Harmonizing Spaces
Innovations in Acoustics, Circularity, and Carbon Reduction to Design Better Spaces
Sponsored by Armstrong World Industries | Presented by Amy Costello
Webinar On-Demand
This webinar is part of the Sustainability Academy
Integration of acoustics, circularity, and carbon reduction within the built environment is more important now than ever. We’ll explore a holistic approach to creating sustainable and harmonious spaces while exploring innovative solutions and techniques to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment.
Photo courtesy of Armstrong World Industries
Gensler - Cassels Brock & Blackwell, Toronto
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Amy Costello , P.E. is the Product Stewardship and Sustainability Manager at Armstrong World Industries, where she provides leadership and management oversight in developing, implementing, and driving product stewardship and sustainability initiatives. Before this role, Amy was the Head of Sustainability for Armstrong Flooring. Under her leadership, Armstrong Flooring established its global sustainability council and published its first third-party assured SASB and GRI report. Amy chairs the ASTM E60 Sustainability Committee and serves on the WELL Material Advisory. A former member of the Board of Directors for ASTM International and the United States Green Building Council, Amy is a licensed Professional Engineer who received her master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and holds a LEED and WELL Accredited Professional certification. |
Armstrong World Industries is a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative commercial ceiling and wall systems. At home, at work, in health-care facilities, classrooms, stores, and restaurants, Armstrong Ceiling & Wall Solutions offer interior options that help
create healthy, sustainable spaces that protect people and cultivate well-being and comfort so they can be at their best.
Armstrong is committed to developing new and sustainable ceiling solutions, with design and performance possibilities that empower its customers to create beautiful, high-performance residential and commercial buildings. Armstrong continues to grow and prosper for the benefit of all its stakeholders.
armstrongceilings.com/commercial
Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in June 2024
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain how the circular economy principles apply to building product selection.
- Explore the benefits of biobased materials in the built environment.
- Evaluate how lifecycle thinking, and material optimization is used to design more sustainable buildings.
- Examine how indoor environmental quality, including acoustics and biophilic design, affects building occupants' well-being.
