Emily Freeman
Policy Advisor, Circular Economy City of Boulder
Seminars
Wednesday 25th June 2025
Discover – Commercial Deconstruction as a Means to Lower Embodied Carbon & Waste
1:00 pm
- Understanding how deconstruction policy can drive building material reuse and accelerate a circular economy
- Exploring how partnerships between owners, contractors, and designers can facilitate the adoption of salvaged building materials and alternative solutions to reduce embodied carbon
- Examining a process developed to recover, evaluate, track, and successfully reuse structural steel, including material testing
- Identifying the potential environmental, carbon, and economic benefits of utilizing salvaged building materials
Wednesday 25th June 2025
Develop – Maximizing Waste Prevention Efforts Through Project Partner & Supplier Collaboration
1:30 pm
- Addressing the complexities of waste management: What are the elements that contractors typically don’t account for, but can be costly, in terms of onsite waste?
- Embedding waste management goals into contracts to ensure teams are incentivized to implement innovative solutions: How can you quantify success?
- Exploring how collaboration with suppliers, waste haulers, and local governments can improve recycling and reuse rates
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