Sustainable Design: From LEED to Living Buildings

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Baker Library
Photo: Jared C. Benedict
Sustainable Design: from LEED to Living Buildings is a joint symposium hosted by the Dartmouth College Sustainability Initiative and the Environmental Guild of the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. 

Through lectures, panels and workshops the symposium will bring together students, architects, engineers, interested citizens and leading thinkers in the field to explore the following four themes as they cut across scales from buildings & grounds to communities and landscapes: 
  • the global imperative for more sustainable design
  • advances toward zero net energy design and retrofits
  • lessons from biology and the importance of regenerative design
  • the benefits and challenges of moving from LEED to living buildings

George Link Jr. Environmental Awareness Keynote Lecture: David Orr, PhD, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and author of Design on the Edge


Plenary speaker: Dayna Baumeister, PhD, co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild. 

Space is limited to 250 attendees and registration is required.


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