Evening Program: Carbon Positive Solutions Showcase

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We know that buildings have a big impact on greenhouse gas emissions and our carbon footprint. We also know that buildings’ impact can be mitigated through energy efficiency, renewable energy and smarter material choices. But how can buildings have a positive impact beyond just doing less harm? Join us for a Carbon Positive Solutions Showcase, inspired by Project Drawdown, to learn about two methodologies that can make our buildings climate solutions – bamboo as a structural alternative to timber and decarbonizing concrete. Both bamboo and alternative cement are listed as solutions in Project Drawdown – ranking as the 35^th and 36^th most effective solutions (out of 100).

SPEAKERS

Innovate Bamboo: Bamboo poles as a sustainable structural material alternative for contemporary innovative mid-span design

By Wyly Brown AIA, NCARB, ByAK (Bavarian Architecture Guild), Founding partner at LBGO Architekten and Assistant Professor at Washington University
Professor Brown will explore timber bamboo poles as a fast-growing, carbon negative, and easy to process structural alternative to conventional timber and metal trusses for use in Central and North American applications. Costa Rica has been using bamboo vernacularly as low-cost structural building material for centuries. Few, if any, studies, have been conducted and disseminated that demonstrate the viability of Costa Rican grown timber bamboo for applications that require compliance with structural standards and codes. Working with the experience of Costa Rican bamboo builders, the engineering know-how of the Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), the Sam Fox School at Washington University is designing and assessing the viability of truss assemblies made of bamboo poles, as well as the structural properties of the material itself, including what species of bamboo are able to grow in our region.

Negative Emission Cementitious Materials Toward Zero-Carbon Concrete

By Hongyan Ma, Francisco Benavides Scholar and Associate Professor at Missouri University of Science & Technology
Professor Ma will discuss two types of negative-emission cementitious materials. One assumes Portland cement serves as the dominant binder for making concrete, and the other intends to replace Portland cement 100% percent towards overall carbon negativity. Professor Ma was recently tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to lead a $2 million grant project related to critical minerals and clean energy, which aims to use silicate materials from mining waste for carbon capture and storage purposes.

SPEAKER BIOS

• Wyly Brown is a founding partner of Leupold Brown Goldbach Architekten (LBGO architects). He holds a Bachelors of Art in Anthropology, and he spent a number of years researching the connection between cultures and monuments through the reconstruction of full-scale, functional objects. Past projects include the reconstruction of Finnish reindeer-pulled sledges, Egyptian obelisks, British siege-engines, and Medieval man-powered cranes. In addition to his professional practice, Brown has taught parametric design and fabrication methods at the Chair for Architectural Informatics of the Technical University Munich in Germany and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the Boston area, and now is full time faculty at the Washington University in St Louis. His current research focus is on exploring Bamboo as an alternative sustainable structural material for use in temperate climates such as St. Louis, and elsewhere in the United States.
• Hongyan Ma is an associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering in Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T). He received his Bachelor’s degree in Inorganic Non-metallic Material Engineering and Bachelor’s degree in Law from Chongqing University (China), Master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Shenzhen University (China), and PhD in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST, 2013). Professor Ma’s current research interests include next-generation cements, functional materials, biotechnology in construction, smart systems for testing and evaluation, multi-scale characterization and modeling of concrete properties, concrete deterioration and damage mitigation. He has published over 70 refereed papers, of which 66 appear on international journals. He is an editorial board member of three journals, and an active reviewer for 40 prestigious journals, including Cement and Concrete Research, Cement & Concrete Composites, Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, PCCP, Applied Energy, and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

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ADMISSION
Free – Members of Missouri Gateway Green Building Council and full time students / please note – you must be logged into your account to receive the free member pricing! 
$25.00 – NON-Members

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CONTINUING EDUCATION
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Learning Objectives: 

• Describe and question sustainable effectiveness of current conventional building material choices, specifically related to their carbon footprint.
• Explore opportunities available for alternative sustainable building materials.
• Analyze two types of negative-emissions cementitious materials – one assuming Portland cement as the dominant binder for making concrete and the other intending to replace Portland cement to reach carbon negativity.  
• Examine viability of timber Bamboo as a structural material and discuss permaculture as a means to reduce the distance from building material production to final installation.

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Missouri Gateway Green Building Council is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number R341. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3). This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product. AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.