Episode 18: Breaking Down Siloes w/ Lori Ferriss

This week's episode features a conversation with Lori Ferriss of Goody Clancy. We discuss the need for existing and historic buildings to be part of the climate action conversation as well as numerous organizations that are working toward that goal. Lori and I are two of the four chairs for the ZNCC and we talk about a number of overlaps between all the organizations. This is a fun and informative one which will provide more information on the intersection of preservation and sustainability.

Links:

• Zero Net Carbon Collaboration (ZNCC)

• Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF)

• Passive House Accelerator (PHA)

• Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator (CARE) (formerly 'To Build or Not to Build' Calculator)

• UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) 26

• Climate Heritage Network (CHN)

• Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI)

• APT's Sustainable Preservation Technical Committee (TC-SP)

• US/ICOMOS

• The New Net Zero (Embodied Carbon vs. Operational Carbon) by Lori Ferriss

• Preservation Greenlab report: "The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse"

• Tangible Remnants on Instagram

• Tangible Remnants on Facebook

• Tangible Remnants Website

Building Highlight: Maggie Walker House in Richmond, VA

Bio:  Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C is a leader in sustainable stewardship for the built environment. As Goody Clancy’s Director of Sustainability and Climate Action, she leads research and project initiatives and advocates within the broader profession for policies and practices that advance climate action goals.  

Lori plays a leadership role on projects at educational institutions that are renewing heritage campuses while advancing climate action goals. She serves as project manager and forensic specialist on numerous Goody Clancy projects, and her sustainability leadership includes incorporating life cycle assessment as an integrated step of the design process.

Within the broader design community, Lori’s leadership is shaping our understanding of building reuse as a key measure towards meeting climate change mitigation goals. At the national level, she serves as a founding member and co-chair of the Zero Net Carbon Collaboration for Existing and Historic Buildings (ZNCC), a collaborative committed to achieving a zero net carbon built environment through responsible reuse of existing buildings that was formed by APTI, AIA, RAIC, ICOMOS, and Architecture 2030. Most recently, the City of Boston asked Lori to serve on its carbon mitigation policy Technical Advisory Group.

Sponsor: Smartsheet For Architects