METALCON 2022

How Reducing Metal’s Carbon Footprint IS the Paradigm of Today’s Design and Construction Industries (Room Room 137)

13 Oct 22
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Metal in Architecture

Now more than ever sustainability is a key aspect of current projects and future designs.  How does metal fit into the carbon neutral future?  The metal industry is working actively to answer the carbon neutral future.  Join us as a panel of experts discusses how metal is becoming more and more sustainable.  Going well beyond the unprecedented recyclability of metal, and addressing it’s ultimate carbon footprint.  This panel will also delve deeper into the considerations for metal in design, from different service lives, to underlying PCRs, phase impacts and much more.  Discover just how much metal is changing and how it will be involved in future designs.
 

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the EPD’s of metal
  • Learn to find and assess the material specific design impacts
  • Discover the changes in the metal industry to address carbon neutrality
  • Understand how metal affects a structure’s service life
  • Come away knowing how recyclable metal truly is.


 THIS SESSION QUALIFIES FOR 1 AIA LU HSW


 
Registration includes access to all exhibits, education sessions on the show floor, keynotes, and networking events.