Amanda Webb
University of Cincinnati | Associate Professor
Speaker
Track H: Energy Basics
Session H3: Let's Decarbonize!
September 18, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Let's Decarbonize! A Hands-on Building Decarbonization Assessment Workshop
Excited to decarbonize? Want to learn more about how to do it? This highly interactive session will provide a hands-on introduction to building decarbonization planning. First, it will introduce decarbonization fundamentals using core concepts from the ASHRAE/USGBC/NYSERDA Guide to Strategic Decarbonization Planning. Then, in small groups, attendees will work together to develop a mock building decarbonization plan using information from an actual building. Each group will explore and evaluate strategies to reduce building GHG emissions while considering costs, trigger events, and other key contextual factors. Session attendees should come ready to engage with their peers and get to work!
Due to material and space limits, this session has an attendance capacity of 80 people. This does not apply to the session happening from 2:00-2:50pm.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Amanda L. Webb is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a doctorate in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree from MIT’s Building Technology Program, and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. Prior to obtaining her doctorate, she worked in professional practice as an environmental design consultant in the New York and San Francisco offices of Atelier Ten, and as an energy auditor working for the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center at the University of Illinois conducting energy assessments throughout Illinois.
Dr. Webb’s research focuses on evaluating and improving the energy performance of existing and historic buildings. Her goal is to use energy data and modeling methods to promote sustainability, equity, and resilience across the existing building stock. Her teaching includes courses on building energy simulation (AE 5130/6030), energy audits and data analytics (AE 5147/AE 6047), and building physics (AE 3043). She was a member of the ASHRAE committee that developed Guideline 34-2019, Energy Guideline for Historic Buildings, and is currently a voting member of ASHRAE's TC 7.6 on Building Energy Performance and chair of its subcommittee on Monitoring and Energy Performance. She is also a faculty advisor for UC's ASHRAE Student Branch.