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Accelerating the Buildings Breakthrough: Tools and Solutions for Addressing Whole Life Carbon, Circularity, and Shifting to Bio-based Materials
| 12:30-14:00 Azerbaijan Time (UTC +4)
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Area E, Delegation Pavilions, Buildings + Cooling Pavilion, International Code Council, G10

This moderated discussion will showcase key tools and case studies such as the Circularity Assessment Framework, Circular Transition Indicators (CTI), Bio-Based Materials Compendium, 10 Recommendations for Whole Life Carbon, and Minoro, all aimed at advancing near-zero emission buildings. The session will explore how these tools, along with real-world case studies, can be effectively applied and implemented to drive sustainable building practices.

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Session Agenda

Opening and Welcome (3 mins)

  • Speaker: Gulnara Roll, UNEP

Keynote (5 mins)

  • Speaker: Mr. Shinichi Goto, Deputy Director General of MLIT, Japan.

1st Round of Snapshots: Tools Introductions (6 mins)

  • Speakers:
    • Harry Mills (CNMI): Bio & Earth-Based Compendium.
    • Emma Lappalainen (Finngroup Consultants/MoE Finland): 10 WLC Recommendations.

Moderated Discussion: Tools and Recommendations (20 mins)

  • Moderator: Nazaket Azmili, Laudes Foundation.
  • Panelists:
    • Ms. Chiaki Okimura (AGC).
    • Paul King (BuiltbyNature).
    • Nasra Nanda (KGBS).
    • Samantha Stratton (UNOPS).
    • Peter Vangsbo (ARUP).
    • George Tarus (Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya).

Participant Q&A (7 mins)

  • Moderator: Nazaket Azmili, Laudes Foundation.
  • Focus: Open the floor for audience questions directed to the panelists and keynote speaker.

2nd Round of Snapshots: Tools Introductions (9 mins)

  • Speakers:
    • Samantha Stratton-Short (UNOPS): National Circularity Framework for Buildings.
    • Roland Hunziker (WBCSD): CTI for Buildings.
    • Matt Black (WorldGBC): Minoro.

Moderated Discussion: Scaling Circularity (15 mins)

  • Moderator: Nazaket Azmili, Laudes Foundation.
  • Panelists:
    • Ms. Chiaki Okimura (AGC).
    • Paul King (BuiltbyNature).
    • Nasra Nanda (KGBS).
    • Samantha Stratton (UNOPS).
    • Peter Vangsbo (ARUP).
    • George Tarus (Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya).

Participant Q&A (7 mins)

  • Moderator: Nazaket Azmili, Laudes Foundation.
  • Focus: Audience questions directed to panelists on presented tools and frameworks.

Closing Remarks (10 mins)

  • Speaker: Dr. Usha Iyer-Raniga, RMIT University

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