Past Presidents Meeting, Monday, September 11, 2023, 10:30 – 1pm
REGISTER (if you register for IN-PERSON, and do not show the chapter will request a $25 donation)
SESSION 1, 11-11:50AM: Decarbonization and whole life carbon: Accelerating Net Zero Building Scalability – Part 1
SESSION 2, 12-1PM: Decarbonization and whole life carbon: Accelerating Net Zero Building Scalability – Part 2
WHERE: In Person, Westport Event Center (formerly Spazios) 12031 Lackland Rd., Speaker is Virtual – Virtual Link will be provided to virtual attendees. NOTE: If you signed up for in-person and do not show we will request a $25 donation to ASHRAE RP.
FEE $0 for ASHRAE St. Louis Members, Past Presidents, and full-time students; $25 for Non-members
SPEAKER: Ghina Annan, Decarbonization Business Lead – Stantec | M.Eng Applied Energy | International Young Energy Professional of the Year Award 2022| ASHRAE DL| LEED AP| LFA| WELL AP| EcoDistricts AP| CEM | EDGE | GSAS| PQP| ENV SP| Fitwel | TRUE | HPI | ActiveScore AP
Ghina Annan has 12 years of experience in the development of high-performance building design while applying building science and design solutions to reach carbon neutral and resilient goals. Ghina received her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and her master’s in Mechanical Engineering, applied energy from the American University of Beirut.
Ghina Annan is the Sustainability Discipline Team Lead for Stantec, Ottawa. She is passionate about cities and the built environment, leading teams to achieve effective sustainability outcomes while identifying and implementing adequate strategies to achieve net zero energy, water, waste, and carbon while following regulations, codes, standards, and safety. Her work includes designing for climate risk, resiliency, and future proofing; reviewing building performance modeling and energy management assessments; facilitating sustainable design and certifications, health and wellbeing consulting and certifications; advising on strategy formulation and long-term planning, market and feasibility assessments and managing carbon accountability and reporting, and climate risk assessments and adaptation planning. Successfully, she led the WELL Health-Safety Rating certification for six of Stantec’s offices through the International WELL Building Institute.
She has won several awards and certificates in her field, including the International Young Energy Professional of 2022 from Association of Energy Engineering (AEE), TRUE Certification for Zero Waste, and the Fitwel Certification System. She is En-ROADS Climate Ambassador and a climate leader. She is Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP), EDGE (Excellence in Design for greater Efficiencies) Expert, EcoDistricts Accredited professional; a Well Accredited professional (AP), LEED Accredited professional (AP) in building design and construction, Certified Energy Manager (CEM), GSAS Certified Green Professional (CGP), Certified Energy Professional (GSAS-CEP), Pearl Qualified Professional (PQP), Home Performance Index (HPI) Assessor and Living Future Accreditation (LFA).
Ghina’s contribution to the first chapter on global climate change to appear in the ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook (2021) comes within her long-term and highly impactful involvement in the Technical Committee on Global Climate Change and her work will surely support designers and building operators to ensure robust operation for decades to come. Currently, she is the chair of ASHRAE Whole Life Carbon Guide for Building Systems contributing to the development of an ASHRAE guidelines. Her work focuses on determining a holistic methodology to quantify how material processes from cradle to grave affect climate change, non-renewable resources, and the environment. Ghina has also published several articles and papers in her field, including Building Decarbonization Transformation and A Comprehensive benchmark of Building Energy Demand and Consumption.
Ghina provides a number of training seminars for architects, engineers, builders, manufacturers, code officials, utility program developers and others addressing: Sustainable Community Planning and Resiliency, Net zero energy and carbon, Embodied carbon in building design and construction, climate action plans, health, well-being and happiness of building occupants, Building Performance, commissioning and recommissioning, Renewable energy systems assessment, hygrothermal analysis and Electrification. She is a frequent keynote speaker at various national conferences and events including the first ASHRAE decarbonization conference and all 5 ASHRAE International Conferences on Efficient Building Design that took place in Beirut, Lebanon.
As a passionate advocate for sustainability and a firm believer in the urgent need for decarbonization, she created a YouTube channel that educates stakeholders of all backgrounds about sustainability, climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, resilience, future proofing and much more in the industry. By leveraging her expertise in the field, she created engaging and informative content that helps viewers take more informed decisions and stay up to date with the latest developments in the sustainability space. She has been actively involved in educating the next generation about sustainability through a program called Green Apple Day of Service by USGBC. Over the past seven years, she had the privilege of educating more than 10,000 students in school events. This one-day event provides students with the opportunity to listen to a presentation on sustainability, followed by hands-on activities that serve sustainability.
Decarbonization and whole life carbon: Accelerating Net Zero Building Scalability
Learning Objectives
- Whole Life Carbon Zero: Grasp the significance of achieving zero carbon emissions throughout a building’s lifecycle for sustainability.
- ISO and EN Frameworks: Explore recognized standards guiding carbon assessment and reduction in MEP systems.
- Embodied vs. Operational Carbon: Differentiate between carbon emissions during construction and ongoing building operation.
- MEP Embodied Carbon: Understand the impact of embodied carbon in MEP systems.
- Practical Implementation: Learn actionable steps to integrate carbon reduction into MEP systems’ lifecycle.
- Quantifying Carbon Impact: Discover methods to measure both embodied and operational carbon emissions.
- ASHRAE Decarbonization Resources: Stay updated on upcoming ASHRAE tools for advancing carbon reduction and sustainable building practices.
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