfeld, and Mali Ouzts discuss inclusivity in management at this year’s Women’s Leadership Summit on Sept 12-Sept 14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of the only gatherings where women architects and designers are surrounded by other women in a professional setting, it creates an environment where women can contribute unique perspectives and facilitate conversations about challenges within the industry.
The path to change: advocating for inclusivity through management
As firms change their approaches to any number of issues related to building an equitable, diverse and inclusive future, there’s a movement happening in many firms. It’s often not at the top – it’s those leading from the middle that are agitating for change. They do it through integrating equity in practice management, project management and even in the upward management of project teams. Hear from three different perspectives inside one firm about how small actions, often at the individual level, can make big gains on the path to change.
Speakers:
Sara Gewurz, AIA, LEED AP, Senior Associate
Sarah Lindenfeld, AIA, Principal
Mali Ouzts, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, Associate
Details:
September 13 | 2:15-3:15 PM
September 14 | 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Conference:
2019 Women’s Leadership Summit
September 12-14, 2019
Minneapolis, MI
Register here.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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