Happy Earth Day! (Check out Sustainable Content from IIDA)
In celebration of Earth Day, check out some videos, articles, and other resources from IIDA about sustainability and the built environment!
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EDUCATION FUND
The Sustainable Design Education Fund supports our IIDA members practicing sustainable design strategy. Interior designers that are LEED or WELL certified demonstrate to clients and employers that they are dedicated to incorporating environmental sustainability and the health and safety of occupants into their practice.
The Sustainable Design Education Fund will award $350 for up to five IIDA Student, Professional, or Associate members, whom have completed and passed the LEED Accreditation exam or WELL AP Exam. This award is open twice annually, in the spring and fall.
Pittsburgh City Center Sustainable Design Roundtable
11/19/2020 Sustainability is no longer just a topic, but an important ideal that communities across the country are embracing. Reducing our impact on the environment becomes more pressing each passing day. Follow along with our panelists as we ask an array of questions that dive deep into the implementation of best sustainability practices and in the times of COVID-19, how you can still meet your bottom line. Thank you to our incredible speakers and generous sponsors for making this event possible!
THE IMPACT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: IIDA and KI discuss how built environments impact all of us and how we can continue designing with purpose post-pandemic.
In a recent Community as Strategy webinar event, presented by KI and IIDA, three San Francisco designers with an abundance of local knowledge discussed with moderator Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, executive vice president and CEO at IIDA the ways that built environments impact all of us and how we can continue designing with purpose post-pandemic.
Interior designers are collectors of stories and experiences, and it’s up to them to translate those experiences into the built environment. What can this look like post-COVID-19 and how can designers take into meaningful consideration both internal stakeholders and external communities when creating a physical space?
As 2020 comes to a close, we continue to find ourselves challenged in finding ways to rally around built environments as an expression of common goals and values. Our personal and professional networks, however, have become more important than ever, as strong communities are what sustain us. But we sure do miss our offices, and designers are reimagining how we can better utilize shared spaces in the future—whatever it may look like—and how they can be built to help us sustain and grow our communities.
Interface + IIDA: Virtual Converge Summit | All We Can Save
November 2020. The program starts with a warm welcome from Executive Vice President and CEO of IIDA, Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA and Vice President, Americas Marketing of Interface, Anna Webb. Then, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson speak swith several of the contributors featured in a new anthology of essays and poems written by diverse women at the forefront of the climate movement.
Interface + IIDA: Virtual Converge Summit | Why Carbon Revisited
November 2020. Joey Shea, manager, mission activation at Interface will define embodied carbon and discuss strategies for evaluating and specifying products with low or even negative carbon footprints that can contribute to positive climate outcomes.
Collective D(esign): Episode 8 | Sustainability, Wellness, and Adaptive Change
With a heightened awareness of the world around us, how are approaches to sustainability in design evolving based on this critical moment? Join IIDA and a panel of industry experts to address designing for a more resilient future, considering culture, place, materials, energy, climate, and carbon. Learn from a conversation that will explore how design can positively impact the health and wellness of people and the planet.
Moderated by: John Czarnecki, Hon. IIDA, Assoc. AIA, Deputy Director and Senior Vice President, IIDA, Chicago
Panelists:
Sonja Bochart, IIDA Principal Shepley Bulfinch Phoenix
Blaine Brownell, FAIA Professor Interim Architecture Department Head University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Mikhail Davis Director, Technical Sustainability – Americas Interface San Francisco
Paula McEvoy, FAIA Associate Principal Perkins and Will Atlanta