Principal, Carbon Free Buildings
RMI
Boulder, Colorado
Victor Olgyay, FAIA – Principal, Carbon Free Buildings, RMI
Victor is a Principal in RMI’s Carbon Free Buildings practice promoting adoption of net zero district developments, low embodied carbon materials, and comprehensive building energy retrofits. He designed his first passive solar house in 1978, and has since worked as an architect, writer, researcher, daylighting designer, and environmental consultant. From 1993 to 2000 Victor was an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the University of Hawaii School of Architecture and was Chairman of the AIA Honolulu Energy and Environment Committee. He also taught dozens of classes while on the USGBC LEED Faculty from 20022 -2008. In 2012 Victor testified in the US Congress House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Hearing in support of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Sections 433 and 436. Victor served on the Board of Directors for the American Solar Energy Society, the University of Colorado Design Review Board, the Carbon Leadership Forum, ASHRAE’s Task Force for Building Decarbonization, the AIA National Committee on the Environment (COTE AG) and the United States GSA Green Building Advisory Committee, where he ran a task group to promote the procurement of low embodied carbon materials by the Federal government.
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(F11) Beyond 101: Making Embodied Carbon Actionable – A Joint Research Report by RMI and USGBC
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
3:00pm – 4:00pm US EDT