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# Before It's Too Late:

Let's Start Building What's Really Needed to Reverse Climate Change!

#### Presented by Tim Sweeney

Dianne Dodd Cheseldine Distinguished Speaker Series  
Truckee Meadows Community College  
September 19, 2024

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## Tim Sweeney

Founding Principal, Sweeney Architecture & The Simplus Building System

- Buildings generate 40% of greenhouse gases.
- There is a critical need for sustainable building solutions.
- Then why are we still designing unsustainable buildings?

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#### **“Code-Minimum buildings are irresponsible, both to our clients and to the environment.”**

Tim Sweeney, Sweeney Architecture, and CEO of the Simplus Building System.

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