Advancing Building Decarbonization Through High Performance Measures (1 LU|ZNCD)

The importance of energy efficiency in the built environment has become well accepted over the past few decades. Significant advances have been made in design practices, codes, and technology that contribute to improved building energy efficiency. Despite these advances, there remains urgency in making additional gains in energy efficiency to advance building decarbonization and address climate change.

This session will review how establishing specific energy goals at the design stage for a project and implementing emerging high-performance measures provide significant additional opportunity for built environment energy efficiency gains and decarbonization. Technologies across the building envelope, mechanical system and end uses will be reviewed, highlighting how intentional design choices can drive these advancements.

About Our Speaker

Rich Peske is an Energy Project Manager at Willdan with over 25 years’ experience in architecture and sustainability, and a diverse portfolio of work across the United States and in Canada. As an energy consultant with a keen interest in high performance and cost-effective design, he collaborates with project teams to optimize building performance and reduce carbon emissions using a variety of comparative, analysis-based methods. Rich is a frequent presenter on topics related to energy efficiency, carbon reduction, and energy analysis at AIA and other industry events as well as directly to architecture firms.