Innovation Briefing: Net Zero – What is it? And how do we get there?

Man-made climate change due to carbon emissions is an existential threat to global health, safety, and welfare. Carbon emissions cause environmental warming that impacts polar ice melt, rising seas, and causes extreme weather events. The only way to stop or slow climate change is to reduce our carbon emissions. Net zero construction is one of the best ways for the design community to contribute to a solution. This presentation will explain the Net Zero design process and techniques via a case study of a new, McDonald’s restaurant in Florida as the most challenging building type and location to meet this high standard.

Speaker:  
MOHAMMAD H. ABBASI, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, ASSOC. AIA, CPHC,  Healthy Building Specialist

For the past seven years, Mohammad has been applying his expertise on health and wellness in the built environment. His background in architecture, sustainable design and building sciences makes him an integral member of WSP’s Built Ecology group for which he specializes in design assistance, LEED and WELL coordination, energy and daylight modeling and material consultancy. Mohammad’s goal is to help clients achieve exceptional performance and drive innovative ways of applying future technologies to enhance outcomes provided from a building’s architectural and engineering systems. He is a WELL Faculty and holds WELL AP, CPHC and RESET AP.