Event
Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) Boston: Carbon in the Landscape
-
COST
Free for BSA members, $10 General admission. Learn more about membership options here.
-
TYPE
CEs
-
AUDIENCE
Professionals
-
ACCREDITATIONS
1 LU/HSW AIA credit available
Site design professionals play a critical role in helping to reduce the embodied (and operational) carbon in the landscape. The landscape has an innate ability to naturally sequester carbon from the atmosphere, and even small design choices can result in significant carbon reductions. By asking the challenging questions from the outset of the project, a logical path can be developed to ensure the early integration of low-carbon design strategies [What is the primary use of the space? To what extent are hardscape materials needed? How and where are the materials made? Where are the plant materials being grown and transported from? Can any of the design elements be recycled in the future?]. This session will examine ways to take a holistic approach to site design and will review carbon tracking/calculating with the intent of creating a more sustainable and ecologically sensitive built environment. The intent is for this to be a collaborative and open discussion, so all ideas are welcome.
Pamela Conrad, CMG Llandscape Architecture
Pamela Conrad is a Principal at CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco, CA. She brings a strong ecological background to her projects and works on resiliency and climate change solutions. Her drive to protect the environment stems from her childhood on a farm, education in plant science and regenerative landscape architecture, and experience restoring waterways. She focuses on transforming challenged urban areas into socially valued and ecologically performing public open spaces. She is a recipient of the 2018 Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellowship for the development of the award-winning Pathfinder landscape carbon calculator app and the Climate Positive Design Challenge – products of an extensive research initiative, which she is sharing around the globe.
Rachel Loeffler, Berkshire Design Group
Rachel Loeffler is Principal, with Berkshire Design Group. She is a registered landscape architect in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Rachel brings over 19 years of experience to the profession with a breadth of experience in design, planning, and construction. She has worked locally, nationally, and internationally. She contributed to a range of projects encompassing brownfield remediation, waterfront parks, public parks, campuses, rooftop gardens, and therapeutic gardens. Rachel has taught and been a visiting critic at numerous institutions. Rachel combines her extensive professional experience with an integration of systems thinking, conceptual rigor, information graphics, programming, materiality, and sustainability.
John McMeeking, RLA, CLARB, SMRT Architects and Engineers
John McMeeking, RLA, CLARB, is a Landscape Architect with SMRT Architects and Engineers. John has more than 19 years of experience designing athletic complexes, educational institutions, and healthcare facilities. He is an active champion of sustainability initiatives and strives to create spaces that protect cultural, historic, and environmental resources.