You Can't Build Your Way to Net Zero

You Can't Build Your Way to Net Zero

From Schools In Focus Podcast by 1105 Media

August 10, 2023 · 23 min

About this episode

Lori Ferriss discusses the challenges colleges face in achieving carbon neutrality without addressing existing building emissions.

This episode's guest is Lori Ferriss, architect with the Boston firm Goody Clancy and Chair of the AIA Committee on the Environment. We'll discuss how colleges and universities can't just build their way to net zero in the quest for carbon neutrality—it's impossible to achieve carbon neutrality without reducing the operational emissions of existing buildings. Lori co-developed the CARE Tool and collaborated with Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, to complete a campus-scale study to calculate and compare the carbon impacts of reusing and upgrading buildings versus constructing new structures. We'll also talk about how the CARE Tool and its use at Agnes Scott can provide a model for other institutions around the country that aspire to achieve carbon neutrality.

People in this episode

Guest: Lori Ferriss

Topics covered

  • net zero
  • carbon neutrality
  • sustainability
  • higher education
  • building design

Keywords

  • CARE Tool
  • Agnes Scott College
  • Goody Clancy
  • AIA Committee on the Environment

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the CARE Tool, CARE Tool

Places: Boston, Decatur, Georgia

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