ASBN SustainabiliTEA #25 // The Carbonator - calculating whole of life cycle carbon impacts

Please join us for another ASBN SustainabiliTEA - a time to enjoy some tea (or morning beverage of your choice) whilst having a yarn about a diversity of topics around sustainable and regenerative built environments.

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How can a designer optimise performance while minimising additional carbon emissions? Or compare alternate assemblies and components?

Jason Quinn from Sustainable Engineering Ltd. will discuss The Carbonator — a free carbon calculator tool for Passive House designers that plugs into PHPP to give fast initial feedback on whole of life cycle carbon impacts. This event will feature a short presentation on what this tool does followed by lots of time for discussion.

The tool, demo video and background are available here: https://sustainableengineering.co.nz/how-to-analyse-carbon-emissions-when-designing-buildings/
 

We look forward to hearing Jason's insights, whilst sharing space with you all virtually over a soothing cuppa!

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About the Speaker
Jason Quinn is the founding director of Sustainable Engineering Ltd. His work focuses on the intersection of physics and building design and he has outspoken views on New Zealand housing. He has degrees in mechanical engineering (George Washington University, USA) and aerospace engineering (Florida Institute of Technology, USA) and is a registered International Professional Engineer (USA) and a Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand.

Jason spent a decade as a rocket scientist at NASA before he and his family relocated to New Zealand in 2009. He soon became one of New Zealand’s first certified Passive House designers and in 2016 travelled to Germany for further training and exams to become the country’s first Passive House certifier. Jason is an in-demand speaker at Passive House conferences in Australasia and has taught courses for PHINZ, the Passive House Academy and the NZ Green Building Council.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Adelaide Sustainable Building Network acknowledges the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains, Tarntanya, where our work is most often undertaken. We also acknowledge the Peramangk People of the Mt Lofty Ranges, the Ngarrindjeri of Fleurieu, Coorong and lower Murray regions and the Ngadjuri of the Barossa and Mid-North as the traditional custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to all Elders, past and present, of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spirituality recognises the connectedness of people and culture with earth, sky and water country. The land is alive with traces of Dreaming ancestors. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land