Events and Talks

YDS Healing Ground

It was a perfect autumn day for the Yale Divinity School (YDS) Living Village Ground Healing Ceremony. IES team member Carlye Woodard was on hand  for the well-attended event, which launched the construction phase of this much anticipated project with discussion and questions, prayer and recognition, as well as food and drinks to mark the celebration. YDS Dean Gregory E. Sterling suggested, with a playful nod to Joni Mitchell’s iconic lyrics, that the school is endeavoring to tear up a parking lot and build a paradise.

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Announcing the 2022 BE+ Green Building Showcase Displays

The 2022 BE+ Green Building Showcase Award Winners

Both IES’s Charley Stevenson and Matt Root were honored to attend the BE+ 2022 event, which was hosted at Harvard University’s Science and Engineering Complex (SEC).

Read More to learn about this years award winners and see all of the Green Buildings showcased.

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Join IES at the 2022 BE+ Green Building Showcase

IES’s Charley Stevenson and Matt Root will be on hand as Built Environment Plus holds its 2022 Green Building Showcase on Oct. 27, 5-9:30 p.m. The event happens at Harvard University’s Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), the BE+ 2021 Green Building of the Year. IES was Living Building Challenge consultant for SEC, researching 5,600 building materials using IES’s healthier materials management platform, Red2Green. Join us for a night of project boards, presentations, discussions and awards for everyone involved in designing, operating and constructing the built environment, which is sponsored in part by Red2Green.

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Watch for IES at Greenbuild

Greenbuild International Conference & Expo is moving its 2020 event to an all-virtual format. The capstone event will take place November 10-12, but ahead of that new Greenbuild single-day (live!) virtual Summits are providing deeper access to critical topics. Our own Charley Stevenson joins Danile DeBoo, Principal, and Premnath Sundharam, Global Sustainability Leader, both of DLR Group, and Jason Jewhurst, Principal, Bruner/Cott Architects, for Material Changes: Strategies to Create Healthier Buildings, during Greenbuild’s Health & Wellness Summit on October 22.

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Join Us for BuildingEnergy NYC 2020

IES is a proud sponsor and presenter at BuildingEnergy NYC 2020, which this year will be a virtual conference and trade show on Sept. 23 & 24. On the 24th, IES’ Charley Stevenson joins Alison Mears, Director, Healthy Materials Lab, Parsons School of Design at The New School, along with Daniel Piselli, Senior Associate, Director of Sustainability, Austin Sakong, Senior Associate, both of FXCollaborative, in a presentation on Improving your Project’s Material Health.

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Virtually Attending Living Future 20: Participants Produce Hope Within Crises

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By Charley Stevenson

With the theme of “Sustaining Hope within Crisis,” and expanding on the original climate change focus to encompass the COVID-19 crisis as well, the virtual Living Future 2020 conference fulfilled its mission admirably. Swiftly—and commendably—organized online, LF20 not only sustained hope, it generated hope and a promise of better times ahead.

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An Up Close Look at the 14th Annual North American Passive House Conference

The PHIUS 2019 conference was another affirmation that the building industry is focused on solving problems contributing to climate change. Economist Jeremy Rifkin’s opening keynote was filled with data from recent studies—industry studies from the banking, insurance and energy sectors—that show that the business community is moving toward more carbon friendly energy sources like solar and wind, and that the Green New Deal has tremendous potential to improve quality of life and solve environmental issues.

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IES team to present at ABX19 (11/6 – 11/7)

On Wednesday morning, IES team members Lisa Carey Moore and Amy Johns join forces with Kalin Associates architect Lisa Goodwin Robins for Views From the Front Line: Incorporating Healthier Materials, during ABX19 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Moderated by Bergmeyer Associates architect Casey Brownell, the group will consider healthy materials implementation at all project phases.

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IES talks Red2Green evolution at Lever’s Innovation Summit 2019

Recently, IES Principle Charley Stevenson addressed Lever’s Innovation Summit 2019 in Williamstown, MA, which also featured a keynote presentation by Steve Case, former CEO and chairman of America Online and now chairman and CEO of Revolution. In a video provided by WiliNet TV, Charley discusses the evolution of our materials tracking platform, Red2Green. What started out as a single project (and a resulting stack of spreadsheets) has lead to nearly 60 projects neatly organized in our proprietary software, now used nationwide. Check out the video below to learn more about how a unique challenge evolved into a great opportunity.

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Chemicals In The Built Environment

Much is known about where chemicals of concern lurk, and consequently there are many opportunities for improvement right now. To help, Lisa Carey Moore and Matt Root from Integrated Eco Strategy will discuss practical ways to incorporate healthier materials into your projects.

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