NRMCA, Build With Strength Launch Net Zero Education Building Summit
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NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk, FAIA, along with sponsors Craig Dauphinais (MaCAPA), Dominic Di Cenzo (CCPC), Ken Lynch (Nudura) and Tony Hans (CMTA) launched a Future of Education Summit in Farmington, MA, on May 24. Attendees listened to leading industry professionals from across the U.S. share best practices in Net Zero School Design; Ken Wertz (executive director MFAA and NSPMA) moderated.
Speakers included Johnathan Stewart (CMTA - partner), Maurice Gaskins (Baltimore County Public Schools - director of construction), Jess Farber (CMTA - vice president), Ben Kleine-Kracht (CMTA - mechanical design engineer), Christopher Till (Manchester Schools - facilities project manager), Randall Luther (TSKP Studio - partner), Tony Hans (CMTA - vice president), Erica Eitland (Perkins and Will - director of human experience LAB), Sara Ross (UndauntedK12 - founder), Gary Brock (HMFH Associates - senior associate), Andy Horgan (Nudura key account - executive K-12/Federal), Ken Lynch (Tremco CPG – senior technical sales rep), Dorrie Brooks (Jones Whitsett Architects - principal), Terry Swack (Sustainable Minds - founder), Frank Mruk (NRMCA - senior director, building innovations - seen here) and Eliot Assimakopoulos (Realizse Inc. - CEO).
A full capacity crowd of over 90 attendees included representatives from the Massachusetts School Building Authority, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Center for Green Schools at USGBC, Whiting-Turner, Norwell Public Schools, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, National School Plant Management Association, New Bedford Schools, Mass DOE, Massachusetts Teachers Association, UndauntedK12, Massachusetts Facilities Management Association, Town of Manchester, Medway Public Schools, Cannon Design, Perkins and Will, CMTA, JCJ Architects, LPA, MVG, PT Architecture, Sasaki, Windover Construction, HMFH Architects, Andrew Gill Engineering, Curt Hurt Architect, RPM Intl, Innovative Eng., TSKP Studio and Fontaine Bros.
The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting educators and architects at the cutting edge of practice. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org.
