Join the Boston Society of Architects for a roundtable discussion about how firms can help Boston meet the goals of the AIA 2030 Commitment.
The AIA 2030 Commitment is a growing national initiative that provides a consistent, national framework with simple metrics and a standardized reporting format to help firms evaluate the impact that design decisions have on an individual project’s energy performance. This year, 13 Boston area firms have submitted their data and during the discussion the information will be presented.
The discussion will examine the 2012 and 2013 data to evaluate our progress with regard to the track the AIA 2030 Commitment lays out. Payette’s Director of Building Science Andrea Love will also share her recent experiences and introduce the benefits of a new online reporting tool for the 2030 Commitment that is launching early this year.
Details
January 27, 6:00 pm
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at the BSA
Presentation by
Emil A. Cuevas Assoc. AIA, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Jamie Newhouse, BSA Committee on the Environment intern, Wentworth Institute of Technology, ’16
Moderator
Mike Davis FAIA, Principal, Bergmeyer Associates
Panelists
Andrea Love AIA, Director of Building Science, Payette
Philippe Généreux AIA, Associate, SMMA/Symmes Maini & McKee Associate
Jim Stanislaski AIA, Senior Associate, Gensler
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently completed a new inpatient building in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. A rich texture and palette of materials adorn the wall along the base of the building. Polished black granite forms the watercourse and seat walls, warm gray granite is used on the large wall panels, and an alternating texture of black granite, green glazed terracotta, and weathered steel is applied to the vertical recesses between the granite wall panels.
This design accentuates key elements in the landscape and introduces an intimate human scale and craftsmanship to the pedestrian realm.
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