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AIA Los Angeles Continuing Education
Promoting the power of architecture to influence the well-being of Angelenos and our region.
AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium
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2 Degrees Symposium: L.A.'s Green New Deal

In this 60-minute course filmed live at the AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium, Dominique Hargreaves, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles, provides an overview of LA's Green New Deal, one of the nation's most ambitious plans to combat climate change and achieve a zero-carbon grid, zero-carbon transportation, zero-carbon buildings, zero waste and zero wasted water. Dominique then illustrates how we can lead our industry and the world in mitigating climate change.
Berkeley City Council Member Kate Harrison inspires us to kick-start the Green New Deal with all-electric buildings and explains how Berkeley is implementing steps to eliminate fossil fuels from new buildings and creating well-paid jobs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and economic inequality.
Presenter: | Dominique Hargreaves, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles, Kate Harrison, Councilmember, City of Berkeley |
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Provider: | AIA Los Angeles |
Certification: | AIA/CES (HSW) |
Learning Units: | 1.0 hours |
2 Degrees Symposium: Urban Scale

In this 75-minute course filmed live at the AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium, three presenters provide inspiring perspectives about how design professionals can help transform the urban regions into more sustainable, less carbon-intensive environments.
Dylan Jones, AIA, of Gensler's Mobility Lab discusses how mobility has shaped our communities and how the past decade of technology-driven disruption is shaping the way we move, connect and plan the cities of tomorrow.
Nick Saponara, Deputy Executive Officer of Transit Oriented Communities at LA Metro, provides an overview of one of the largest transportation infrastructure programs in the nation, and how LA Metro fosters transit-oriented communities.
Matthew Wintner, AIA, then leads us through the planning process for the Pacific Beach EcoDistrict, which focuses on place, prosperity, health + wellbeing, connectivity, living infrastructure and resource regeneration.
Presenter: | Dylan Jones, AIA, Gensler Mobility Lab, Nick Saponara, Deputy Executive Officer, Transit Oriented Communities, Matthew Wintner, AIA, President of beautfulPB |
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Provider: | AIA Los Angeles |
Certification: | AIA/CES (HSW) |
Learning Units: | 1.25 hours |
2 Degrees Symposium: Building Scale

In this 75-minute course filmed live at the AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium, three presenters share insights on the design of healthy, low intensity buildings that meet or exceed the goals set forth in the Green New Deal.
In “Adaptive Reuse,” William Leddy, FAIA, provides insights into why adaptive building reuse reduces both embodied operational carbon and why it is imperative in a climate-positive world. He then suggests tangible strategies for design professionals to promote adaptive reuse.
In “Building to Cool the Climate,” Bruce King, Founder and Director of the Ecological Building Network (EBNet) provides strategies for pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and sequestering it within foundations, walls, roofs and insulation, and inspires us to transform buildings from massive carbon emitters into carbon sponges.
In “Aligning Climate and Health Goals,” Bill Walsh, Founder and Board President, Healthy Building Network, discusses why reducing embodied carbon is essential to meeting our climate change goals and why this demands a revolution in how we specify and manufacture building materials.
Presenter: | William Leddy, FAIA, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, Bill Walsh, Founder and President of the Board of the Healthy Building Network (HBN), and Bruce King, Co-Founder & Director, Ecological Building Network (EBNet) |
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Provider: | AIA Los Angeles |
Certification: | AIA/CES (HSW) |
Learning Units: | 1.25 hours |
2 Degrees Symposium: The Terrestrial Biosphere

In this 75-minute course filmed live at the AIA Los Angeles & AIA|LA COTE 2020 Two Degrees Symposium, Dr. Joshua B. Fisher, a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and one of the leaders of the ECOSTRESS mission, captivates us with stunning visuals, videos and metaphors about "The Fate of the Terrestrial Biosphere Under a Changing Climate." Dr. Fisher gives an overview of the latest remote-sensing datasets and model developments from JPL and discusses new insights into the behavior and understanding of terrestrial ecosystems.
Viewers will appreciate why Dr. Fisher has been named one of the world's most influential climate researchers and is a widely sought-after lecturer on climate change.
Presenter: | Dr. Joshua Fisher, NASA JPL Research Scientist |
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Provider: | AIA Los Angeles |
Certification: | AIA/CES (HSW) |
Learning Units: | 1.25 hours |