Tino Kalayil is a technical director with the Block Design Collective. He is an experienced structural engineer with a diverse background in design, support, and education of various building materials. With a passion to utilize building materials responsibly and efficiently, he dedicates his career to educating the building community on designing buildings with purpose. Tino has taught at Marquette University, his alma mater, and lives in the Chicagoland area with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Haley.
Courses
Climate-Responsive Design: Balancing Resilience, Thermal Performance, and Embodied Carbon With Concrete Masonry
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | 3:00-4:00pm EST
This course explores how using concrete masonry units (CMU) in the built environment provide an integrated approach to climate-responsive design by simultaneously addressing three critical sustainability strategies: resilience, operational energy use, and embodied carbon reduction. Participants will examine how CMU construction offers inherent solutions to modern building challenges, from natural disasters and extreme weather events to energy conservation and carbon footprint reduction. The course demonstrates that CMU structures perform beyond code requirements without additional measures, providing durable, cost-effective buildings that support community resilience while contributing to low embodied carbon goals.