Public Lecture: Defining Sustainability in Theory and Practice

Nancy Nicholas Hall, 2235
@ 10:00 am

Join us for a public lecture on architecture and sustainability with architect Tom Bassett-Dilley. This event will be in-person and online via Zoom. To watch online, please register below.

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Tom Bassett-Dilley, FAIA CPHC LFA founded TBDA in 2006 to pursue sustainability in architecture. Toward that end, he became a Certified Passive House Consultant in 2010 to learn advanced energy modeling, building science, and principles of conservation. Tom has led the design of all the firm’s work, including dozens of Phius, LEED, Greenstar, and DOE certified projects throughout the Midwest.

He is a founding member and past President of the Chicago Passive House Alliance chapter, a founding member of Oak Park’s Climate Action Network, and served for six years on Oak Park’s Historic Preservation Commission. Since 2011 Tom has regularly presented locally and nationally on topics relating to energy efficiency, health, and building science in new and old buildings alike. TBDA is an Architecture 2030 Signatory, proudly meeting portfolio-wide reduction targets since 2018.

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Design Studies Department and the Center for Design and Material Culture, and presented as part of Earth Fest.

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