SAGE - Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments

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Registration is now open for the 2025 Environments for Aging Conference +Expo (April 26-29, 2025)--a highlight of the SAGE calendar. Once again we are thrilled to share that SAGE members can save 10% off EFA Conference registration. And through December 15, you can enjoy SmartSaver pricing, PLUS the SAGE discount. Click the link below to access SAGE-member discount codes (active members must log in to the SAGE website to be able to view the discount codes).  SAGE discounts are also available for those looking for the expo-only experience. See you in Lexington! https://lnkd.in/gut7FJvB

The deadline for the 2025 David A Green Memorial Award is fast approaching! Spread the word! Are you a rising star in the senior-living industry? Or do you know one? SAGE is pleased to open the application process for the 2025 David A. Green Memorial Award, providing an Environments for Aging Conference Experience to a promising up-and-coming thought leader in the senior-living industry. Please tag anyone you believe to be a strong candidate for this award--or click the link below if that person is you! Learn more and apply here by November 15, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gehwqK8 Congratulations to our past David A Green Memorial Award winners: Shirah Kasongo Cahill with Colliers Engineering & Design, Connor Chelmecki with WORN JERABEK ARCHITECTS, Rebecca Soja, Brooke S., Karli Schneider with Twin Cities Care, Sharanya Reddy, WELL AP, EDAC with Page, Whitney Kees, OTR, Stephen N. Parker AIA NOMA NCARB LEED AP with Stantec, and Omotayo Onanuga with Kansas State University.

Join us for the December SAGE webinar, "Making Sustainability for Seniors Pencil: Mass Timber and Carbon Neutral Affordable Housing," presented by Molly Cutler and Scott Cutler with Cutler Development. Wednesday, December 4, 2024 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT According to the United Nations, 87% of cities worldwide lack adequate affordable housing, and buildings account for approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Mass timber partnered with a low carbon design model can be used to simultaneously respond to the dual affordable housing for seniors and climate change crisis.  With affordability as the priority, we will study a small scale project (currently in early design phases) that will serve as an option for seniors in central Iowa to move to. Location places this project adjacent to local amenities such as a senior day center, a recreational facility, a grocery store and other conveniences that help support a budget-minded aging resident.  Designed as an affordable housing model, it is very close to bus lines and other transit options. The mass timber design is not only a beautiful aesthetic for the interiors, but is a key part of meeting sustainability goals in construction. The example project is called the Goldfinch Lofts and is a replicable example of how LIHTC-funded (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) affordable housing projects can also be carbon neutral. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gzWnEWsf

FREE Webinar: Making Dollars and Sense of Intergenerational Living: Building the Business Case for Age-Inclusive Environments Thursday, November 21, 2024 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT This FREE webinar, hosted by The Center for Health Design, is a joint effort of SAGE - Society for the Advancement of Gerontological Environments, The Center for Health Design , and AIA Design for Aging Knowledge Community. AIA CEUs and Certificates of Completion are available to course attendees. Discover how incorporating intergenerational design and programming can provide a competitive edge in senior living. This session will unveil findings from a comprehensive survey of architects, developers, operators, marketers, residents, and their families that was recently conducted by The Intergenerational Task Force (comprised by The Center for Health Design, SAGE Federation, and AIA Design for Aging). Through case studies and evidence-based strategies, presenters will explore the investment and benefits of creating age-inclusive environments. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to make dollars and sense of intergenerational living! Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gEG_pzfG The great minds that make up the Intergenerational Task Force include: Craig Witz with The Kendal Corporation, Lisa Warnock with Glow Interior Designs, LLC, JinHwa Paradowicz with Perkins Eastman, Greg Hunteman with Pi Architects, and Addie Abushousheh, PhD with The Center for Health Design.

Thinking about submitting a project for the 2025 Environments for Aging Design Showcase? Or perhaps you just want to learn and be inspired by the 2024 award-winning projects? Catch the replay of yesterday's SAGE webinar, "EFA Design Showcase: A Presentation of Industry-Leading Design Excellence." https://lnkd.in/gvyUYRGM This session was presented by Rob Simonetti with LaBella Associates, Tom McQuillen, AIA LEED AP with Lizard Rock Designs, Penny Lake, NCIDQ, LEED AP with Lantz Boggio / Architects, Lori Wegman with Wegman Design Group Inc, Nick Carpenter, NCARB with LRS Architects, Inc., and Timothy Gordon with Scott Edwards Architecture.

Join us for the next TECHTalk, a collaboration between SAGE and Tazergy Inc. This session is FREE. Thursday, October 24, 2024 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT Technology is an important component of space planning, yet it is often overlooked. If it is addressed at all, it is often only through assumptions in the design process. Yet, if a system or expectation is missed early in design, you will have a blind spot. By actively addressing technology while space planning, you can achieve the desired customization. During this TECHTalk we will cover important considerations like: --In the design world, we have two approaches: performance or design build. --Which one best suits your desired outcome? --How are you marketing and positioning your community? --What are your staff capabilities? What’s important to them? --What are your resident interests? --What is important to define and align with your brand? While tech is not mentioned in these bullet points, it will impact every one of them. Please join us as we share important programming questions to review early in design to inform technology decisions and incorporate them into the design properly. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gubRGrzN Presented by Matt Haywood with Tazergy Inc. and Jill Schroeder with BKV Group.

Are you a rising star in the senior-living industry? Or do you know one? SAGE is pleased to open the application process for the 2025 David A. Green Memorial Award, providing an Environments for Aging Conference Experience to a promising up-and-coming thought leader in the senior-living industry. Please tag anyone you believe to be a strong candidate for this award--or click the link below if that person is you! Learn more and apply here by November 15, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gehwqK8 Congratulations to our past David A Green Memorial Award winners: Shirah Kasongo Cahill with Colliers Engineering & Design, Connor Chelmecki with WORN JERABEK ARCHITECTS, Rebecca Soja, Brooke S., Karli Schneider with Twin Cities Care, Sharanya Reddy, WELL AP, EDAC with Page, Whitney Kees, OTR, Stephen N. Parker AIA NOMA NCARB LEED AP with Stantec, and Omotayo Onanuga with Kansas State University.

Join us for the next SAGE webinar, "EFA Design Showcase Awards—A Presentation of Industry Leading Design Excellence." This FREE session will be presented by Rob Simonetti with LaBella Associates, Tom McQuillen, AIA LEED AP with Lizard Rock Designs, Nick Carpenter, NCARB with LRS Architects, Inc., Timothy Gordon with Scott Edwards Architecture, Lori Wegman with Wegman Design Group Inc, and Penny Lake, NCIDQ, LEED AP with Lantz Boggio / Architects. Wednesday, October 16, 2024 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT With the reservation deadline for the 2025 Environments for Aging Design Showcase just around the corner, you don’t want to miss this free webinar! This session will review the Award of Merit- and Honorable Mention-winning projects from the Environments for Aging’s 2024 EFA Design Showcase. Session panelists will include team members representing the Award of Merit and Honorable Mention projects in addition to one member of the jury team. Project team panelists will describe each of the projects indicating how the project achieved excellence across the competitions four metrics: innovation, experience, aesthetics, and operations/well-being. The juror panelist will review industry and design trends noted in this year’s submissions focusing on those that represent important ideas for the design community to incorporate into future environments. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gvyUYRGM

Join us for the next SAGE webinar, "Notes from the Field: A SAGE POE of The Spires at Berry College," presented by Amy Carpenter with SFCS Architects, Migette Kaup with Kansas State University, and Leah Cobb with Berry College. This webinar is FREE. Wednesday, September 18, 2024 1 pm ET, noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT SAGE has been conducting post-occupancy evaluations in conjunction with Environments for Aging Conference + Expo for the last several years. SAGE assembles a multidisciplinary team and targets EFA magazine award-winning projects. This year, the SAGE POE team (sponsored by Tarkett) visited the Spires at Berry College, a 2021 EFA Design Showcase Award of Merit winner. Located on the campus of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, residents have easy access to educational and cultural activities and sporting events, and develop unique and meaningful relationships with students and faculty. Through community tours and interviews with residents and staff, the POE team works to determine what is actually working and what could be improved at this unique intergenerational community. This session provides design inspiration and evidence on good design and intergenerational programming practices that attendees can apply to their next project, or even to improve existing conditions. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gCwDuNaR