(A11) Equity Outlook: Perspectives Across the Career Spectrum

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Location: Room 204

Earn 1 Credit(s)

How do we realize a future of sustainable communities for all through the built environment? Equity is a key part of creating healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities. This session will pose a series of questions to a panel of three perspectives: student, emerging professional and seasoned professional. These questions will explore opportunities for larger impact through building and community design that is responsive to the needs of communities and that promotes a fair distribution of benefits and burdens based on historical context and project experience.

Attendees will play a critical role in this session, creating a space for honest and transparent conversations about the role of the green building community, resourcing solutions and approaches to collaboration.

Learning Objectives:

Learn the historic relationship between building development, sustainability, and social inequity in the United States and around the world.
Understand how building design can respond to communities needs and promote fair distribution of benefits and burdens.
Explore the work of professionals implementing strategies for equitable outcomes in today’s buildings industry and come away with strategies that can be applied immediately.
Explore how the LEED v4.1 BD+C and O+M credits inspire targeted design strategies that address social inequities and create fairer, healthier, and more supportive environments for those who work/live in a building project.

Moderator(s)

SL

Stallar Lufrano-Jardine

Sustainability and Supplier Diversity Program Manager
JSR North America

Presenter(s)

Jared A. Gilbert, LEED AP

Associate Partner and Director of Communications
COOKFOX Architects
LM

Larissa McFall

2022 LEED For Cities Equity Fellow
U.S. Green Building Council
SF

Samantha Fong

Undergraduate Student
Drexel University