Carbon Conscious Insulation

This session picks up where September’s WSEC 2024 code-updates session left off, moving from the “what changed” to the “what to build with.” WSEC 2024 raises the bar on envelope performance, and insulation choice is now one of the biggest levers for hitting code while cutting embodied carbon. Three low-carbon insulation categories go head-to-head: wood-fiber insulation via Sustainable NW Wood (featuring TimberHP), mineral wool from Rockwool, and hemp-based insulation. Each speaker unpacks how their material performs under WSEC 2024, where it fits in different assemblies, and how its carbon footprint stacks up against conventional options. Whether you’re a builder, architect, designer, or homeowner planning your next project, you’ll leave with a practical, code-ready material comparison.

GUEST SPEAKER:

Tommy Gibbons CIO | Cofounder Hempitecture Inc.

Tommy Gibbons is the Chief Innovation Officer at Hempitecture Inc., a public benefit corporation created to develop, manufacture, and sell sustainable, high-performing building materials. Tommy is also an innovator fellow within the D

epartment of Energy’s Building Technologies Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to facilitate Hempitecture’s product development.

Before Hempitecture, Tommy worked in growth operations at an education technology startup in San Francisco and debt capital markets at Goldman Sachs in New York. He is also a LEED Green Associate, a Department of Energy IMPEL+ innovator, and certified by the French l’École Nationale du Chanvre (School of Hemp Building). He graduated from Princeton University in 2013 with a degree in public policy.

Additional speaker information coming soon!