Chris Magwood

Manager, Carbon Free Buildings

RMI

Chris Magwood helped to establish Builders for Climate Action in 2019 and has been leading development of the BEAM carbon estimator tool for low-rise construction.

In 2022, Chris joined the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Embodied Carbon initiative within RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings team. From 2011-2022, Chris was a director and teacher at The Endeavour Centre, a not-for-profit sustainable building school. Chris has authored seven books on sustainable building. His new book, Building Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture, is co-authored with Bruce King and published by Island Press.

Chris is an active speaker and workshop instructor in Canada and internationally.

Past Conference Sessions

Session Title	Date	Event
Retrofitting Existing Buildings into Low-Carbon Assets	03/29/2023 - 1:00pm	BuildingEnergy Boston 2023
Carbon Storing Buildings: A Gateway to Justice and Belonging	03/29/2023 - 10:30am	BuildingEnergy Boston 2023
Embodied Carbon in Materials: Real Steps to Drawing Down Carbon in our Buildings	08/14/2020 - 9:15am	BuildingEnergy Boston 2020
Carbon Drawdown Now! Prefabricated, Carbon-Storing Building Components Built Before Your Eyes	03/15/2019 - 8:30am	BuildingEnergy Boston 2019
Carbon Drawdown Now! Turning Buildings into Carbon Sinks	03/14/2019 - 8:30am	BuildingEnergy Boston 2019
Integrative Carbon Building: Embodied Carbon, Net Positive Carbon, and the New Carbon Architecture	03/09/2018 - 10:30am	BuildingEnergy Boston 2018

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