Disaster Resilience as Sustainable Design
The role of structural engineering in sustainable design is widely perceived as being limited to material specification.
But as innovation in structural design continues to develop, performance-based design (PBD) and building life-cycle
assessment present more opportunities for structural engineers to contribute to the sustainable design team.
With these tools, design professionals now have the ability to determine whether placing high-performance architectural
and mechanical systems in a building with a code-based structural system offers the greatest value to our clients, or
whether such a design fails to protect the investment of capital and resources for a building in a high risk hazard area.
This presentation will examine the concept of disaster resilience and summarize the synergies between PBD and the sustainable
design process. It will outline the developing procedures and design tools available to the structural designer as they
integrate PBD into their green building projects. Lastly, it will discuss PBD within the context of the USBGC’s current and
future LEED rating system, and present case studies for examples of implementation.
This course will award 1.5 hours of continuing education.
The times will be 10:00 Pacific, 11:00 Mountain, 12:00 Central, and 1:00 Eastern
Approved in All 50 States
Erik Kneer Bio
Erik Kneer, SE, LEED AP is a Project Engineer for Degenkolb Engineers and co-chair of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern
California's (SEAONC) Sustainable Design Committee where he has co-authored two papers on the engineer's role in sustainability:
"Structural Engineering Strategies for Sustainable Design" and "Consideration of Building Performance in Sustainable Design: A Structural Engineer's Role".
Publications include “Disaster Resilience as Sustainable Design”, published in Structural Engineer Magazine in 2008.
He received his Bachelor's Degree in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a Master's Degree in Structural Engineering
and Geomechanics from Stanford University. With over 10 years experience in the A/E/C industry, he has focused on providing structural engineering
solutions incorporating sustainable design and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Lindsey Maclise Bio
Lindsey Maclise, PE, LEED AP is an Project Manager at Forell/Elsesser Engineers and co-chair of the Structural Engineers Association
of Northern California (SEAONC) Sustainable Design Committee where she co-authored the committee’s recent paper “Consideration of
Building Performance in Sustainable Design: A Structural Engineer’s Role”. Publications include “Disaster Resilience as Sustainable Design”,
published in Structural Engineer Magazine in 2008. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from UC Berkeley.
Notable projects include the UC Berkeley Student Athlete Facility, the UC Berkeley CITRIS building and the Sac State Recreation Center.
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