Juliana Pellegrini is an Italian-Brazilian architect with a passion for integrated design solutions, emphasizing a holistic, collaborative, and multidisciplinary approach. She specializes in building science research, focusing on high-performance building design with an emphasis on sustainability, decarbonization, and indoor environmental quality.
With over 24 years of experience, Juliana has worked in Brazil and London with renowned professionals, including teams at Calatrava and Foster & Partners. She is the Director and Co-owner of Studio Symbios, a consultancy dedicated to high-performance buildings. Her work aims to foster innovation & symbiosis among stakeholders to enhance sustainability and indoor environmental quality. Acting on Client Advisor as well as Environmental Solutions, such as parametric design, building performance simulation, light architecture, and whole life carbon assessment across a diverse range of projects in various countries.
In ASHRAE, Juliana serves on the Honor & Awards Committee and is a voting member of Technical Committees T.C. 2.8 (Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability) and T.C. 7.1 (Integrated Building Design). Regionally, for Region XII (Florida, Central America, and South America), she is the Regional Vice-Chair of Student Activities and was the first woman to serve as President of the ASHRAE Brazil Chapter (2021-2022).
Juliana holds a BS in Architecture and Urbanism from the University Presbyterian Mackenzie (FAU-MACK) and a master’s degree in Architectural Technology from the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP), Brazil. Her work has been recognized through various publications and awards in both national and international competitions.
Whole Life Carbon Assessment | New Paradigm for The Built Environment
The Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) changes the benchmarks, metrics and performance indicators of a building. Consequently, changes the way we design, build, refurbish and operate our buildings. With the commitments made by many countries and the impacts related to climate change, global efforts are being put in place to ensure the achievement of net zero and the mitigation of carbon emissions for the built environment.
This lecture presents the concept, the methodology used for the assessment of the WLC (the embodied carbon + the operational carbon) through the life cycle analysis (LCA), which considers the impacts throughout the life cycle of a material accounting from the Upfront Carbon to its disposal. In addition to presenting the concept of Circular Economy.
Morover presents carbon accounting tools and holistic carbon reduction strategies as part of the design process (whether for new buildings or retrofits). With the aim of contributing to the dissemination and accelerating the qualification of professionals to reach the goals set for 2050 for the construction sector.
Holistic Design Approach to achieve Sustainability, Decarbonization and IEQ
In the current context of climate change and the post-pandemic world, there is an awareness of the importance of discussing sustainability and decarbonization of the built environment, as well the indoor environment quality for occupants.
This lecture presents concepts related to these topics, understanding the role, the necessary integration and the holistic approach among all multidisciplinary stakeholders involved in the design process.
Furthermore, it presents the tools and methods that have been used to achieve these goals, which need to be implemented since the beginning of the design stages (early design), to be successful for achieving a high-performance building.