Closing the Circle: Data, Materials, and the Path to a Carbon-Neutral Built Environment
Who should attend: Architects, prop and climate tech Investors, building product manufacturers, sustainability leads, policy practitioners, and anyone working at the intersection of climate, materials, and the built environment.
Summary: The global building stock is set to double by 2060. Building materials already account for nearly 15% of global carbon emissions. The decisions made in the next five years will either accelerate decarbonization or lock in unsustainable emissions growth.
For the first time, the architecture and construction industry is generating high-resolution data on material selection at the moment those decisions are made. Climate commitments and compliance requirements are digitizing a $1.4T materials market. The gap between ambition and action is closing.
This panel brings together leaders across the supply chain — manufacturers, certifiers, technology platforms, and policy makers — to discuss how AI and real-time data are reshaping material procurement, where the technology gaps still sit, and how connecting climate goals to construction outcomes delivers better buildings for everyone.
Panelists:
Jack Rusk — Co-Founder & CEO, C.Scale (Moderator)
Mikhail Davis — Director of Global Market Sustainability, Interface
Aditi Agarwal — Building Embodied Carbon Specialist, California Air Resources Board
Matt Roberts — Researcher, UC Berkeley Center for the Built Environment
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For Architects: 1 LU/HSW credit available if you enter your AIA member number at registration.
Event is hosted by c.scale in partnership with AIA San Francisco's Committee on the Environment (COTE).
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