June 13, 2016 DeKay joins Advisory Committee for low-carbon design education
Prof. Mark DeKay has joined the Advisory Board for a new organization committed to low-carbon design education. 听 (BEEnow) is creating a low-carbon education certification and scorecard for architecture schools.
The primary goal of BEEnow听is to greatly and quickly increase the number of architecture students who have the motivation, knowledge, and skills to contribute substantially to the design of sustainable low-energy buildings thereby meet the goals of听听to make new buildings and major renovations carbon-neutral by 2030 and of the听听听by the International Union of Architects (UIA) to make all buildings and the built environment carbon-neutral by 2050.
Created by听architecture faculty and practitioners,听BEEnow听is听a voluntary certification program听that inspires architecture schools to emphasize the teaching of sustainability so that听graduates are competent听to听contribute substantially to听the听design of low-carbon buildings.
The BEEnow Board of Advisors includes:
Hillary Brown,听FAIA, professor, City College of New York, author, founding director, NYC Office of Sustainable Design
Mark DeKay, 听RA, Professor, University of Tennessee; co-author,听;听author,听
Ralph DiNola, 听President of the New Building Institute; Board Chair, Living Future Institute
John E. Fern谩ndez, author, Director Building Technology Program, Department of Architecture, MIT
Thomas R. Fisher,听Dean, College of Design, Univ. of Minnesota, Editorial Director of Progressive Architecture magazine
Steffen Lehmann,听听architect, prof. and 听former Head of Architecture School, author
Daniel Lemieux, 听Architect, Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE)
Keelan Kaiser, Professor at Judson University, former NAAB president
Jaime Van Mourik, Director of Higher Education at USGBC
Donald Watson,, FAIA, professor, former dean RIT, and author.
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