SEAOC Webinar Series: Sustainable Design 

Wednesdays • 12:00–1:00 PM PT • April 22, May 20, and June 24, 2026

About the Series
SEAOC invites you to join expert speakers as we dive into a three-part webinar series on Sustainable Design.

Schedule

State of the Industry

Date: Wed, April 22, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 PM PT

In the opening webinar of our three-part embodied carbon webinar series, we will be joined by four industry professionals from various fields. They will provide participants with a summary update on the current state of structural engineering and sustainability in the industry. Attendees will hear about AIA CA's proposed AMMR to simplify compliance via the CALGreen WBLCA performance pathway, updates on SE2050, CLF's brand new policy calculator, and updates on CARB's progress regarding their proposed embodied carbon reporting framework.

Mike Malinowski, FAIA
Consultant, American Institute of Architects of California
Michael F. Malinowski, FAIA, is a consultant to the 11,000 member  American Institute of Architects California.  He helped spearhead the four-year effort that culminated in the adoption of the first mandatory code requirements for embodied carbon with three alternative compliance paths, maximizing impact as well as flexibility.  This success provides a guiding light for similar measures evolving across the country, shifting the complex building industry in making embodied carbon part of ‘business as usual’.

Malinowski’s work with a diverse team of subject matters drew on leadership skills gathered in his multidimensional background: Leading Sacramento’s Applied Architecture in work on existing buildings; Founding the Streamline Institute to work on permit streamlining regionally and nationally; Community leadership including Chairperson of Sacramento’s Development Oversight Commission and Design Review commissions; AIA leadership including presidency of AIA California, AIA Central Valley, service on the AIA National Board, ICC IEBC Committee two terms, and past and present service on the AIA National code committee. 

John O'Hagan
Engineer, Forell | Elsesser
John is an Engineer with Forell | Elsesser and a part of the firm’s Carbon Neutral initiative and SE2050 Commitment.  He has been a member of SEAONC since 2020, and is the past chair of both the SEAONC and SEAOC sustainable design committees. Under his leadership, the committee published a resource hub to better inform SEAONC membership on how to design with sustainability in mind and worked to form relationships between SEAOC and other sustainability focused groups such as CLF, AIA COTE, and CARB.

Luke Lombardi
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Mel Chafart
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Myth Busting: Case Studies to Ease Your Anxieties

Date: May 20th, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 PM PT

The second webinar in SEAOC's three-part embodied carbon webinar series will focus on myth busting inaccurate preconceived notions or perceived risks associated with specifying and designing with lower-carbon materials. Attendees will hear from three industry experts who have successfully demonstrated embodied carbon reductions through their case studies. The webinar will focus on the City of Boulder Hospital deconstruction and reuse project, LC3 use on the California Science Building, and the prefabricated straw-insulated wall by Verdant Panel.

Anthony Dente
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Alex Feitel
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Ann Jiras
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Bring It Home: Resources For The Community

Date: Wed, June 24, 2026 | 12:00–1:00 PM PT

In the last webinar of SEAOC's three-part embodied carbon webinar series, we will focus on resources available to the structural engineering community to help inform and standardize sustainability principles in practice. The first part of the webinar will focus on SEAONC's intricately developed Resource Hub, a self-made wiki focused on sustainability in structural engineering resources. The second part of the webinar will focus on the recently released ASCE SEI Prestandard, which details standardized ways to model structural elements in WBLCA.

Marisa Nolasco
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Marissa Visconti
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Luke Lombardi
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