Redefining Carbon in The built envirOnment
ZGF Architects
Portland OR
Principal Rena and team interacting with model of Port of Portland, PDX, Main Terminal Expansion. Wood design was inspired & sourced from local forests of the Pacific Northwest
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Redefining Carbon in The built envirOnment
ZGF Architects
Portland OR
Mass timber, steel and salvaged materials allowed for 50% carbon reduction of PDX roof. Native American weaving traditions influenced the lattice design.
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Redefining Carbon in The built envirOnment
HYLA WOODS, HAYES FAMILY OWNERS
Portland OR
Forest Carbon – Experimental forest
“Growing and harvesting forests are two different things. A different set of values for managing forests.” – Ben
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LAX
California Airport
Commercial airplane landing at local airport.
CO2 levels captured by an optical gas imaging camera.
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Interface
Atlanta GA
Carbon neutral & carbon negative Interface carpet tiles. “We believe that if we show the world that it’s possible to make products that store carbon, we can change the world.” – Lisa with “love carbon” tattoo
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LanzaTech Lab
Skokie IL
Freya Burton presents gas fermentation technology as a solution to decarbonize industries, making new products and cleaning the planet.
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Steel Plant
Ghent, Belgium
European steel plant implementing LanzaTech carbon recycling technology by capturing waste gases from mills
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SOM
New York City
Urban Sequoia. “Androgynous building is important for the future of building. It’s adaptable and solves problems to expand the building’s life span”. - Yasemin
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University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder CO
Testing algae-grown engineered carbon-negative cement at the Center for Infrastructure Energy and Space Testing.
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SOM
New York City
“Urban Sequoia is a carbon absorbing building concept that could apply to multiple locations and the globe. It’s scalable, transferrable, adjustable.” – Yasemin
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First Tech Federal Credit Union
Hillsboro OR
“A hybrid structural system consisting of mass timber with steel buffing and frame. The materials are fire-resistant and can withstand earthquakes.” – Erica
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Founders Hall, University of Washington
Seattle WA
Mass timber made of glulam structural posts and beams with cross-laminated flooring. “The power of wood is what changes the nature of space and human interactions.” - Peter
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Cityscape
New York City
Almost 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from building. “The AEC industry has an opportunity to transfer buildings into carbon sinks.” - Wil
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World Trade Center Ground Zero
New YORK CITY
“The greatest asset women provide is that they are moms, nurturers. We are more likely to link arms than men might be.” - Lisa
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Sustainability Energy Environmental Laboratory Building
Boulder CO
Growing algae in lab for alternative cement bricks
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Volcanic Eruption
ICELAND
“Volcanoes release less than a percent of the carbon dioxide released currently by human activities.” – U.S. Geological Survey
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Chicago River, Bridges and High-Rises
Chicago IL
From bascule bridges and infrastructural transit systems to historic skyscrapers, the City of Steel has produced some of the most iconic steel structures in the world.
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The Eight
Bellevue WA
Engineers Smedley and Davies inspect a structure that uses low carbon high-strength structural steel ASTM A913 grade 65.
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Meyer Memorial Trust
Portland OR
Women partner to develop a sustainable building design while promoting racial, social and economic justice in their community.
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Heartwood
Seattle WA
First tall mass timber/steel hybrid middle-income housing development in U.S. Designed by atelierjones.
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HYLA Woods
Portland OR
“When connected to nature, it makes us more aware of health and family in that environment.” – Kari
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Seattle Skyline
Seattle WA
“There’s something about women and how we communicate with each other honestly that has pushed sustainability forward.” – Stacy
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Yakama Forest
White Swan WA
“Every year we honor our relationship with Earth…We are here to take care of resources as the resources take care of us.” - Cristy
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Volcanic Eruption
Iceland
“My hope for the planet is that we all step up and live in harmony with it. The sooner we act, the more we can save.” - Jenny
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Nucor Steel Micro mill
Sedalia MO
The first U.S. steel mill to run on wind energy. “Steel is redefining carbon because it’s looking at it in a new way which has never been done before.” – Rolly
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PACIFIC OCEAN
FRENCH Polynesia
“The Earth is the most amazing ecosystem ever —balanced, generates, regenerates and evolves. We have to respect it, work with it and protect it.” – Yasemin
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LanzaTech Lab
Skokie IL
“Waste carbon is the resource of the future.” – Jennifer
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Center for Infrastructure Energy and Space Testing
Boulder CO
Dr. Hubler with daughter. A test setup of new pipe lining technology for repairing deteriorated pipelines. “I never realized how much impact I could have on such a young age.” – Mija
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Colorado Earth
Golden CO
CEO Lisa Morey speaking on low carbon masonry materials & compressed earth blocks—natural, less toxic for home construction & resistant to wild-fires.
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CHILDREN OF Ghana
west africa
“You can’t have environmental sustainability if not thinking about the social fabric of communities you are building for.” – Anyeley
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Private Family Home
Portola Hills CA
A carbon dioxide-detecting camera captures CO2 from human breath. “Nature is resilient and fragile at the same time.” - Cristy
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Steinway Tower
New York City
The world’s skinniest skyscraper has a frame made of light-weight steel, a facade of brick, limestone, terracotta and bronze filigree. Such high-rises produce the largest carbon footprints in NYC.
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Hines Texas Tower
Houston TX
“Women are more concerned about the plight of the planet, people health and the unintended consequences of the way we design our buildings.” - Jason
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SALESFORCE
Chicago IL
Old steel. New steel. Chicago Salesforce engineers used A913 steel to reduce weight and to use less pre-heating, resulting in a huge reduction of carbon.
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Nucor Steel Micro Mill
Sedalia MO
Inspection of steel plant ladle casting steel from its last heat.
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Nucor Steel Micro Mill
Sedalia MO
Inspection by the Manager of Environment, Health & Safety. “I’m the only woman in a sea of men. I always bring my “A” game. It’s tough. But it’s given me the confidence as a woman in steel.” - Rolly
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Meyer Memorial Trust
Portland OR
“In real estate, we ask how far can you go in social equity. Who builds. Who constructs. Who benefits and if small business women-owned.” – Anyeley
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TimberLab
Seattle WA
“Mass timber is changing behaviors––knowing where materials come from.” - Erica
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HARVARD STADIUM
BOSTON MA
Sample of new low-carbon cement testing in lab / CEO Leah working out at nation's oldest concrete stadium - "We need cement more than ever; just a different way of making it. What we really need is policy to help catalyze the development of 'Made in America' technology.” - Leah
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Hawaii
“Feminine power. Portions of the feminine are in every one of us. We really need to strengthen that selfless tendency to care.” – Lisa
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