During his address, Mazria will discuss embodied carbon in buildings and life cycle assessments to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. Unlike operational carbon emissions, which can be reduced over time with building energy efficiency renovations and the use of renewable energy, embodied carbon emissions are locked in place as soon as a building is built.

Under Mazria’s leadership, Architecture 2030 has become a prominent think tank working to transform the global built environment from being the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the climate crisis. Over the past decade, his research into the sustainability, resilience, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions of the built environment has redefined the role of architecture, planning, design, and building, in reshaping the world.

In 2014, Mazria presented the Roadmap to Zero Emissions at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change calling for zero emissions in the built environment by 2050; he also drafted the 2050 Imperative, endorsed by professional organizations representing over 1.3 million architects in 124 countries worldwide.

You don’t want to miss this compelling message from Ed Mazria at NFRC’s Fall Membership Virtual Meeting. Register to attend here and view the full schedule here.