The Future is Deconstruction: A 2050 Vision

The Future is Deconstruction: A 2050 Vision

14 Nov 2024|Greenbuild 2024
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Imani HamiltonImani HamiltonPractice Lead, Circular Economy + Resource Management, Americas at Ramboll

Imani Hamilton is the Practice Lead for Circular Economy + Resource Management Services in the Americas and brings years of experience focused on sustainable design consulting for a range of industries. x000D She optimizes for low waste, low carbon, and low toxin outcomes for product or building design, manufacturing, construction, supply chains, and resource management. She leverages carbon and LCA accounting, R+D methodologies, and sustainable design principles to inform tailored, actionable strategies for her clients. She supports leadership to create focus and works with technical staff to implement solutions. x000D Prior to joining Ramboll in 2023, Imani had her own consultancy working on an array of sustainability topics for products and buildings, from an ILFI Zero Carbon renovation, to product development strategy for Sway seaweed bioplastic, to addressing companies' sustainability challenges as an advisor at a UC Berkeley College of Engineering course, to two years full time at Google's R+D Lab. At Ramboll, she has worked on circular economy projects with investors and with industry.

Eric LawEric LawCEO, Co-founder at Urban Machine

Eric Law is the co-founder and CEO of Urban Machine. He earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is currently combining his passion for sustainability, construction and technology by building robots that reclaim wood from construction and demolition to be reused as premium lumber. x000D Previously, Law built an industry-leading innovation team at Swinerton, and he led the Construction Product team for Bentley Systems after his company, EADOC, was acquired. When escaping technology, Law heads to the mountains with his family to ski, mountain bike, and climb a rock or two.

Katrine LundKatrine LundTechnical Lead, Circular Economy + Resource Management, Americas at Ramboll

Katrine is the Technical Lead for Ramboll's Circular Economy and Resource Management practice in the Americas. She has a background in sustainability, structural engineering, resource management and historical buildings and is passionate about advancing decarbonization through circular solutions. She provides clients with early strategic advice on sustainability and circularity and conducts in-depth technical analyses of environmental impacts (LCA) and life cycle costs (LCC) on materials and building designs. As a Sustainability Manager, she sets the direction for projects from early-stage planning to completion. With diverse skills, she has a comprehensive understanding of the existing building mass and how to utilize both environmental, social and economic potentials through circular strategies and solutions such as deconstruction and reuse.

Megan StringerMegan StringerAssociate Principal at Holmes

Megan Stringer is an Associate Principal with Holmes in their San Francisco office. Motivated by our impact on the built environment, Megan is at the forefront of reducing structural embodied carbon. She helped launch the SE 2050 Commitment Program, leads Holmes' commitment to SE 2050, and gets sustainable structures built at impressive scales. Megan is versed in working with large design teams and has overseen the design and construction of North America’s largest mass timber building. Megan is also a Past President of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California and has chaired numerous committees.

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Our bet: In 2050, deconstruction, rather than demolition, will be the default. In this presentation and panel discussion, deconstruction will be examined from the perspective of experts in circular economy, design and engineering, and the tools needed to support it. Ramboll, Holmes, and Urban Machine will jointly explore the many trends and drivers for deconstruction and reuse, from a policy, reporting, decarbonization, resource and real estate scarcity, and tax perspective. We will introduce how, to date, the wrecking-ball approach to demolition has prohibited the circular use of materials and represents incredible value leakage, including sending valuable materials to landfill. Case studies and examples will be presented, from municipalities that have required deconstruction to ambitious projects propelled by goals of embodied carbon reduction or material reuse. Project planning, design, engineering, and detailing strategies that can be applied by the audience will be outlined by the panel. Technologies that support deconstruction will be discussed, showcasing how technology can facilitate sustainable solutions and inspire the adoption of circular practices in the built environment. This includes digital twins of buildings, material passports, and Urban Machine’s robot that separates metal from deconstructed wood for maximum reuse. We will outline the current hurdles to deconstruction, and how we expect technology and the circular economy to overcome them by 2050. In summary, we will address: - What are the problems with demolition, instead of deconstruction? - What are the drivers for deconstruction as the future, from a policy, reporting, decarbonization, resource and real estate scarcity, and tax perspective? - Benefits of deconstruction (illustrated by case studies) - How and when should a re/development opportunity consider deconstruction and reuse? - What are some of the tools and incentives available today?

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