MEP 2040 Commitment

We're looking forward to seeing you at the NESEA conference this year in Boston! Join MEP2040 Steering Committee member Julie Janiski and a panel of collective action enthusiasts, following a opening keynote on the same theme by Andrew Himes, on Thursday May 20th. Julie will represent the MEP 2040 Commitment alongside many other fabulous individuals representing more collective impact organizations: Michelle Lambert, CPHC, LEED BD C, Env SP (Carbon Leadership Forum), Nadav Malin (Green Commons, LLC), Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE (Built Buildings Lab), Michael Gryniuk (SE2050), Kate Stephenson (BuildingEnergy Bottom Lines), James Kitchin (Bio-Based Materials Collective) and Chris Magwood (Builders for Climate Action).

We're thrilled to announce that MEP 2040 has just welcomed its 100th signatory organization! This landmark achievement represents a growing commitment within our industry to address climate change through sustainable MEP engineering.   When we launched this initiative, we envisioned a future where MEP engineering firms would unite behind ambitious climate goals. Today, that vision is becoming reality as 100 organizations who have helped us to:   -Create MEP-specific decarbonization guidance -Request low-GWP refrigerants and Environmental Product Declarations for MEP systems -Advocate for policies that advance the MEP portions of whole life carbon   To our 100 signatories: Thank you for your leadership and commitment to transforming our industry. To MEP firms still considering: The time to join is now. Our collective impact grows with each new signatory, and your expertise is essential to this transformation. Your clients are increasingly demanding climate-responsive solutions—joining MEP 2040 positions you at the forefront of this shift.   Learn more about becoming a signatory at MEP2040.org

🌍 Ductwork Embodied Carbon Insights   Our MEP 2040 Whole Life Carbon Pilot and Beginner's Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon reveal critical insights into duct embodied carbon that can transform how we approach airside system design.   Key design considerations include: 1️⃣ Material Selection Matters: Comparing duct materials like aluminum, hot-dip galvanized steel, and stainless steel shows variations in upfront embodied carbon. 2️⃣ Insulation Impact: EPDM insulation demonstrates dramatically different upfront embodied carbon characteristics compared to unfaced glass wool. 3️⃣ System Configuration: Exploring the nuanced relationships between centralized vs. decentralized airside systems can unlock carbon reduction opportunities.   Are you leveraging these insights in your mechanical system designs? How are you approaching embodied carbon in ductwork?   #MEP2040 #EmbodiedCarbon #SustainableDesign #BuildingEfficiency

PIPING EMBODIED CARBON INSIGHTS The soon to be published (April 22nd!) Beginner's Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon reveals striking differences in embodied carbon across piping materials and systems.   Key design considerations emerging from our pilot study: 1️⃣ Compare piping types with equivalent functional performance 2️⃣ Evaluate materiality differences in vertical/horizontal routing 3️⃣ Factor in temperature differentials when sizing systems   What's your experience with embodied carbon in piping systems? Are you considering material choices in your carbon reduction strategies?   Join the conversation and help us accelerate the path to MEP whole life carbon reduction. Together, we can transform how building systems are designed and specified.   #MEP2040 #EmbodiedCarbon #ClimateAction #SustainableDesign

🏢 Let's expand our understanding of Building Functional Equivalence! While traditional characteristics like climate zone, gross floor area, and building use type are essential benchmarks, what OTHER factors do you consider crucial when comparing buildings? From our experience in the field, factors like occupancy patterns, equipment density, and operating hours can significantly impact building performance comparisons. What characteristics would YOU add to create more meaningful building comparisons? Share your expertise below! #BuildingPerformance #MEP2040 #SustainableDesign #BuildingEngineering

Our #MEPWholeLifeCarbonPilot kicked off today with 32 projects and 40 participants. We'll be sharing our lessons learned along the way, starting at our Forum tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/g4tyRnMA

Don't miss the opportunity to be one of the first in North America to crack the MEP Embodied Carbon puzzle. We currently have 17 participant projects representing Airports, Data Centers, Academic, Residential, Office, Hospital and Lab buildings. Sign-up closes tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/e9N6xMvB

With just one week left for sign-up, we're anticipating an exciting road ahead with our MEP Whole Life Carbon Pilot. The group will kick off the study on February 5th, with a slow and steady weekly assessment by category over a 6-month period. Our diverse instructors will also be sharing valuable decarbonization techniques and evaluation strategies.   Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e9N6xMvB

Imagine a future in which we have robust, comparable datasets of MEP embodied and operational carbon data, data that would allow us to make informed decisions on the passive and active system selections for our buildings, thereby empowering meaningful whole life carbon reductions.   That's the future we want to build through our MEP Whole Life Carbon Pilot. If you have a project that you would like to evaluate through the Pilot Program, please sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e9N6xMvB

We're kicking off the year at MEP 2040 with our MEP Whole Life Carbon Pilot. By joining the program you will learn the invaluable skill of MEP life cycle assessment with leading experts, as well as gain early access to the 'Beginner's Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon'. Join here today: https://lnkd.in/e9N6xMvB