Associate Principal and Director of Sustainable Design | BR+A Consulting Engineers
Jacob Knowles is the Director of Sustainable Design at BR+A, leading the firm’s sustainability consulting team. He is the champion for over 2 million square feet of Net Zero projects, winning awards such as AIA COTE Top Ten, I2SL Go Beyond, and grants for high performance and zero net energy buildings. He is also a board member of the Boston Society for Architecture.
Courses
Embodied Carbon 101: MEP
Though mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems feature heavily in conversations about operational energy, they are an often-overlooked element in the embodied carbon conversation. Learn how MEP contributes to a project’s overall embodied carbon, including the impacts of systems of different scales and complexity, as well as the effects of MEP replacement cycles.
Course expires 11/14/2026