Regenerative Design Summit
A two-day event with both general and technical education about how to design and build buildings that go beyond doing less harm and start doing more good for people, the planet, and community prosperity.
Skills were put to the test with a half-day design challenge on August 10 focused on green|spaces’ future Living Building.
Thank you to the Kendeda Fund and the Lyndhurst Foundation for their support of the Regenerative Design Summit.
Watch The Presentations Here!
Can We Heal the Earth in 18 Months?: Presented by Bill Reed
Opening Address: Lillie Keener
Mass Timber Building Science: Presented by Aaron Gould
Sustainable Multi-Family Units: Presented by Tara Gbolade
Developer Driven Living Buildings: Presented by Mark Brune (Virtual)
Living Building Materials: Presented by Abhiri Khisty and Matt Van Duien
Regenerative Design Finance: Presented by Chris Pyke
Half-Day Regenerative Design Workshop: Facilitated by Bill Reed
The Speakers
Amir Alakaam: Associate Professor PhD: Masters of Public Health Program Director and Associate Professor UTC Department of Health and Human Performance
Shan Arora: Director of The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design
Marc Brune: Principal at PAE
Joshua Gassman: Principal and Sustainable Design Director at Lord Aeck Sargent Planning and Design
Tara Gbolade: Director at Gbolade Design Studio | Mayor’s Design Advocate | Sustainable Design Architect
Aaron Gould: Sustainability Manager at VaproShield
Lillie Keener, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate: Owner of Seam Design Team
Abhiri Khisty, FITWEL Ambassador, GGEP, LEED AP (Homes), Sustainability Specialist at Epsten Group, Inc.
Anica Landreneau, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP: Director of Sustainable Design at HOK
Jimmy Mitchell: LEED BD+C, Senior Director of Business Development at Skanska
Christine Mondor, FAIA; LEED AP; Principal, evolveEA; Adjunct Professor Carnegie Mellon University
Marc Mondor, AIA; LEED Fellow; Principal, evolveEA; Appointee, AIA Climate Action and Design Excellence
Chris Pyke, Ph.D: Senior Vice President for Product for ArcSkoru, Inc.
Bill Reed, AIA, LEED: Principal of Regensis, Inc.
Matt Van Duinen: Sustainability Director at WAP Sustainability
More information about the summit
The green|spaces Regenerative Design Summit provided an opportunity for community leaders, community members, developers, architects, engineers, contractors, and financiers to learn both why and howwe can build a better world. Thanks to the Kendeda Fund and the Lyndhurst Foundation for their generous support of this event and project.
August 9 focused on education with a lineup of diverse speakers with hands-on experience.
August 10 focused on a design workshop where teams practiced what they learned and helped design Chattanooga’s first Living Building. Attendees were the first to receive RFPs related to green|spaces’ Living Building.
Background Information
In 2007, green|spaces led the way to developing buildings that did less harm with our current LEED Platinum office at 63 Main St in Chattanooga, Tennessee and 43 other LEED projects.
In 2014, we embarked on demonstrating how net zero capable homes could be built at market rate and sold at market rate and completed four NextGen Homes by 2018.
On August 9, 2022, we began the next phase, where buildings go beyond doing less harm and doing more good as we began developing a Living Building that will become green|spaces’ future headquarters. Projects like the Bullitt Center in Seattle and the Kendeda Building in Atlanta have established a trail that we intend to follow as we develop a new headquarters for green|spaces.