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Peter Yost
Sole proprietor of Building-Wright
Presentation Title:
Manage Energy & Moisture with Equal Intensity
Description:
Mr. Yost has been building, remodeling, assessing, and testing buildings for their energy and moisture performance for over forty years. His presentation will address the demands that occupants of our buildings and building professionals place on the structures we create. Two of those specific demands are moisture and energy. Mr. Yost will address the physics of those two specific demands and explain how they are inextricably linked. This presentation will illustrate how energy and moisture considerations should drive the efforts to design, build, and renovate healthy, durable, and fully functional working and living spaces.
Zoom link: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/91309523224
Greg Bossie
Designer and President of Rare Forms Design/Build
Presentation Title:
Locally Grown Homes: Buildings As a Climate Solution
Description:
Mr. Bossie is an experienced craftsman and business owner. Throughout this presentation he will illustrate how locally sourced and biogenic building materials are transforming the construction industry into a driver of climate solutions. This lecture explores the potential of straw insulated structural panels (S-SIPs) and other biogenic building materials to reduce carbon emissions, promote housing equity, and support local economies. The audience will also have an opportunity to examine how biogenic building materials contribute to creating high-performance, healthy, and affordable homes, while addressing global environmental challenges.
Zoom link: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/96150143518