AECOM - Carbon: Design and Engineering Approaches to a Sustainable Future
Speaker
Dr. Jason Vollen, High Performance Buildings lead for the Americas, AECOM
CES: 0.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members
Event Description
Arguably in the last 10 years, energy has replaced gravity as the primary force with which architects and engineers must contend, and in the last few, carbon has replaced energy as the new metric for sustainable success. Not only is carbon now a global conversation but regulations are driving the need to account for total carbon with ever increasing targets. This talk discusses how design and the design process is being shaped by carbon and client needs to drive sustainability on a global scale.
Speaker Bios
Dr. Jason Vollen, High Performance Buildings lead for the Americas, AECOM
Dr. Vollen is the High Performance Buildings lead for the Americas and Director of Architecture for the Northeast Region at AECOM. He focuses on leveraging the intersection of energy, finance, and policy to deliver high performance and sustainable design solutions that reduce both capital and operating costs to maximize value for clients with a focus on projects that are net zero energy and carbon capable. As a high performance design specialist, his approach takes advantage of the first principles of building physics in order to provide lower energy intensities while improving occupant comfort, with a focus on integrating the performance of the building envelope and mechanical system design.
Dr. Vollen’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and the American Institute of Architects, and he has won numerous awards for next generation building systems design, including active masonry systems, and has multiple building system patents under review.
Moderator: Lester Korzilius, FAIA, RIBA, AIA International Region President
Lester Korzilius runs a concurrent arts and architecture practice based in London and the south coast of the United Kingdom.
From 2005 to 2017 Lester was a main board director and co-owner of EllisWilliams Architects with offices throughout the United Kingdom and in Germany. Lester was the project director for a range of education projects in the primary, secondary, further education, and special needs sectors. Additionally, Lester led EWA teams providing client-side estate strategies for their secondary school and primary school estates. Lester has also designed several cinema and leisure centre projects.
From 1997 to 2005 Lester was a project director with Foster & Partners and subsequently with YRM. Projects for which he was responsible included several university buildings in Qatar, office buildings in the City of London, and a hospital in Ireland.
From 1988 to 1997 Lester was in private practice in New York City concentrating on commercial and residential projects, several of which were internationally published.
From 1979 to 1988 Lester served as a project architect in the offices of John Lautner, Paul Rudolph, Herman Hertzberger, and Richard Rogers, working on projects throughout Europe, the Far East, and the United States.
Lester is a licensed architect in the United States (New York) and the United Kingdom and holds NCARB certification. Lester received his architectural training at UCLA and the California Polytechnic State University of San Luis Obispo. He additionally holds an MSc from the University of Reading, an MA from Kingston University, and an MFA from the University of Sussex. He is currently pursuing an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art.
