Imani Hamilton is the Practice Lead for Circular Economy + Resource Management in the Americas and brings 13+ years of experience focused on sustainable design consulting. She optimizes for low waste, low carbon, and low toxin outcomes for product or building design, manufacturing, construction, supply chains, and resource management. With an architecture degree and background in design, she leverages LCA accounting, waste assessments, R+D methodologies, and sustainable design principles to inform tailored, actionable strategies for her clients. She supports leadership to create focus and works with technical staff to implement solutions. Prior to joining Ramboll, Imani had her own consultancy supporting clients with sustainable strategies for buildings and products. She also spent two years full-time at Google R+D, working on the spectrum of product to architecture to integrate sustainability, technology, and new concepts from prototype to pilot to implementation. She is a TRUE Zero Waste certified advisor.
Speaking at
Tue Oct 29
10:30 AM — 11:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Jasmine CD
The Future Is Deconstruction: A 2050 Vision
Category
Sustainability
Our bet: In 2050, deconstruction rather than demolition will be the default. This session will examine deconstruction from the perspective of experts in circular economy, design and engineering, and tools needed to support it. Ramboll, Holmes, and Urban Machine will explore the trends and drivers for deconstruction and reuse, from the perspectives of policy, reporting, decarbonization, resource and real estate scarcity, and taxes. The session will introduce how the wrecking-ball approach to demolition has prohibited the circular use of materials and represents incredible value leakage, including sending valuable materials to landfills. The session will include case studies from municipalities requiring deconstruction to ambitious projects propelled by goals of embodied carbon reduction or material reuse. The panel will outline project planning, design, engineering, and detailing strategies that can be applied by the attendees. The discussion will include technologies supporting deconstruction, showcasing how technology can facilitate sustainable solutions and inspire the adoption of circular practices in the built environment, including material passports, digital twins, and Urban Machines robot.
Tue Oct 29
12:30 PM — 12:50 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Lily Ballroom, Area B
Circularity in Real Estate: Cutting-Edge Concepts in Practice
Ramboll is a leading global engineering consultancy with extensive experience in real estate and the circular economy. Its expertise spans across continents, combining insights from its Nordic heritage with significant operations in the Americas and beyond. This session will introduce key circularity concepts in real estate, exploring the connection to embodied carbon, and showcase how Ramboll is supporting U.S. owners and developers in integrating circularity into their portfolio-level standards.
Learn about trends and drivers across the United States and Canada, including:
• Embodied carbon and deconstruction regulations,
• Tax incentive opportunities,
• Digital material passports,
• Life-cycle assessment benchmarking, and
• Circular materials and design specifications.
Throughout the session, case studies will demonstrate the practical application of innovative approaches, illustrating how circular economy principles are reshaping the real estate industry.