36 WYOMING ARCHITECTURE .22 | aia-wyoming.org have been filed with the U.S. patent office to attract private investments and facilitate the commercialization of CCB. Physical samples of the bricks used in construction of the two demonstration houses were on hand and made available to attendees for evaluation. Laurel Christensen was the next speaker. Laurel serves as mindful MATERIALS Director of Outreach and Engagement, where she focuses on building industry partnerships and relationships with Architecture and Design firms, Contractors, and Owners across the built environment. Her experience as a practicing Architect and Sustainable Design Leader at a larder architectural firm and her history of working as a manufacturer’s rep makes her uniquely positioned to understand and communicate the value that mindful MATERIALS brings to the industry. Laurel explained how as architects, our materials selections have massive impacts, not only on the occupants of the buildings we design but on all those who come into contact with those materials throughout their life cycles. The AIA defines sustainable materials as those that reduce their Impacts on social health and equity, human health, ecosystem health, and climate health, and support a circular economy. Though over 170 A&D firms have publicly committed to evaluating materials across these impact areas, there is still a lack of industry-wide consensus around how building product manufacturers can best document their embodied impacts. Laurel described the mindful MATERIALS Common Materials Framework, which is intended to become a foundation that will allow sustainability and transparency data to become actionable, enabling the future tracking and reporting of holistic embodied impacts of buildings. AIA Wyoming held its Chapter business meeting prior to lunch with a full agenda of Standing Committee and AIA reports. The Chapter elected the upcoming board of directors positions that will begin on January 1. Brandon Daigle, AIA, will assume his second term as Treasurer, Tim Schenk, AIA, will assume his second term as Director, and members welcomed Mitch Blake, AIA, (not in attendance) to the President-elect position. At conclusion of the business meeting, Laurel conducted an interactive workshop engaging participants in thought and discussion of the 5 facets which make up the A&D materials pledge developed by AIA. The Architecture & Design Materials Pledge was developed to inspire a shift in how we evaluate the products and finishes that we specify on a daily basis. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35
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