

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti
Charlie Cichetti
Do green buildings matter to you? This podcast fuels your fire with inspiring interviews from industry and nonprofit leaders across the built environment.
Not sure if green building matters? Listen to the personal stories of our guests and let Charlie's passion help convince you why green buildings are essential to our shared future.
Each episode illustrates a unique journey through sustainability and towards resilience. Charlie explores the challenges and celebrations of the movers and shakers in the green building industry.
Hear behind the scene stories from the inner world of green and healthy building design, construction, and management.
Not sure if green building matters? Listen to the personal stories of our guests and let Charlie's passion help convince you why green buildings are essential to our shared future.
Each episode illustrates a unique journey through sustainability and towards resilience. Charlie explores the challenges and celebrations of the movers and shakers in the green building industry.
Hear behind the scene stories from the inner world of green and healthy building design, construction, and management.
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Jul 1, 2021 • 32min
Historic Preservation Specialist & LEED Fellow Jean Carroon
Being one of nine principals leading the design firm of Goody Clancy in Boston, MA, Jean is passionate about the opportunities inherent in the stewardship and creative reuse of existing buildings to shape a healthy, resilient world. Goody Clancy is an architecture, planning and preservation firm serving educational, governmental, and private sector clients and communities nationwide. We collaborate with clients to design and plan buildings, campuses and communities that express their aspirations, inspire creativity and collaboration, and build social, economic and environmental value. My professional focus on existing buildings includes leading a team that helps clients and the public connect historic legacies to current realities and future possibilities. We combine a deep respect for and knowledge of history and building technology with a talent for transforming places-redefining their relevance, utility, and flexibility while sustaining and enhancing essential beauty and value. Show Highlights Boston architecture is endlessly interesting with a succession of unique work. The East is filled with a wonderful repository of existing buildings that are valued for their heritage. The landmark project that shaped Jean's career for over 20 years. "The building that put American architecture on the map" and launched The Richardson Romanesque Movement. The first GeoExchange System. Specializing in preservation is critical to the green building movement. Essential to focus on both Embodied Energy and Embodied water. Buildings are the biggest objects that must be reused. Two year payback that will bring down carbon emissions and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Jean is seeking case studies from listeners who have done embodied carbon calculations against operational carbonet. "Remember that building reuse is the most powerful climate action that there is. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Let's reuse our largest objects, and those are our buildings! Let's reuse them with grace, talent, and joy." -Jean Carroon Jean Carroon Transcript Jean Carroon's Show Resource and Information Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Trinity Church Boston The Good Earth Barack Obama: Books LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

Jun 23, 2021 • 28min
SIG's Senior Energy Consultant Dallas Terry
Dallas Terry is a sustainability professional with a successful track record of driving excellence in projects and programs to achieve ROI and reduce environmental impacts. His real interest lies in those ideas, projects, and businesses that entail innovative, intelligent and collaborative designs that improve the bottom line and make a meaningful impact on improving the status quo. Dallas has served as Cushman Wakefield's Sustainability Manager where he served PG&E's corporate real estate organization to help create and execute a robust sustainability strategy and drive performance across their portfolio of >250 sites where he worked cross functionally with strategy, projects, facilities and other teams to facilitate "sustainable" decision-making in key aspects of the real estate value chain: Advising CRE leadership on industry, state and local trends and guiding program direction Leading analysis of GHG emissions reduction scenarios in support of long term goal setting Engaging stakeholders in development of sustainability standards and behavior change campaigns Oversight of LEED program with >10 new construction and existing building projects including multiple Net Zero Energy projects Managing >$5M in energy efficiency projects across multiple sites with >$850k/yr. in estimated savings. Dallas has also worked with companies to help coach them through a comprehensive curriculum that allows them to embed sustainability into multiple dimensions of their businesses, guiding them to develop Sustainability action plans consisting of cost and resource saving projects. Specialties: Program Management, Project Management, Strategic Business Planning, Feasibility Studies, Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Integrated Waste Management Renewable Energy, Financial Modeling, Business Development, Risk Assessments, LEED Certification, Carbon Reporting, Stakeholder Engagement Show Highlights Special training in conducting feasibility studies for renewable energy projects, solar and wind. A peek at mandates and markets in different cities. Pro tips on working from home or working remotely. Hitting the milestones that we need to hit by say 2030 and beyond. Real estate portfolios strategy to truly build a net zero portfolio. The parallels between soccer and business to get the right group of people working together to achieve a common goal. What are the right roadmaps to help orchestrate and plan net zero projects and programs? "Getting started early, I think is really key. It's what you hear all the time, but it's really true. Like anyone, I would be even further than I am right now if I'd just gotten a little start a little bit earlier, or if I had found some valuable internships earlier. Be willing to say, 'It's okay to start as an intern' with low pay. It's going to help put some milestones on your resume and help you to level-up beyond that." -Dallas Terry Dallas Terry Transcript Dallas Terry's Show Resource and Information The Lean Startup LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

Jun 16, 2021 • 36min
Egypt's LEED Fellow & Edge Auditor Karim Farah
LEED Fellow, experienced Sustainability Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Skilled in Sustainability, Sustainable Architecture, Environmental Awareness, Sustainable Design, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Strong community and social services professional with a Bachelor's of Urban Planning focused in the Faculty of Engineering - Ain Shams University. Collège de la Sainte Famille. Show Highlights The DAR group's conglomerate of many companies to promote an international experience. Being the first, LEED AP in Asia. Difficulties and techniques to build a green building in Egypt. The need for various rating systems applied on projects in Egypt (Qatar, QSAS, GSAS and EDGE). EDGE provides Egypt with something that is easier and simpler to apply to complex builds. Avoid pricing LEED out of the projects with poor consulting advice Karim shares difficulties working in a large firm with his unique career experience. Changing the level of awareness of green and healthy building in Egypt "If you want to be good at something, really know it! Don't pretend that you know about it, but get to know it so that when you are tested, you can show your methods. Don't pretend, don't move to trends because the trends change. Follow your passion. Really follow your passion and get a lot of knowledge about it - more than anybody else, and become the person to go to. Then you will not be afraid to give your knowledge to other people because you will be moving forward." -Karim Farah Karim Farah Transcript Karim Farah's Show Resource and Information Out of the Middle East LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

Jun 9, 2021 • 44min
GBES Wellness at Home Series - How To Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
Amy D'Angelo is a wellness real estate professional with over 15 years of experience. Her wide range of interests over the years have included launching a health food business to managing facilities for an international non-profit. Her current passion is focusing on helping busy professionals achieve wellness at home by creating simple strategies that are based on the best practices of the wellness real estate movement. She continually strives to inspire positive change in the people around me. Show Highlights Setting up our buildings and homes to be designed, built, and operated green. The largest contributors to air pollution inside our homes. Shift towards healthy buildings or "wellness real estate". Greenwashing products. Dangers of synthetic chemical fragrance blends. One of the most effective ways to improve our indoor air quickly. Five areas of pollutants you can see an immediate improvement . Being conscious about the different tweaks we can make in our day to day. Help reduce air pollutants inside your home. Ventilation's big impact on our indoor air quality. GBS and wellness at home series. "When we look at our indoor air quality, I think one of the many, many things that COVID-19 has taught us is that the air we breathe matters. Air pollution is the number one environmental cause of premature death and our indoor spaces like our home and our workspaces can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside." -Amy D'Angelo Amy D'Angelo Transcript Amy D'Angelo's Show Resource and Information NASA Plant Research 12 NASA recommended air-purifying Plants LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

Jun 2, 2021 • 37min
Head of LEED in Europe - GBCI's Kay Killmann
Kay Killmann is Managing Director of GBCI Europe, focusing on promoting LEED & Arc and its successful integration into European's real estate industry. He collaborates extensively with other European GBCs, building and strengthening relationships as well as local LEED knowledge. Having worked for over 15 years as an architect and consultant in the US, UK and Germany, Kay leverages his depth of professional experiences in building certification, construction and design to engage GBCI Europe's diverse stakeholders. His activities in sustainability education range from developing and teaching professional programs at Universities to implementing the Green Apple Day program at Bavarian grammar schools. Kay is also the co-founder of the German Green Building Association (GGBA), a non-profit established in 2012 and advocating LEED and other GBCI benchmarks in Germany and the DACH region. Kay earned an engineering degree in architecture from the University of Applied Science at Aachen, Germany. Curiosity, and a bit of wanderlust, led him to California where he gained invaluable architecture experience. In 2006, Kay eagerly embarked on the LEED path, grateful to have found a career match for his sustainability passion. He grew up in East Germany, a utopia for sustainability where a shortage of basic goods meant 'reuse and recycle' was the everyday way of life. Kay is working hard to bring those principles back to society – without the oppressive political regime. His sustainability efforts extend far beyond the office. He is an avid bike commuter, up-cycler, urban gardener and diligent father constantly reminding his kids to "turn off the lights." Show Highlights Becoming a member of the international round table. How GBCI Europe, grows to support programs, tools and certifications? Kay advocates for all the great programs and their benefits to specific projects. GGBA became a strategic green building partner with these tips. Putting yourself in positions of luck. Certifications that support Europe's highly competitive market. The urban tools for cities and communities. LEED for cities has a framework and communities scorecard to measure social aspects. "A single building is one thing, but having an entire framework overlaid across an urban development, be it a new one or an existing one. That's where we can have much more of an impact. This is really starting to grow and it's fun!" - Kay Killmann Kay Killmann Transcript Kay Killmann's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

May 27, 2021 • 33min
Interview with Material Chemical Expert Dr. Marilyn Black
Dr. Marilyn Black is vice president and senior technical advisor for Underwriters Laboratories, leading its research group Chemical Insights. She is the founder and former chairperson for both UL Air Quality Sciences and the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute. She is also the founder of the Khaos Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of children through education and research. Dr. Black is an active participant in national and international scientific organizational initiatives, research projects and community outreach programs, and has presented and published over 200 papers on indoor air quality and environmental exposure. She received a Ph.D from the Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. from the University of Florida and B.S from University of Virginia. Show Highlights THE pioneer on healthy material, indoor air quality and understanding the impact environmental pollution has on people's health. Programs and certifications to manage and ensure use of healthy materials for healthy buildings for people. One of the most toxic chemical agents identified and the dramatic impact on human health. Emerging technologies to manage unintentional consequences of toxins put into products as a byproduct of the manufacturing. Active research on emerging topics, developing data, and developing knowledge to help solve pollution, exposure opportunities, and develop approaches for reducing human health risk in current product trends. GreenGuard Certification Program understanding what was impacting the air quality negatively. The need to combate tremendous amounts of waste among these materials. Integrated systems with the ability to monitor aspects of people's responses while they're in buildings for the best outcome. Improving the product formulations for safer products and replacements for those chemicals and products. "How you use the information you learn in research and discovery is how to make a change. That's how to make a difference. Research for the sake of research, does not move the needle. You have to learn; you have to do something with your information to move that needle and to cause change.'" -Marilyn Black Marilyn Black Transcript Marilyn Black's Show Resource and Information The Radium Girls LinkedIn 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 © 2021 GBES

May 19, 2021 • 25min
Material Technology and Eco Serial Entrepreneur Glen Finkel
Co-Founder of 3 New Material Technology Firms / Advisor to 4 New Material Technology Firms BLUE Wave advocate - the BLUE Wave is the host of advanced material companies with the breakthrough technology that can help return our planet to BLUE skies and BLUE water Previously employed as senior executive in soft goods Industries for 15 years - building and sourcing brands on a global basis. Specialties: Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Commercializing New Material Technologies, Public Speaking on Innovation Show Highlights Categorizing material technology. Understanding the science and advanced material technologies. Air purification technology. Science of photocatalysis. How surfaces can be self-cleaning, bio protective and air purifying. PURETi's breakthrough technologies ready for prime time. Innovative material technology that will impact architecture. Leading indicators we need to reverse rapidly. Toledo Solar's impact to green building in 2 years. The 4th R that needs to be added to Redudu, Reuse and Recycle. The future of how nano-sensors will interact with everything to make life more efficient and enjoyable. A new circular economy that integrates nature into completing broken cycles and the tremendous impact it will have on design. "The 20th century was the century of chemistry and the 21st century is going to be the century of biology and biomimetics, and helping nature restore balance." -Glen Finkel Glen Finkel Transcript Glen Finkel's Show Resource and Information Meet Wendy Toledo Solar Range: Pureti Linkedin 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 © 2021 GBES

May 12, 2021 • 53min
Special Episode: How I Built This | Charlie Cichetti & Drew Shula Talk Green Building Entrepreneurship
This is a special podcast episode where Charlie & Drew actually interview each other about how they built their green building consulting businesses. It has a style similar to NPR's How I Built This. Enjoy! Drew Shula is Founder & Principal at Verdical Group, a leading Los Angeles-based full-service green building consulting firm specializing in certification project management, net zero, commissioning, energy modeling, and program management. Verdical Group is a certified B Corporation and 1% for the Planet member company. In addition to managing some of the highest profile green building projects in California, including LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge projects (such as the first Energy Petal certified project in California), Verdical Group hosts the world's largest annual Net Zero Conference. Shula is a Founding Steering Committee member of the Living Building Challenge Los Angeles Collaborative and a frequent speaker on net zero and high performance buildings including at Cornell University, The 2 Degrees Symposium on Climate Change, and the Living Future unConference. Shula has appeared in USA Today, Forbes, USGBC+ Magazine, and the International Living Future Institute's Trim Tab. He holds a 5-year professional degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame. Charlie Cichetti is the CEO of several small giants in the Green Building industry: Sustainable Investment Group (SIG), Green Building Education Services (GBES), Blue Ocean Sustainability, and Aetos Imaging. Over the course of his career Charlie has personally taught and trained over 10,000+ professionals in-person about LEED, the green building movement, and how to pass LEED exams. His green building education company GBES has over 130,000+ professionals around the world who use their study tools and CE materials to help maintain their credentials after Charlie and his team helped them pass their exams. Charlie also advocates for LEED and the green building movement to thousands of people monthly as they tune in to listen to his weekly podcast, Green Building Matters. Charlie is an expert in both the designing of green buildings and the operations of green buildings. Charlie has led many projects (over 50 Million SF of LEED/Energy Star/Cx-RCx) to LEED Gold, and even a few to the highest mark: Platinum, and is a master trainer on sustainability topics. Show Highlights Focused on decarbonizing the built environment. Verdical Group's three buckets. Join the largest net zero building event in the world. A template for folks just coming up in the industry and thinking about starting their own businesses in the future. Accomplishing the Triple Bottom Line. One of the problems with the industry. Education, innovation and software tools to help with the evolution of the movement to capitalize on the moment to impact the future. The drive to become social entrepreneurs and how to chase opportunity. How Charlie and Drew are building companies to make a positive environmental and social impact on the world? Forecasting the future to be part of building equitable solutions Success versus luck. Understanding entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and knowing when you go through the window. "I don't know how you do it, Charlie. You are an entrepreneur's entrepreneur with all your startups. It's really incredible. You're like the Elon Musk of the green building world and you drive a Tesla to boot, so kudos to you with all the amazing things you're working on." -Drew Shula Drew Shula's Show Resource and Information Verdical Group Net Zero Conference How I Built This with Guy Raz – NPR Podcast Patagonia Outdoor Clothing & Gear LinkedIn Drew Shula Transcript 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 © 2021 GBES

May 6, 2021 • 27min
Research Triangle (North Carolina)'s LEED Guru Alicia Ravetto
Sustainability - LEED - WELL Consulting services I facilitate the process of third party certifications by participating in meetings, being the champion for sustainability and managing the LEED or WELL documentation process. I ask questions, verify that drawings and specifications reflect the desired LEED credits or WELL features pursued and provide coaching to the design team and client throughout design and construction phases leading to the submittal for review to GBCI (Green Business Certification Inc) and ending with the LEED or WELL plaque for numerous projects. Alicia Ravetto Architect's designs integrate advanced building technologies with clean renewable energy to achieve more comfortable, durable, affordable, healthy, and environmentally sound buildings and communities. Show Highlights Alicia's focus on Passive Solar Design and daylighting. Opportunities provided by the research triangle of North Carolina. The importance of networking and participating in the US and World GBC to build your community. Dig deep into climate responsive design during. How has Alicia's technical background and interests come very handy over the years? The balance and blend of being a designer and consultant. Major steps towards climate change and the healthy crisis towards a more sustainable future. Green building in two different parts of the world. "ln green buildings, energy is moving towards positive energy buildings and LEED for communities and cities and also healthy buildings. The WELL Health Rating System has become significant in the workplace now for people that are returning to work." -Alicia Ravetto Alicia Ravetto Transcript Alicia Ravetto's Show Resource and Information The Passive Solar Energy The Four Winds Caste Becoming The Soul of a Woman World Green Building Council LinkedIn Alicia Ravetto Architect PA 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 © 2021 GBES

Apr 28, 2021 • 30min
Supporting Clean Energy Entrepreneurship With Danny Kennedy
Danny Kennedy is the CEO of New Energy Nexus, connecting entrepreneurs everywhere to capital to build an abundant clean energy economy that benefits all. New Energy Nexus is a global platform organization for funds and incubators, with chapters in the USA, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Uganda and India. He Chairs a joint-venture with RMI, the Third Derivative, which is the world's largest climate tech accelerator and is Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund. This includes overseeing the CalSEED.fund of $25m for very early-stage companies driving innovation and building equity in the California economy. He is an adviser to Young Greentech Entrepreneurs in China with the Asia Society. Kennedy also serves as President of CalCharge, a public-private partnership with DoE National Labs, universities in California, unions and companies, working to advance energy storage. Kennedy co-founded Sungevity in 2007, the company that created remote solar design, and Powerhouse, a smart energy incubator and accelerator in Oakland, CA. He was the first backer of Mosaic in 2011, the $1B solar loan provider, and remains on the Board of Powerhive, a solar mini-utility in Kenya and is an adviser to SolarPhilippines. He is also a Director of the nonprofit organizations Power for All and Confluence Philanthropy. Prior to being an entrepreneur and investor, he worked at Greenpeace and other NGOs on climate and energy issues for 20+ years. Show Highlights New Energy Nexus, an international company that supports diverse entrepreneurs to drive the energy transition and build equity. Here what they are working on now. Solar is the"winner take all" and "King of Electricity" driving the energy transition Connecting buildings, green power, and renewables towards equity Big things we're not paying attention to that is shifting in geopolitics and demographics Danny shares eye opening, essential knowledge on what's next in the sustainability world's crystal ball Places that are getting sustainability and green building "right" in the world Opportunities to partner and create more avenues with New Energy Nexus programs for you "By the end of this century, just 80 years from now, most energy will be generated from photovoltaics. There's just no question that flat plate semiconductors that produce electrons when you shine light on them will become ubiquitous and go to scales that we don't even contemplate today." -Danny Kennedy Danny Kennedy Transcript Danny Kennedy's Show Resource and Information Rooftop Revolution Danny Kennedy TEDx Talk Bullitt Center LinkedIn Danny Kennedy – Medium https://www.newenergynexus.com/programs/ New Energy Nexus Programs CalSEED The Clean Fight Third Derivative SLack Network 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 © 2021 GBES


