Decarbonization and Net Zero Energy (A Partial Solution to A Carbon Free Built Environment)

SAME Lake Michigan Post will be hosting a virtual presentation given by Lois Vitt Sale on February 10, 2022 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The topic is, “Decarbonization and Net Zero Energy (A Partial Solution to A Carbon Free Built Environment).” To register, please click here.

Government entities including municipal, state and even the Federal government are planning for a Carbon-free future. What does it entail and how does a net zero energy building figure into realizing the goal? Lois Vitt Sale will discuss the work of a few decarbonization working groups and how it aligns with several projects her firm, Wight & Company that are designed and are meeting net zero energy.

Guest Speaker Lois Vitt Sale:                                  

Lois Vitt Sale, FAIA, is a LEED Fellow and Senior Vice President of Wight & Company. Lois’ 32-year career as a practicing architect has focused on sustainability as intrinsic to design aided by the application of green technologies and sustainable planning.

First joining Wight in 1995, Lois has led Wight’s efforts to embed sustainability in all facets of this innovative design-led, design build firm as its Chief Sustainability Officer. Recently, Lois has led the effort to design several buildings to meet the criteria for Net Zero Energy. Her work continues to raise the bar for high performance, healthy buildings for the work designed and built by her firm.

She has been adjunct faculty at Northwestern University since 2005. She has educated, volunteered and lent her energies to promulgate an understanding that creating places where people thrive demands deeply sustainable solutions for the built environment.

Attendees will qualify for 1 PDH credit.