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COTE Presents: UPFRONT CARBON CALCULATING, Integrating BEAM into your workflow

  • Luna Rooftop Bar - Located in Canopy by Hilton Portland Waterfront 285 Commercial Street Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

UPFRONT CARBON CALCULATING, Integrating BEAM into your workflow
1 HSW Learning Unit

  • COTE & Emerging Professionals Committee Members: FREE Program + Lunch

  • AIA Maine Members - Free Program +  $15 for Lunch

  • Non-Member - $15 for Program + $35 for Lunch

AIA Maine COTE has a special invitation for all emerging professionals and interested professionals to join us for an important program about integrating BEAM into your workflow.

There’s never been a more critical time to strengthen your firm’s understanding of embodied carbon and turn that understanding into action. We’re talking about integrating BEAM into your workflow. It’s easy, it’s free, and incredibly important! As an emerging professional, the information you gain from this presentation can help you and your firm re-tool, refocus, and improve the quality of its work.

Join a team from BRIBURN as they cover the basics of upfront carbon and share how they, as an office, use BEAM to communicate with their clients and assist them with making informed and effective decisions.

FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, LUNCH WILL BE OFFERED FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STAY TO SOCIALIZE.
(Lunch registrations will be accepted through Friday, September 13th.)

AGENDA:

  • 11:00 AM — BRIBURN Presentation: UPFRONT CARBON CALCULATING, Integrating BEAM into your workflow

  • 11:45 AM - Questions & Answers

  • Noon – Lunch + Conversation 

  • 1:00 PM - End


Learning Objectives:

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of embodied carbon, including what it is, why it matters, and how it impacts the built environment.

  1. Participants will learn to integrate BEAM into their workflow, including how to effectively incorporate BEAM (Building Emissions Accounting for Materials) into their professional practice to assess and reduce their projects' carbon footprint.

  2. Participants will develop skills to use BEAM as a tool for communicating embodied carbon data to clients, helping them make informed decisions that align with sustainability goals.

  3. Participants will learn actionable strategies they can implement, including making project-specific materials selections, identifying materials with the biggest carbon penalty, and finding alternatives.