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Kyle Pickett, Board member/VP: "I joined as a co-founder and acting executive director to honor Bill's legacy of collaborative leadership in sustainability and professional education. I like that I get to interface and collaborate with passionate practitioners who want to 'give back' and add value to the design process. This is the spirit in which Bill worked. Freely sharing knowledge so that we can change our industry. Working with the Foundation allows me the flexibility to have fun and make a difference." Are fired up about accelerating sustainable development in the built environment? Join our small-but-mighty team as a Board Director. Submit your application today! Board applications will be accepted through May 16, 2024. We can't get to work on these urgent issues soon enough. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gTuEPYHv The Worthen Foundation is committed to building a more diverse Board of Directors. Know someone who would be a great fit? Please let us know! Thanks in advance, The William J. Worthen Foundation Board of Directors: Steven Guttmann Kyle Pickett Paul Adamson FAIA Candice Kollar, LEED AP Jeffrey Till AIA LEED AP Alice Sung, AIA, LEED AP, BD C, SEA Heidi Lubin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lynn N. Simon, FAIA, LEED Fellow Andrea Traber Hilary Noll Jill A. worthenfoundation.org

Sacramentans or whoever will be in the area next week: 🔥Are you interested in learning more about wildfire smoke? 🔥 Are you interested in learning if your hospital is ready for the next wildfire event? 🔥What to do if you have an earthquake, a pandemic and a wildfire event at the same time!?! 🔥 When will ASHRAE publish some guidance on wildfire smoke? Come join me in my presentation for the local Sac Valley ASHRAE Chapter next Wednesday, May 1st. Link to register https://lnkd.in/gg5SH4r6

Don’t miss Gurdaver Singh at this year’s I2SL Annual Conference and Technology Fair, the world’s premiere lab sustainability conference, where he will be presenting on Carbon Neutral Design on Wednesday, October 25th. Gurdaver is an award-winning engineer, who has dedicated over 25 years of his career to helping his clients develop strategies and engineering solutions to provide a safe laboratory environment while drastically reducing energy consumption, carbon footprint, and working toward carbon neutrality. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗭𝗡𝗘 𝘁𝗼 𝗭𝗡𝗖 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Session I3: Carbon Neutral Design Wednesday, October 25, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM 𝘈𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘕𝘠 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.

Is your hospital ready for the next Wildfire? Did your facility develop a Smoke Readiness Plan? Have you communicated this plan to your O&M personnel, to employees and to the design team for a new facility? Do you know that the most “smellable” component in wildfire smoke (i.e., gaseous VOCs) is not the most dangerous one which is the Particulate Matter PM2.5 that can penetrate deep into the human lungs. Do you know that there are two key concepts to mitigate wildfire smoke: 1) Preventing smoke from getting indoors and 2) Removing smoke contaminants that get indoors. Are you and your facility ready for this? Have you thought about the impact wildfire smoke will have on other non-HVAC filters in your hospitals? (Hint: think about the NICU incubators' filters!)  If you want to learn the answers to these and more, join me for my educational session at the 14th Annual Northern California Seminar being hosted by California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc. (CSHE) on Friday, October 20th. This year’s Seminar will be focused on Disaster Preparedness. If you are unable to attend and would like to learn more, feel freer to reach out to me!

Join us as we give kudos to our rockstar content leaders for Volume 3 of the Building Decarbonization Practice Guide, an all-volunteer effort, and take a look inside – Katie Ackerly, AIA, David Baker Architects; Sean Armstrong,Redwood Energy; Steven Guttmann, PE, BCxP, LEED Fellow, Guttmann & Blaevoet Consulting Engineers; Ryan Hamilton, Consortium for Energy Efficiency; Heidi Lubin, eSix Development; Ted Tiffany, LEED AP BD+C, Building Decarbonization Coalition; Breana Wheeler, BRE USA (BREEAM Official) Inside Multifamily Residential, Hotels/Motels, and Similar Buildings: ~ Principles ~ The Design Process ~ Construction Phase Considerations ~ Operational Phase Considerations ~ Assessing Costs and Value ~ And an array of Case Studies! #decarbonization #decarbguide #ActOnClimate Thank you to our Sponsors! Google Microsoft Energy Foundation UL Solutions AIA California Building Decarbonization Coalition WRNS Studio Guttmann & Blaevoet Consulting Engineers Urban Fabrick Download it now by Volume or the complete 7-volume publication in it's entirety. Thanks to the generosity of many, it's FREE! https://lnkd.in/g_PFXB96 The William J. Worthen Foundation https://lnkd.in/griVhkyJ

Say hello to two of our incredible engineers, Tunde Munz and Katie Love, at the Women in Construction Fall Conference. Tunde Munz, PE, LEED AP, is a Mechanical Principal at G&B. She has over 30 years of experience in the design of HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems. Having first studied architecture, her design solutions not only complement architectural features but are integrated seamlessly into the building. In addition, Tunde is passionate about energy and water conservation and is committed to carbon footprint reduction. Katie Love, RCDD, RTPM, is a Low Voltage Engineer at G&B. She brings over 15 years of experience in the AEC industry. She has focused on low voltage design in the past four years and is a Registered Telecommunications Project Manager and Registered Communications Distribution Designer. Katie has designed for a wide variety of spaces from healthcare and educational to residential and high-rise buildings. As a JUST organization, G&B values and strives for gender diversity and inclusiveness. Tunde and Katie will represent G&B at this year’s conference alongside industry change makers. “𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴) 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺.” – SRBX & CIEF

Join Steven Guttmann at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2023, where he will be speaking along with other industry leaders and the biggest names in architecture! 𝗙𝗥𝟭𝟮𝟬: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 Friday, June 9th 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Moscone South, Room 209 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦: 𝘈 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘰𝘧-𝘵𝘩𝘦-𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴—𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴—𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘑. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦.