Architectural, Engineering, & Construction (Virtual) Forum - 220412

"Virtual Tour of Georgia's First Living Building" presented by Shan Arora, Director, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design

The PMI Atlanta AEC Forum is a focus group that hosts regular events with ranging topics in the architectural, engineering, and construction fields. We will show the importance of solid project management in these related fields of study.

Presentation Details

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is, for the moment, a one-of-kind building in the Southeast region of the United States (if not the world)! It is a multi-disciplinary, non-departmental education building that is pursuing the Living Building Challenge – the world’s most ambitious building performance standard – which aligns with Georgia Tech’s longstanding vision for its campus to serve as a research center for innovation. Rather than being less bad than conventional buildings, The Kendeda Building is regenerative. It gives back more than it takes from the environment. For example, the building incorporates a substantial amount of salvaged materials, is designed to generate more onsite solar electricity each year than its consumers, has a rainwater-to-potable water treatment system, and treats human bio-waste onsite without a connection to the sewer. These are just a few examples that makes The Kendeda Building a catalyst for change in the region and beyond.

Biography 

Shan Arora is the Director of The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, a high-performance building that seeks to catalyze sustainability principles and practices across the building industry. Georgia Tech constructed The Kendeda Building to Living Building Challenge 3.1 certification standards, the world’s most ambitious building performance standard.

Shan is also on the Board of Directors of Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, a nonprofit that engages communities of faith in stewardship of Creation as a religious response to climate change, resource depletion, environmental injustice, and pollution. He has an undergraduate and a law degree from Emory University.

Due to coronavirus concerns, we will be hosting this event through webinar. Because of this change, member rate is now $8 and non-member rate is $10.    

When

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM. 

Where                                                                                                         

Webinar

You will receive an email from the PMI Atlanta Chapter with the webinar link 24 hours before the event start time.

Fees

PMI Atlanta Member:  $8.00
Non-Member: $10.00

PDUs

Earn 1 PDU
Talent Triangle Category: Leadership

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