Program
CAC Live: Design Dialogues: Healthy Buildings and the Workplace
The pandemic puts health and safety in the workplace to the test, with improved airflow and sanitation taking on new urgency. Learn what goes into designing healthy buildings and how these approaches apply to office and residential settings alike.
Learn about the growing use and relevance of the WELL Building Standard (a certification akin to LEED for energy efficiency) in the “healthy buildings” movement, through examples of office towers being adapted for safe re-occupancy. Esteemed presenters include Raj Gupta, ESD Global executive chairman; Rachel Hodgdon, International WELL Building Institute president and CEO; and Sean McCrady, director of the Assets and Sustainability, Real Estate and Properties group at UL. CAC President and CEO Lynn Osmond moderates their discussion, which will delve into the challenges and opportunities of implementation and competitive advantages for healthy buildings. What will it take to transform our work environments?
Design Dialogues: Healthy Buildings and the Workplace is sponsored by Ozinga. This timely presentation for members of the CAC’s Industry Council is also being made available to the general public.
Program Moderator: Lynn Osmond
Lynn Osmond assumed the position of President and CEO of the Chicago Architecture Foundation in 1996. She led the creation and introduction in 2018 of the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), a 20,000-square-foot home that moves Chicago architecture to the center of the city’s cultural conversation. Osmond is responsible for overseeing the CAC’s comprehensive slate of architecture tours, exhibitions, discussions, lectures, education programs and more. Under Osmond’s leadership, the CAC is consistently ranked among Chicago’s top ten cultural institutions. Osmond serves on the boards of Choose Chicago (Vice Chair) and the Magnificent Mile and is President of International Women’s Forum Chicago. She is founding chair of the Association of Architecture Organizations, a commissioner of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, and a member of the Commercial Club, the Chicago Network, and the Economic Club of Chicago, among others. Osmond holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Queens University in Ontario, Canada. She is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a graduate of the Advanced Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Program Speaker: Raj Gupta
As executive chairman of ESD, Raj Gupta leads the company’s mission to improve society through the built environment. He works on long-term initiatives to support the company’s future including the expansion of career development paths for employees, promotion of the ESD brand and corporate governance. Gupta champions ESD’s embrace of globalization, positions the firm to compete in our digital economy and nurtures ESD’s unique culture and advances its values: respect everyone, work hard and play to win. Gupta is active with charitable and civic organizations including the Adler Planetarium, ESD’s Golfing for Good, Young Presidents’ Organization, World Business Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago. He holds bachelor degrees in management engineering and mechanical engineering from Claremont McKenna College and Washington University, respectively, along with a master’s in communications from Northwestern University.
Program Speaker: Rachel Hodgdon
Rachel Hodgdon joined the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) in November 2016. Named president of IWBI in 2018 and CEO in November 2020, Hodgdon brings her broad sustainability expertise and her track record as a leading global advocate for green schools, movement building and social equity to IWBI’s work to advance human health through better buildings, more vibrant communities and stronger organizations. With more than one billion square feet of space registered and certified in 65 countries, IWBI’s evidence-based WELL Building Standard anchors an ecosystem of products and services that advance, measure and monitor real estate features that help people thrive. Prior to joining IWBI, Hodgdon was with the U.S. Green Building Council, where she founded the Center for Green Schools, which mobilized $275B+ investments in LEED-certified educational facilities and deployed more than 750,000 volunteers in 73 countries to transform schools on every continent. She also established the organization’s vast knowledge network, helping LEED become the world’s most widely used green building rating system. A native of Boston MA, Hodgdon is a graduate of Tufts University, serves on numerous boards and advisory councils and is a sought-after media voice and a frequent guest lecturer and instructor at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Health and the Global Environment.
PROGRAM SPEAKER: SEAN MCCRADY
Sean McCrady leads the Assets and Sustainability, Real Estate and Properties group at UL, responsible for healthy buildings. Over his 20-plus year career in the industry, McCrady has provided expertise, technical development and training, project oversight, research and development, and client support. McCrady’s in-depth understanding of the needs and concerns of business owners, building owners and managers has driven cost-effective solutions to indoor environmental issues and sustainability initiatives. McCrady is a board certified indoor environmental consultant, board certified microbial consultant, and board certified infection control consultant, in addition to which he is both a LEED and WELL accredited professional and Fitwel ambassador. McCrady holds a BS in Environmental Science from Virginia Tech and is based in Carlsbad, California.
1 AIA CES learning credit
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