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Western Massachusetts Green Consortium: Living Building Challenge - Influencing the Future of Building, February 21, 5-7 pm, Northampton
Event Description
WMGC Green Night:
Living Building Challenge - Influencing the Future of Building
Wednesday February 21st - 5-7 pm
**Third Wednesday this Month Only**
Platform Sports Bar Meeting Room
Join WMGC at Platform Sports Bar from 5-7pm on Wednesday February 21st to learn about the fundamentals of the Living Building Challenge and the specifics of the Materials Petal, which is intended to "help create a materials economy that is non-toxic, ecologically restorative, transparent, and socially equitable."
Healthy Building Materials Specialist, Irene Winkelbauer, will describe what it means to have full ingredient disclosure in building materials and how this effort aims to eliminate hazardous ingredients from the built environment.
The founder of Coldham & Hartman Architects, Bruce Coldham, will share insights from the Bechtel Environmental Classroom at Smith College, describing challenges and lessons learned while striving to achieve the Living Building Challenge standard in the Pioneer Valley.
Bruce Coldham, the founding Principal of C&H Architects, retired in 2015 with over 35 years of experience in the practice of architecture in the US and Australia. He remains active within the profession and is pursuing his love of travel and drawing. Throughout his career, his dedication to ecologically sustainable design and cohousing were well known. Bruce has considerable experience as a designer and manager of both large and small scale, public and private sector architectural projects. He has experience in environmental design research, having developed a particular expertise in energy-efficient / bio-climatic design, and ecologically benign construction and land-use practices.
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