2021 BIA|Bay Area - What's the Future of Building? Net Zero Panel (Virtual)

The BIA|Bay Area Education Committee presents a four part webinar series, What's the Future of Building? We are excited to announce the panelists for the first webinar Building Innovation:

In this series we look at the upcoming 2022 code update.  In 2006 AB32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act, made California the first state to cap greenhouse gas emissions.  In 2008 SB375 was the nation’s first law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by controlling sprawl. 2010 saw the introduction of the first-in-the-nation mandatory Green Building Standards Code. All of these actions set the course for Net Zero energy homes by 2020. This goal was postponed.  Come hear from a panel of experts on what is coming with the next code, how this may effect the planning of our communities and homes, and hear from a builder who is doing this successfully now.

Chris Ochoa
CBIA

Chris Ochoa serves as CBIA’s Senior Counsel for Codes, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs. Chris has nearly a quarter century of experience as an attorney and lobbyist navigating the national and state building code adoption process in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. As a practicing attorney and legislative advocate, Chris represents the CBIA before state boards and commissions, and at the State Legislature. Chris also represents the CBIA on several working groups and committees, including the CA State Fire Marshal’s Wildland Urban Interface, Tall Wood and A2L Refrigerant Working Groups and the California Building Officials (CALBO) Legislative Committee.
 

Tom Paine, Senior Policy Advisor
ConSol

Tom Paine has been working in the building efficiency, energy policy and sustainability sectors for over a dozen years, working in public and private capacities and as an entrepreneur. With substantial training in energy policy and law, Tom brings a combined practical and academic approach to energy policy and other sustainability issues.

Eric Sung, Director of Design
Thrive Home Builders

Eric Sung has over 20 years of experience in designing, directing, and managing the development of single-family detached and attached homes from planning through vertical construction. Having worked on everything from income-qualified homes to high-performance and custom homes, Eric’s diversity of experience informs his functional, practical, and intuitive approach to design. He has a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Colorado at Denver.