Carbon Negative Building Materials Workshop
The purpose of this workshop was for ARPA-E to solicit input from a cross-section of the research community and industry in advance of a potential funding opportunity in this area. We brought together experts in embodied carbon, building design, construction materials, and emerging low carbon materials. Given the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of this space, we sought insights as to which research areas have the greatest potential to significantly store carbon, while also being viable for implementation as construction materials.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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| 12:00 - 12:10 PM |
Workshop Technical Logistics Nancy Hicks, Booz Allen |
| 12:10 - 12:40 PM | Elevator Introductions Networking |
| 12:40 - 12:50 PM |
Welcome and Introduction to ARPA-E Jennifer Gerbi, ARPA-E |
| 12:50 - 1:15 PM |
A Vision for Transforming Building Materials into Carbon Sinks |
| 1:15 - 1:35 PM |
Building as a Climate Solution |
| 1:35 - 1:50 PM | Break |
| 1:50 - 2:10 PM |
Decision Making for Lowering Embodied Carbon Guest Speakers: Scott Schneider & Pawel Woelke, Thornton Tomasetti |
| 2:10 - 2:30 PM |
Routes to New Materials and Codes Guest Speaker: Anica Landreneau, HOK |
| 2:30 - 2:50 PM |
Knowing the Value of a Material: Life-Cycle Analysis with GREET |
| 2:50 - 3:10 PM |
Carbon-Storing Material Technologies: The Current Landscape Guest Speaker: Wil Srubar III, University of Colorado Boulder and Aureus Earth, Inc. |
| 3:10 - 3:20 PM | Break |
| 3:20 - 4:30 PM |
Breakout Sessions Day 1 LCA and Tools Markets and Drivers Metrics and Codes Category Comparison |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM |
Report out and Closing Remarks Marina Sofos, ARPA-E |
Thursday, March 25, 2021
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| 2:00 - 2:20 PM |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 - 4:30 PM |
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| 4:30 - 5:00 PM |
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