The Green Urbanist

#75: From Net Zero Carbon to Regenerative Design at SOM - Kent Jackson and James Woodall

October 08, 2023 Ross O'Ceallaigh
The Green Urbanist
#75: From Net Zero Carbon to Regenerative Design at SOM - Kent Jackson and James Woodall
Show Notes

Kent Jackson is Design Partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) and leads the designs of a wide range of scales and typologies across the globe. Passionate about improving the future of planetary health, Kent is also a leader of SOM’s Climate Action Group, advancing the firm’s commitment for all active work to be net zero whole-life carbon by 2040.

James Woodall is Sustainability Lead at SOM and was a co-editor of the LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide – a groundbreaking publication shaped by over 100 leading design professionals. The guide continues to be referred to as best practice in delivering net zero carbon buildings.

Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) is a global architecture, engineering and urban design practice, responsible for some of the world's most famous landmark buildings.

In this episode we discuss SOM's target for all their projects to be Whole Life Net Zero Carbon by 2040 and their ambitions to promote regenerative design.

Learn more about SOM here: https://www.som.com/

See the companion blog post on Substack.

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