The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Emmanuel Lavoie is the CEO of Jetstream Hospitality Solutions. He's an Engineer, entrepreneur and investor with 17 years of experience in the management of business and technical projects. As CEO at Jetstream Hospitality Solutions, he focuses on maximizing business growth and driving innovation. He has formed and subsequently led several ventures in sustainability, building design, and hospitality software and solutions. A skilled generalist with exacting standards, he's competent in dealing with software teams, marketing, sales and fundraising. I find tremendous fulfillment in building world-class teams to deliver on ambitious projects and goals. He's passionate about travel and sustainability. Outside of work he loves sailing, surfing, skiing, paragliding, music and is moderately obsessive about technology. Show Highlights The dichotomy between engineering and architecture. Bridging the gap to blend environmental and social sustainability in co-housing or living communities. How the green building movement applies sustainability to all industries. Knowing when to pivot on your path and/or entrepreneurial journey. Creativity of repurposing assets especially in short term rentals. The hardest part to learn for aspiring entrepreneurs and the encouragement you need to hear. Trends happening with short term rentals. Avoid "greening up" only a certain slice of the built environment. "It's the grind of the day to day and sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're on top of the world. It's scary to get beaten down. We call it the hustle. One of our core values [in the business] is we hustle. What that means is you just never stop because part of winning is to just not stop and still be there." -Emmanuel Lavoie Get the episode transcript here!! Emmanuel Lavoie's Show Resource and Information E-myth Jetstream Hospitality Solutions Linkedin Twitter Facebook Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED Fellow, WELL AP, is the President of Ross-Bain Green Building and founded the company in January 2009. Jeff is a registered professional mechanical engineer with 20 years of HVAC design experience. Since 2001, Jeff has worked exclusively on high-performance green building design, construction and operations. Jeff is a LEED Fellow and holds a Master's Degree from Georgia Tech. He has been involved on over 70 LEED projects and performs energy modeling, energy assessments, oversees commissioning activities, and provides owners with professional facility management expertise to ensure the sustainable, on-going, performance of buildings. Jeff is very active in his profession and has served on ASHRAE Standards committees, boards and technical committees, and currently sits on the committee for the new ASHRAE Standard 228p (Standard Method for Evaluating Zero Energy Building Performance). Jeff frequently leads college classes, seminars and workshops on a wide range of topics and, starting in January 2020, will be teaching a Master's level class at Georgia Tech on Facility Operations and Maintenance. In 2000, Jeff rode a bicycle across the United States. Show Highlight The key to having a building truly perform as intended. The skillset needed to efficiently operate a building in today's world. Understanding a big career shift from mechanical design engineer to green building consultant. Being dedicated to doing the sustainability part rather than achieving the plaque. Graduate courses in facility management to better understand operations, maintenance and performance evaluation checks. Tipping points with cycle analysis and how buildings operate. The little pieces produce a fantastic building. Invest in understanding the "why" behind environmental and sustainability measures to guide your path. Tackle the tough questions and take a deeper dive with authority with design and clients. "If it was up to me, I know it's not realistic, but I would just say we need to just stop using fossil fuel and then just see what happens. The ingenuity of humans is enough to be able to overcome those challenges." -Jeff Ross-Bain Get the episode transcript here!! Jeff Ross-Bain's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Ross-Bain Green Building Battle Cry of Freedom: Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

April Ambrose is currently Business Development Manager for Sustainability and Energy at Entegrity, a Sustainable Building Consulting Firm based in Little Rock. As the first employee in 2007, she has been key in the successful growth of Entegrity which has grown from two to 120 employees with offices in Little Rock-AR, Memphis-TN, Fayetteville-AR, Jackson-MS, Kansas City-KS, and Tulsa-OK. Previously she was Director of Operations for Sustainability, opened the Entegrity office in Memphis, and was involved in over 200 sustainable building projects. Current responsibilities include education and technical expertise for Entegrity's Sustainability and Energy Divisions. Specific areas of expertise include k-12 and higher education, product/service/curriculum development, design and construction projects, sustainability rating systems, dashboards, marketing/education, and behavioral changes. April received a BA in a self-designed Environmental Education major, which included an Arkansas high school teaching certificate, from Hendrix College. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture LeadAR Class 13 and Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XXIX (LGLR). Awards include the USGBC Southeast Regional Sheroe of the Year, USGBC AR Green Tie for Central Arkansas Member of the year, Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 list, Outstanding Young Alumna by Hendrix College, and a variety of magazine features. April's previous expertise included the creation and operation of numerous non-profit organizations dedicated to sustainability education, national climate change policy, municipal sustainability, and the integration of health and the environment. April has provided over 500 presentations on sustainability and energy to various local and national groups including non-profits, trade organizations, governmental entities, k-12 and higher education schools, media outlets, and environmental organizations. Show Highlight Figure out your capacity in order to narrow your focus into green buildings. Measure change to see the impact you can make in the lives of people. Entegrity adds another seat to the green building table in providing a full service for their clients and the industry. Figuring and focusing on what is preventing your clients from choosing the greener path. Performance based understanding using tools like ARC help large corporations find their niche to replicate and integrate green strategies. Understanding "people impact" is a huge opportunity to make spaces better places for more than the climate. The trick to adjusting industry language to show specific value that motivates each client towards trusting sustainability. The financial component is going to shift where renewable buildings become income producing assets. "Coming from my background, it's pure education. I have no desire in selling somebody something they don't need, but I want them to be able to make a conscious decision and to have all the facts to make the decision that they feel meets their values and their needs. I didn't see that as an asset for a long time. I realize now that not only is it an asset, it's an incredibly valuable one where you get trusted in a way that people don't see you as a salesperson. They see you as somebody that's coming in to help them." -April Ambrose Get the episode transcript here!! April Ambrose's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Entegrity april.ambrose@entegritypartners.com 99% Invisible Roman Mars - Apple Podcasts The Woman Code Hippies - The New York Times My Mommy is a LEED Fellow Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Robyn Dowsey, LEED Fellow is the Eco-Build Strategies' Founder. Robyn has over a decade of experience in environmental implementation and 18 years of experience in design-build construction. She is well known throughout the State of Florida as a leader in sustainability education, integrated project delivery, low impact building practices, and operational policy development. She is the Chair of the USGBC Regional Council for the State of Florida, a Green Globes Assessor, and an active supporter of the Florida educational community. As a pragmatic problem solver and a highly knowledgeable team member, Robyn has the ability to inspire and empower others to develop and achieve levels beyond their expectations. Show Highlights Being "nature forward" to provide a good learning environment for everyone. Robyn shares the "what" and "why" you want to touch everything possible in the sustainability world. The rewarding trickle down effect of finding your voice with all the certifications you obtain. An approach to working the "bugs" out with diverse clients. Suggestions to program out sustainability goals. Weave in win-win scenarios with the moving parts and challenges of working with a large company. Robyn highlights Eco-Build Strategies and areas lacking in the industry. The impact of volunteering in every aspect of sustainability to develop a rounded opinion is important in your career. Projects in Central Florida that support the community and set goals with clients looking to align their product line in a fiscally responsible way. "'Fix what you can fix. Let go of what you can't and just move on. Be tenacious with what's important to you and don't let yourself sweat the small stuff. It's very cliche, but that really stuck with me for my life. I use that as a backbone to my approach to things so that it helps me keep an open mind when I'm talking to people. I don't really dig down. I really open up and listen as much as I can." -Robyn Dowsey, LEED Fellow Get the episode transcript here!! Robyn Dowsey's Show Resource and Information Linkedin Eco-Build Strategies | Sustainability Consulting Good to Great Green Marketing Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Casey Grey is the founder of the award-winning sustainable building company, The Conscious Builder, and the host of The Conscious Builder Podcast and The Conscious Builder Show on YouTube. He is based in Ottawa, Canada. Casey brings nearly two decades of experience in the construction industry and over a decade of experience founding, running, and growing multiple businesses while staying committed to his wife and son. Casey and his team are on a mission to help people build homes, businesses and lives in a more conscious, sustainable way. He provides courses and tools here that will help you create a strong and abundant future by developing the skills he's found most valuable in his construction journey. Show Highlights Red tape and challenges for construction in booming housing regions in Canada. Casey shares views on how to get clients to choose maximum green options for projects. Facts you need to be aware of when trying to reduce your carbon footprint. Increase understanding that the house is a system that works together. Gaps and opportunity for trade work. If you go to the consciousbuilderacademy.com I do have a Conscious Builder for high performance homes and renovations. Builder Academy, for smaller contractors to become better at what they do. Free course Five things to know before starting a business. "We all learn from each other. I'm not going to pretend to know everything in what I do, because I think there's always more to learn…because there's always new things happening." -Casey Grey Get the episode transcript here!! Casey Grey's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Casey Grey | Award-winning - YouTube Conscious Builder Academy The Success Principle Atomic habits Ray Dalio's New Book Principles Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Marty Rozmanith is an entrepreneur and building construction professional with a passion for housing affordability and sustainability topics. Marty is best known for his role leading the product requirements team for the Revit building modeler (acquired by Autodesk Inc). As Director of Product Management for Revit Technology Corp, he was one of the originators of the Revit product in addition to other seminal BIM software, such as AutoCAD Architectural Desktop. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer for Green Building Holdings LLC in Atlanta. In his 30+ years of experience, he has held several notable roles. From 2012-2022, Marty was Sales Director and Strategy Director for the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industry team at Dassault Systemes. Prior to this role, Marty held executive positions at various manufacturing-in-construction startup companies focusing on housing affordability and sustainability. Articles about his work have been published in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine and other professional journals. He has a decade of experience in professional practice of building design and structural engineering. Marty holds a degree in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Masters in Business Administration from Boston University. Show Highlights Marty shares his entrepreneurial journey, career lesson and the importance of mentorship. A digital instrument service platform for architects and engineers to produce contract deliverables. Moving from "engineered order" to a manufacturing approach to cast a wider impact to move the industry. Data driven platforms for inputting data to improve the means, methods and delivery of the construction process to make buildings more efficient. Understand how manufacturing drives construction efficiency and sustainability. Tools and companies connected with lifecycle management, better delivery of construction and operations. Marty's optimism towards sustainability and ability to merge design as an architect show better ways to build. Proptech modules that produce a communication vehicle between the owner and the design team to help improve the projects. "I'm always of the philosophy to try - don't be scared of what the hardest thing is, because that's what you're going to learn the most from." - Marty Rozmanith Get the episode transcript here!! Martin Rozmanith's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Wheel of Time Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Breana Wheeler became BRE's Director of Operations in the US in June 2016, launching BREEAM USA in the US market. BREEAM is the world's first green building rating system and today is the most widely used program worldwide with over 2.2 million registered buildings and over 560,000 certifications. Breana organizes and oversees the daily operations of the business in the United States, including the development and maintenance of the BREEAM USA technical standards. Prior to joining BRE, Breana worked for ten years as an internal advisor on environmental and sustainability risk management for large, multinational corporations and was based in London, England. Breana is a Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a LEED® Green Associate. She was a Fellow with the Royal Geographical Society from 2010 to 2014. She has a double BA in Geography and Political Science from San Francisco State University and an MA in Environment, Politics and Globalization from Kings College London. Expertise: BREEAM, LEED O+M, environmental risk assessment and management, carbon reporting and management, sustainability communications, training, auditing, assessment, sustainable travel planning and strategy, development of sustainability strategies, Environmental Management Systems (14001), sustainable procurement. Gregory Patton is a member of the Sustainability Consulting Team at Sustainable Investment Group (SIG) as a Senior Sustainability & Energy Consultant. In this role, he oversees multiple projects related to Sustainable and Healthy Buildings. In addition to managing LEED, WELL, and Fitwel projects for clients, he also provides support to SIG's Engineering Team for ENERGY STAR, Commissioning, and technical expertise centered around existing buildings. Gregory joined SIG in January of 2022 and brings two decades of operational experience to the team. Throughout his career he has successfully operated and managed numerous large commercial buildings as well as sustainability programs for clients. Gregory's deep understanding of building systems and his passion to create a Sustainable and Healthy Future has enabled him to excel in the sustainability space. Gregory holds professional accreditations for LEED O+M, LEED BD+C, LEED ID+C, LEED HOMES, LEED Green Rater, WELL, and is a Fitwel Ambassador and BREEAM In-Use Assessor. Originally from Florida (GO GATORS), Gregory has adapted to Colorado life and can be found outside enjoying the 300+ days of sunshine and blue skies that Colorado has to offer. He enjoys hiking, kayaking, live sporting events, and traveling with his wife and son Show Highlights Learn 3 things sustainability needs to deliver value and go beyond green for better outcomes. BREEAM's science based solutions, certification and footprint. Programs for life cycle stages for all types of buildings to make significant improvements and not just gain certifications. The 9 categories to BREEAM's holistic approach to handle the integrity of managing the asset in confirming data. Science driven tools and resources to identify gaps and add value to builds Understanding the specific BREEAM Professional roles and licenses, educational requirements, and assessment process. Unpacking BREEAM Cost and price points Carbon and energy efficiency vs Energy Star Regional components Comparisons with LEED, WELL, and Living Building Transparency and clients choice Breeana Wheeler's Show Resource and Information Breana Wheeler Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka "Dr. G" is a resilience expert who works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress into an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach to adversity. Author of the new book From Stressed to Resilience, she is a leading media personality seen regularly on TODAY, Good Morning America and The Doctors. Dr. G is board certified attending family physician and is fluent in American Sign Language. She resides in Pittsburgh with her four boys. Show Highlights Redefine your relationship with stress. Proactively plan for leveraging stress and change in your personal and professional life. Eight scientifically most validated tools to measure growth and resilience. Understand the three reflex reactions to change and overcome the most frustrating part for leaders and change makers. Ways to empower your teams with more transparency, autonomy and choice. Strategies that help grow human resilience and infrastructure resilience. Create the ability to build connections, set boundaries and set goals. Green building practitioners persevere in the face of adversity all the time. Create a plan to manage discomfort in a safer way. "Resilience is the ability to navigate change and come through it mission focused. For a person, that means the ability to navigate change and come through it with integrity and purpose aligned to your own purpose for an organization that is the ability to navigate, change and come through it aligned to your mission for a building." -Dr G Get the episode transcript here!! Dr G's Show Resource and Information Twitter Facebook Linkedin Get Dr. G's book here! Get the FREE resilience cycle and video here! Visit Dr. G's website here! You Are What You Click Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Lauren Sparandara has over 15 years of experience as a green building leader where she has been a champion for green building projects in California and across the globe. For the past eight years she has worked for Google's Real Estate and Workplace Services team where she is currently a Bay Area Sustainability Partner. In her role she advances Google's efforts to optimize our built environments for the health and performance of Googlers and the natural environment. For the six years prior to Google, she was a Senior Green Building Consultant for the DNV GL Group. Mrs. Sparandara obtained her environmental management degree from Yale University and her architecture degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a LEED Fellow and Living Future Hero. She has taught many green building courses and contributed to a variety of green building publications, blogs and podcasts. Over her career, she has volunteered with sustainability rebuilding efforts at Historic Green in New Orleans, was appointed to be part of the City of Mountain View's Sustainability Task Force, and was a member of the USGBC Materials and Resources Tag. Show Highlights A visionary approach to thinking about buildings. The challenge and honor of working at a place like Google with regard to green building projects and opportunity. Lauren unpacks her role as Bay Area Sustainability Partner within the Real Estate and Workplace Services team at Google to unite workstreams. Determine best practices and minimum sustainability building goals on diverse projects. Key components to circularity and sustainability. The exciting challenge of building and selecting materials to meet California and Google mandates. Work towards the interconnected components of the sustainability spectrum. Lauren shares a powerful list of women who supported her journey to becoming a LEED Fellow. "We want to stay focused on this idea of how interconnected everything is. I think sustainability professionals are really smart and experienced at this, but we don't want to lose sight of the other elements like circularity, health, materials, ecology, biodiversity, water. All these different components of sustainability." -Lauren Sparandara Get the episode transcript here!! Lauren Sparandara 's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Bay View and Charleston East - Google Real Estate Impact Networks: Create Connection The Ezra Klein Show on Apple Podcasts NPR Podcasts & Shows Amory Lovins: Books William McDonough: Books Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES

Ralph Bicknese, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, LEED Fellow is a nationally recognized sustainable design leader with over 40 years of experience and is a principal and co-founder of Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects. His expertise has been demonstrated throughout his career starting with sustainable community committee work with the City of Ames, Iowa in 1980 and most recently on several pioneering projects seeking certification to the Living Building Challenge and/or the LEED Green Building Rating System. Mr. Bicknese has significant experience in all phases of the architectural process including as a principal with complete project responsibility. Ralph's objective is for every act of design and construction to enrich life. His role as sustainability consultant for The Gateway Arch National Park Arch Visitor Center & Museum is his largest project to date at over $130 million in project cost. It involved a complex international team, and achieved LEED Gold certification in January 2019. Ralph assisted in the founding of the U.S. Green Building Council - Missouri Gateway Chapter where he served as Chair, Past Chair, Program Chair, Government Advocacy Chair, and as the chapter's Green School Advocate. He was a juror on the USGBC-Minnesota Chapter's 2011 Leadership in Sustainability Awards, served on two Greenbuild Session Selection Committees, the Greenbuild 2005 Program Committee, USGBC Advisory Committee on Haiti Recovery, initiated, helped organize and facilitate the Katrina Charrettes at Greenbuild 2005, and was a contributor to The New Orleans Principles. Ralph is a former board member of the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability (Washington, DC) and Vice Chairman of the SMART Sustainable Building Product Committee (Washington, DC), served on the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District Sustainable Futures Committee, serves on the Maplewood, MO Sustainability Commission, is 2019 Co-chair and Chair-elect of the AIA Materials Knowledge Working Group, a member of the AIA Sustainable Leadership Group and is a frequent mentor, juror, panelist and lecturer for architectural and sustainability courses. He served on Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's Home Building and Residential Energy Efficiency Panel in 2009, served as an Advisor on the State of Missouri MDNR-Department of Energy Missouri Energy Stakeholder Process in 2011, was a peer reviewer for the Public School District's Adherence to Guidelines For Environmentally Sound Practices in 2010 and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's Missouri's Energy Efficiency Potential: Opportunities for Economic Growth and Energy Sustainability in 2011, and worked with State Legislators to establish the Missouri Green Schools Legislative Caucus in 2009. Ralph is an ardent champion and advocate for transformative green building at local, state and federal levels. He has served and continues to serve on several boards and committees dedicated to widespread sustainability, has participated in several publications and is a frequent mentor, juror and panelist for students at K-12 schools, universities and colleges and frequently lectures on numerous facets of green building. Show Highlights Benefits and support of various trade organizations. Volunteering tips to transform sustainability and your career. Sneak peek into the AIA and Mindful Materials presentation at the AIA Chicago Conference. Ralph reflects on some pioneering projects and tackling earlier energy crises. ​​Ames Sustainability action plan is a model for others to follow. AIA's resources and action committee to "Propel the bell" for practitioners to adopt sustainability. Materials Equity Climate action Framework for design excellence Ten principles Choosing less harmful products to protect "fence line" communities and people within buildings. Climate Action Equity for a holistic approach and material selection pledge. EC3 tool and common materials framework to select carbon content products and lifecycle analysis. Ralph's vision of where buildings, regenerative design, and materials will go using nature as a model. "A huge driving factor is that we really need to be addressing climate action through design. It has to do with operational energy, embodied carbon, and equity. We have to do a better job of making designs more equitable…" -Ralph Bicknese Get the episode transcript here! Ralph Bicknese's Show Resource and Information Linkedin Tyson Research Center - Washington University in St. Louis Climate Action Plan | City of Ames, IA AIA National Geographic Scientific American Magazine The New Yorker Centennial Hawaii Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands Chesapeake Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2022 GBES