LFE 2024 Masterclass. Regenerative + Agile
20 March 2024 17:00-19:00 CET (UTC+1)
The ‘Living Future Europe Masterclass’ is an online educational program running between February and May 2024, where we want to address the ‘why’, the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of living buildings, products, and communities.
Organization: Living Future Europe.
Thank you to all who attended this LFE24MC session. The recording is now available for additional registrants on demand. Please register for the event below to gain access to the recordings. If you have already registered, please input your Access Code here to gain access.
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The LFE 2024 Masterclass training modules are available individually on demand. Enjoy this opportunity! Recording will be also available afterwards in case you are not able to attend them live.
The built environment sector (supply, design, construction, manage), despite decades (of reports, training, strategies, legislation) is simply not making real progress within the sustainability agenda and the imperative of resilience. Business-as-usual, only reducing impact, remains the dominant, degenerative discourse.
One of the areas where we at Living Future Europe believe faster and more effective progress is needed is education and communication. On one hand, we need to train new generations of practitioners to make living buildings real. On the other hand, we need to communicate constantly in an invigorating way that regenerative buildings, products, companies, and communities are vital, technically feasible, ecologically robust, and economically viable.
To achieve these goals, we have established the ‘Living Future Europe Masterclass’, the third edition of the online educational program running between February and May 2024. The upcoming Masterclass, much like in previous years, will focus on education as a powerful tool in affecting progress towards regenerative design. This year we would like to pushing the boundaries even further. Our goal with this edition is to build on the past edition’s success, and address the ‘why’, the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of living buildings, products, and communities.
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This session will feature:
MATERIALS VETTING: INTERIORS [17:00-18:00 UTC +1]with Lenna Lockwood
As a matter of fact, buildings are assemblies of building products, that’s why the discussion on the built environment regenerative sustainability necessarily passes through how these products are made, where their ingredients come from, how is their environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gases emissions, etc. Thus, materials vetting is a crucial process embracing design strategies, frameworks and tools. You will learn from an experienced consulting firm working on exemplary projects in Europe on how to conduct an effective materials selection for your building project.
MATERIALS VETTING: NEW / RENOVATION [18:00-19:00 UTC+1]with Martha Lewis
Buildings are assemblies of products, which are themselves combinations of ingredients, and each ingredient has a story: a social story, an environmental story and a health story. Therefore, the discussion around regenerative design of the built environment necessarily adresses how these products are made, where their ingredients come from, evaluation of their environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gases emissions, etc. Careful material vetting is a crucial process in the regenerative design process, and while the subject can seem vast and overwhelming existing frameworks and tools can help us efficiently make the best choices. In this session you will learn from an experienced consulting firm working on exemplary projects in Europe on how to conduct an effective materials selection for your building project.
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
An interior designer committed to creating sustainable indoor environments that prioritise occupant health and well-being. The subject of her master’s thesis was on material health in early childhood environments, and it is her personal mission to eliminate chemicals of concern from building products. Born and raised in New York in a family of Polish origin, she has been living and working in France for 4 years. Project Manager at ARP-ASTRANCE. Living Future Accredited professional (LFA).
Martha Lewis is head of materials and senior architect at Henning Larsen. She is a winner of the 2019 DBE Person Prize by Building Green, an annual prize for outstanding commitment to sustainability. Martha has worked for 30 years establishing sustainability-focused partnerships and initiatives in the building industry in Denmark. She describes herself as an architect “knowledgeably hyping healthier materials”.
Degree in Civil Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, twenty years of experience in construction companies and fourteen as sustainable innovation manager & consultant. Master of Management and Organizational Development at MIP. Certified Project Manager IPMA®. LEED®, Living Future and WELL Accredited Professional. USGBC® and WELL Faculty™. Innovation manager for IDM South Tyrol. Chair of the COST Action 16114 RESTORE. President at Living Future Europe.
Carlo was recognised as a LF Hero (2017).
Times are CET (UTC+1)
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Explain the crucial role of transparency in shifting the market.Compare different frameworks for declaration and / or certification of sustainable materials.Compare materials with similar functions and performance and be able to identify the more regenerative choice. Find healthy and sustainable materials and products on the market using online databases such as the Declare and Living Product Database.
Aim for a LBC material petal in a project.Evaluate material petal imperatives.Comprehend LBC material related environmental performance.Define goals in a material vetting process from a case study previous experience.
LIVING FUTURE ACCREDITATION
This LFE 2024 Masterclass session is approved for 2 General LFA CE credits.
We can provide you with a certificate of completion upon request, if you are interested in pursuing the LF accreditation. Write to [email protected] for more information.
Living Future Accreditation (LFA) is the professional credential that recognizes and rewards proficiency in the most ambitious, advanced, and holistic sustainable design standards available. View the LFA guide.
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