The scope of the climate crisis demands solutions from multiple fields and multiple building traditions—as well as a rethinking of technology’s impact on the environment. Is the building industry’s answer to the crisis high tech or low tech? Even as innovations in material science and new technologies enable breakthroughs in carbon reduction, indigenous building methods continue to offer new lessons in material conservation and long-term sustainable planning. Christopher Neidl, co-founder, OpenAir; Wil V. Srubar III, PhD, associate professor, University of Colorado Boulder, founder and managing director, Aureus Earth, and Francesca Wahl, senior charging policy manager, Public Policy and Business Development, Tesla consider the complex role of technology in achieving net zero carbon and the importance of looking both forward and backward for solutions to the climate crisis. The program is facilitated by Yasemin Kologlu, design director, SOM.

Approved for 1.5 LU (AIA). Submitted for LA CES credit.

Free Museum Member and Student | $10 Non-member

This program is presented as a part of NBM Climate Action. Over the weeks preceding the National Building Museum’s virtual Honor Award celebration on June 17, the Museum and the award honoree - Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill - will explore the role that architecture and the building industry must play in addressing the global climate crisis through a series of thought-provoking programs. To attend the Honor Award or learn more about the event please visit: NBMVirtual.org. To attend all NBM Climate Action programs for free, consider becoming an individual member.

This program will be live streamed via Zoom Webinar. Upon completion of your payment here, you will receive a confirmation with instructions on how to register for the Zoom event.