{"id":9036,"date":"2023-10-17T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/?p=9036"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:03:42","slug":"lunch-learn-climate-action-ccds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/2023\/10\/17\/lunch-learn-climate-action-ccds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch & Learn: Climate Action & CCDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dennis Carlberg leading a tour of CDS at this November 16, 2023 event. <\/em>
\nMore photos below<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

BUWG presents the next in our Lunch & Learn series.<\/p>\n

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Climate Action:
\nLeading the Way with
\nCenter for Computing & Data Sciences<\/em><\/h3>\n

Dennis Carlberg
\nAssociate Vice President for Sustainability<\/em>
\nBoston University<\/p>\n

November 16, 2023<\/p>\n

12 noon – 1:30 pm<\/p>\n

Center for Computing & Data Sciences
\n665 Commonwealth Ave, 17th Floor, CDS 1750<\/p>\n

The Center for Computing & Data Sciences is the largest fossil fuel free, carbon neutral building in Boston. A bold example that demonstrates we have the technology to solve the climate challenge. This event will be lunch & a presentation by Dennis Carlberg in CDS 1750 and followed by a building tour, beginning on the 17th floor.<\/p>\n

Registration now closed<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive, and diverse in our facilities, programming, and academic offerings. Your experience at this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health-related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason, please contact\u00a0<\/em>buwg@bu.edu<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to discuss your needs.<\/em><\/p>\n

About the speaker:<\/h3>\n
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\"\"Dennis Carlberg<\/strong> is the Associate Vice President for Sustainability and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University where he focuses on building the programs necessary for mitigating BU\u2019s impacts on climate change, preparing its campuses for climate change, and supporting the integration of sustainability into the curriculum including the creation and administration of the BU Campus Climate Lab. Prior to joining BU in 2009, Dennis was a principal at Arrowstreet, a Boston-based architectural firm where he focused on sustainable design. He began his career at the Solar Energy Research Institute (now the National Renewable Energy Lab) conducting daylighting research to reduce building energy consumption and improve the indoor environment. Dennis co-chairs the Boston Green Ribbon Commission Higher Ed Working Group Executive Committee with Jacob Glickel from Northeastern University. He is the University’s Liaison to the University Climate Change Coalition. He co-chaired the Urban Land Institute Climate Resilience Committee in Boston for a decade and served on many sustainability committees for ULI and Technical Advisory Groups for the City of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Association for the Advancement in Higher Education.<\/p>\n

At BU he serves on the Antiracism Working Group. He served on the Climate Action Plan Task Force and the advisory boards of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, City Planning and Urban Affairs, BU URBAN, and led the Sustainable Operations section of the BU Strategic Plan.<\/p>\n

He received his Master of Architecture from MIT and his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UC Berkeley.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Event Photos<\/h3>\n