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AIA 2030 Commitment By the Numbers (RY22): A Look into Firms’ Progress Towards Net Zero Emissions

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What progress has more than 23,000 projects totaling 3.8 billion GSF designed last year made towards net-zero carbon? The AIA 2030 Commitment, a key climate action program, brings together a network of over 1,250 signatory architecture and design firms dedicated to tracking their projects’ energy data to reach carbon neutrality in the built environment. Upon this year’s release of the 2030 By the Numbers (RY22), join us for a conversation on the high-level findings from the report, including where we are succeeding as an industry and where we can still improve based on the reported data. We will discuss data trends on overall energy performance, the incorporation of energy modeling in projects, the inclusion of renewable energy sources as well as embodied carbon data.

Course expires 12/12/2026

This session was recorded live on October 31, 2023.

Learning Objectives

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Understand the role of the AIA 2030 Commitment and the Design Data Exchange (DDx) in successfully integrating sustainability into firm practice  

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Describe high-level data trends across past years to show areas of improvement in renewable energy, building electrification, and embodied carbon data 

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Identify key strategies for firms to improve their own portfolio’s energy performance  

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Understand how the DDx can be utilized to better understand firm-wide energy data  

Instructors
Vanessa Hostick
AIA

Vanessa is a Sustainable Design Leader with HOK, based in Kansas City. She is the global AIA 2030 manager for HOK and currently serves as Working Group co-chair. She has extensive experience in high-performance design for large complex buildings and works daily to implement sustainable best practices, including energy efficiency analysis, renewable energy integration, occupant wellness strategies, and third party Certification. Vanessa is a member of the ICC Code Action Committee for Sustainable / Energy / High Performance buildings. 

Jesse Walton
AIA, LEED-AP CPHC

With more than 20 years of experience with educational clients, Jesse Walton, AIA is passionate about creating sustainable, healthy spaces for learners of all ages. As a senior project architect and low carbon specialist, he works closely with design teams and district staff to lower operational and embodied carbon. An early adopter of BIM, he is an office-wide leader in Revit documentation, building envelope design, and energy code compliance.  

Jesse holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a registered architect in Washington, a LEED Accredited Professional, Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC), and serves as co-Chair on the AIA 2030 Commitment Working Group. 

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