The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Charlie Cichetti
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Aug 25, 2021 • 1h 1min

Wellness at Home: Nutrition and Energy

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 healthy food business to managing facilities for an international non-profit. Her current passion is focusing on helping busy professionals and families achieve wellness at home by creating simple and affordable strategies that are based on the best practices of the wellness real estate movement. Amy believes that by making small and positive changes, in our homes, in the food we eat or the ways that we handle stress, we can inspire those around us to live a healthier, more fulfilled life. Kay Curtis is an educator of 25 years, a young widow and a breast cancer survivor, the subject of health through proper nutrition and a nontoxic environment has become of great interest to her. But how she got to this point in her personal and professional life is a perilous story that brought her very close to knocking on heaven's door. She was eating very poorly: fast food, frozen food from Costco, etc. I also smoked. Then her husband died suddenly (he was very unhealthy) and left her a widow at 35. Kay also suffered from life-long blood sugar problems and digestion issues. Even though she always maintained a very thin form, she started to gain lots of weight. Then she got breast cancer. This led her to research chemicals in our environment. She removed all of them from her personal care items and household. She quit smoking because she believed all those things to be the source of her cancer. But right around the same time, she was tutoring one of the most brilliant children she had ever met in her education career (as an Educational Consultant). He was five years old and could do long division and read at a 3rd grade level. But he was a little strange, so his mother put him on Zoloft. He started losing his memory and abilities. It was a side effect of the drug. It was horrifying to watch. Kay had other students that were prescribed Ritalin and Prozac and saw what these drugs did to these poor children and decided to go back to school and learn Nutrition in order to be able offer an alternative to them and their parents. Show Highlights Create the healthiest food plan to provide the energy you need with food choice. How to find balance and move towards healthy and sustainably produced food. Potential side effects and dangers of a poor diet. What core diet, grains, fats and more do in the body. Substitution ideas for your diet to support vegan and vegetarian options. Avoid vitamin deficiency from foods and learn how to add and subtract fat with these tips. Portion and meal prep suggestions to conceptualize what should be on your plate. Managing time for meals and snacks. What's better for us to eat and better for the environment? How to select organic and other options at the farmers market. "We consume more carbohydrates in a week than people consumed in a year, 200 years ago." -Kay Curtis GBES Wellness at Home Series- Nutrition and Energy Transcript Amy D' Angelo and Kay Curtis Show Resource and Information Sustainable Green Spaces: Home LinkedIn customercare@gbs.com LinkedIn Kay Curtis Produce Section Curtis Nutrition | Serving Burbank, Toluca Lake, Studio City ... 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
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Aug 18, 2021 • 30min

LEED Fellow and Mechanical Engineer from the Middle East - Ibrahim Kronfol

Ibrahim Kronfol is a Project Manager, Senior Mechanical Engineer, and Sustainability & Value Engineering Auditor with over 15 years of experience at Dar Al Handasah, with a successful career record and extensive design and management experience of major projects in the Gulf & Middle East. With the firm since 2005, working on a wide range of sustainability, Building Services, Infrastructure, Energy, Water and Project Management sectors, Ibrahim has contributed to a range of diverse applications within the construction industry. He has provided sustainable engineering design solutions for the various design aspects of a wide range of projects, encompassing Airports; Hotels; Commercials, Residential, Mixed Use; Medical Centers, Hospitals; Educational Facilities, Presidential Palaces and many others. Ibrahim has developed a comprehensive understanding supported by academic certifications of Project Management Procedures, Value Engineering Practices & Green Buildings Design throughout his career experience. Ibrahim is the Chair of Education and awareness at Lebanon Green Building Council and the Founder of "Sustainability Movement", with a Mission to work on community transformation towards sustainability. The Movement's major achievements include Green Apple Day of Service campaigns, Innovation Energy Challenges, teachers training programs, Green Champion and others with an impact on over 55,000 Students and 1,200 Teachers since 2012. In 2020, Ibrahim was distinguished by GBCI as a LEED Fellow and he is currently a member of the LEED Fellow Evaluation committee. Show Highlights How does DAR Group support the region with partnerships? Solutions to implement sustainability targets. Technical Advisory Groups (TAGS) and these committees' benefits. Impact and importance of volunteering. The Green Apple Day of Service, a global volunteering event with the USGBC's Center for Green Schools. Coordination efforts between the trades and the harder parts of sustainability. SMART systems are more suitable for sustainability. "We need everyone to join the green revolution. Professionals, experts, and non-experts. The public needs to get involved. Everyone can make a small contribution by getting involved in the sustainability practices and creating change, especially for the younger generation at the personal level." -Ibrahim Kronfol Ibrahim Kronfol Transcript Ibrahim Kronfol's Show Resource and Information The Prophet LinkedIn Dar Al Handasah 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
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Aug 11, 2021 • 38min

Ben Tacka, Sustainability Program Leader at Trane Technologies

Ben Tacka is a member of the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability (CEES) at Trane Technologies which supports the company's strategic brands —Trane and Thermo King — and is responsible for forward-looking sustainability initiatives aimed at transitioning to more efficient and climate-friendly solutions, and minimizing resource use within company facilities. Ben serves as a market intelligence provider and trainer in linking internal sustainability initiatives to competitive product and service positioning to support the enhancement of value propositions for sales and marketing teams across all businesses. His efforts led to the release of the company's first integrated ESG Report in 2018, and played a role in the establishment of Trane Technologies' 2030 Sustainability Commitments, which include such targets as carbon neutral operations and the single largest industrial commitment to reduce scope 3 (product related) emissions by 1 gigaton. Ben also leads an internal 'Design for Circularity' council to determine the company's role in the coming Circular Economy. Trane Technologies' received the World Environment Center's 2019 gold medal award for international sustainable development and is the only industrial company listed to both the World and North America Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the past 9 years. Ben holds an undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University as well as a Sustainable Innovation MBA from the University of Vermont. Prior to working with Trane Technologies, Ben provided sustainable business development consulting support to PepsiCo in Latin America and spent many years as an entrepreneur founding and managing sales and marketing training franchises in the gulf coast region of the southern US. Show Highlights A green business owner's freedom of flexibility in sustainability. The history of Trane Technologies and their programs to dramatically reduce the carbon footprint and energy consumption. Being entrepreneurial and finding ways to be intrapreneurial within a team. Organizations to help strengthen sustainability initiatives. Tips to stand out in a large company and dive into your network to obtain your dream job. Ben's "SWAT team of sustainability" in ESG. Speak the language of sustainability and climate change with these valuable resources. Benefits of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (CEES). "I wanted to really be a part of something that would be transformational in terms of how we live our everyday lives and the global underpinnings of the global economy." -Ben Tacka Ben Tacka Transcript Ben Tacka's Show Resource and Information Project Drawdown Pathway to critical and formidable goal of net-zero Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Capitalism at the Crossroads American Nations Red Dune Adventures Book Series Instagram 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
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Aug 4, 2021 • 40min

Dan Diehl CEO and President of Aircuity

Dan Diehl is CEO and President of Aircuity. He is a seasoned executive in the building controls and energy efficiency space, with more than 25 years of industry experience. Dan is passionate about continuous improvement and innovation for the built environment, and under his leadership, Aircuity is leading the way as the trusted air quality platform. Show Highlights Aircuity's devices and software that actually saves energy. Largely untapped managing and controlling of ventilation in buildings. Foundational hardware to accurately measure indoor air quality as economically as possible for the lifetime of the building. Creating a healthy production environment to manage the tough side of the vast constituents. Timetable to infusing different ways of thinking in a new technology. Adjusting operation controls in air quality filtration to make sure you are filtering clean air. Balancing the technical and business side to follow the market and guide the clients. COVID hangover reactions and sustainable solutions towards active measurement of an integrated control. ESG, decarbonization, and carbon goals for long term solutions to properly size and save millions of dollars. "It's been an air quality battle on the east coast as you probably saw reported this last week. The world is changing, adopting, you need to provide good, safe, clean in all the environments. I think they'll be ubiquitous in the built environment." -Dan Diehl Dan Diehl Transcript Dan Diehl's Show Resource and Information Last Mission to Tokyo Thinking, Fast and Slow Freakonomics LinkedIn Aircuity 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
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Jul 30, 2021 • 16min

PSA: How To Navigate The Upcoming WELL AP v2 Updates

GOOD NEWS! GBES, in partnership with The International WELL Building Institute, is able to offer you a 30% discount on your actual WELL AP examination fees when you purchase any of the GBES WELL Study Materials. After your purchase of our WELL Study Materials, the discount code will be sent to you in your purchase confirmation email. Use the discount code to pay for your exam at WellCertified.com. IMPORTANT NOTE: The WELL AP V2 exam updates will be released this coming September 2021 and the exam will be first available to the public closer to September 20, 2021. Remember, you can still take the exam either through REMOTE TESTING (Virtual) or IN-PERSON through Prometric testing centers near you. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Accurately preparing for the WELL AP exam updating September 1st, 2021. Tweaks and tools to familiarize yourself with the new WELL AP exam. Stipulations and changes to how and where you can take LEED and WELL exams. How to prepare for the closing gap for WELL AP version 2 in September. The difference between FitWell and WELL AP exams. Resources from Gbes.com to prepare you for passing exams with all the new updates. One thing that's happened from WELL version one, to WELL, version two is some of our concepts are categories Focusing on the 11 new concepts and categories on the WELL exams and the three different types of questions. PSA: How To Navigate The Upcoming WELL AP v2 Updates Transcripts PSA: HOW TO NAVIGATE THE UPCOMING WELL AP V2 UPDATES SHOW RESOURCE AND INFORMATION How To Pass The WELL Exam Free WELL AP Resources From GBES.com WELL v2 Overview Get To Know The New WELL AP Exam WELL AP Exam Prep – Videos, Flash Cards & Practices Tests Bundle GBES UNLIMITED – Access Everything 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
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Jul 21, 2021 • 43min

Founders of Alter Eco -- Joe Lombardi and Brian Falcon

Joe Lombardi is a registered architect in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan & Florida. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Pennsylvania Society of Architects and holds certifications from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) as well as Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Certification (LEED AP). He graduated Cum Laude with a BArch degree from Temple University in 1987 and received his first state architectural registration in 1989. At a young age he discovered an interest in the process of conceiving an idea, putting it on paper and implementing the construction of it in both practical form (designing and building speaker cabinets and musical instrument road cases) and artistic expression (wood carving, sketching & jewelry making). While also developing a business sense by selling these items to local musicians and in local shops. Joe's architectural career was fueled by a passion for the investigation and development of the use of new and underutilized existing proven products and technologies which increased comfort, while providing energy and construction efficiency in Residential and Commercial design & construction. Over the past 26 years of architectural practice he has been able to balance the ability to provide services to a homeowner wanting to renovate their home to meet the changing needs of their family as well as a large commercial client that is expanding a several hundred thousand square foot entertainment venue. He attributes this to the sense of teamwork that is promoted between the owner, contractor and architect as well as listening intently to the client's needs in order to reach the programmatic, aesthetic and budgetary goals for the project. He has Implemented and managed office CAD systems, created and managed Master Detail Library & Project File database systems and developed and maintained a proprietary specification & contractor database system. He served as adjunct staff at Philadelphia University from 1997 to 1998 where he taught a 3d CAD visualization course. He also has studied guitar, recorded and performed original music in and around the Philadelphia area for over 40 years with notable shows at the World Café & Troc Theaters in Philadelphia and The World Café Queen Theater in Delaware. He is a husband for over 28 years and father of two children. Brian Falcon has always been passionate about sustainable living and design. He is a registered architect in Pennsylvania, and became a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED®AP) in 2004, to focus professionally on sustainability and energy efficiency. In 2008, he founded the Berks/Lancaster Green Building Association to help local, like-minded professionals collectively expand their green building skills at the grassroots level. Most recently, Brian has become a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC), as certified through the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). This program incorporates high performance building science principles and passive house techniques to create the best path to Net Zero and Net Positive Energy buildings. To improve the efficiency of project design and construction processes, Brian is highly experienced with Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. BIM is used to create a digital 3-dimensional representation of a project with multiple layers of intelligent data which may be analyzed at any time during the design, construction or occupancy phase of a building. Building the project virtually ensures accuracy and improves the understanding how building components and assemblies work together, which greatly reduces "unknowns" and other inefficiencies during construction. In addition, BIM provides a highly effective way for those not used to reading conventional construction drawings to feel fully engaged as part of the design team. Brian is married with four children. He is a nationally licensed soccer coach and has coached all four kids. The family enjoys camping and connecting with nature whenever possible. At home Brian leads the family in exploring the world of permaculture to learn how to live more holistically by designing and building fun and multi-functional projects on their property which provide food, energy, aesthetics and natural habitat for beneficial animals. Show Highlights Zero energy readiness. Alter Eco's success, selection process, and standard/program choices. Passive House vs Net Zero Ready Homes for advanced energy modeling. Best practices, programs(LEED, Passive House, DOE), certification and chapter benefits. Misconceptions on implementing sustainable programs, how architects can steer the ship, and the concept of trade ops. Advantages of having architects who can simplify details with sustainability in mind during the building process. Trends of a 2,500 sq home feeling like a 4,000 sqm. Electrification and designing all electric buildings and homes. Selecting prefabbed, cut off site, more modular components or whole systems on projects. "We kind of proved in our first homes that we built, that we can achieve this level of a home at the same cost as a code-built stick-built home." -Joe Lombardi "If you're excited and passionate about sustainability or preservation, whatever it is wholeheartedly, chase that down with every ounce of energy you have. You might sound goofy sometimes asking questions you think are silly or, or whatever. I would say don't ever fear that. Embrace that. Embrace the beginner's mind, whatever you're doing, because it's only going to help you learn along the way and be more successful." -Brian Falcon Joe Lombardi and Brian Falcon Transcript Joe Lombardi & Brian Falcon's Show Resource and Information About | Architetra Joe Lombardi LinkedIn Brian Falcon LinkedIn Buddha's Brain The 5 AM Club Alter Eco: Home 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
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Jul 14, 2021 • 47min

Regenerative Practitioner and Living Future Hero Emmanuel Pauwels

Emmanuel Pauwels is a Regenerative Practitioner (a person actively engaged in developing themselves and their practice with the capacity to create entities and processes that are ongoingly regenerative). He is a highly communicative, practical, and reliable individual who lives in the world of the five senses. He is curious and needs mental variety in life. He has an analytical and critical side and is an eternal student, enjoying rapport and exchanging ideas with people. He is ambitious, enjoys material comfort and everything sensual and nature-related. When we look at the way we design and build our buildings, the only way forward is by creating good green buildings. Buildings that lead to improved health for homeowners, reduced impact on the environment and profit for the building industry. Emmanuel is a strong believer in a new paradigm for the Real Estate Industry which is based on trust based team formation, early collaboration, built-in sustainability and transformational leadership. Show Highlights Regenerative Design practical tools and the course work you should explore. Popular construction materials in the USA, but not in Europe. Emmanuel talks about his companies: Green Living Projects and Green Living Education. Regenerative resorts that redefine tourism for systemic change. Reconnect urban and rural environments to build new meaning and relationships. Creating a network to build eco villages to enhance any project. Avoid the temptation of chasing points and certifications to benefit your projects. Understanding the levels and technology it takes to complete a Living Building Challenge project from a Living Future Hero. CAL GUERXO is a small house with a big impact you must see. Conversations with clients are more about what is the value that you are seeking? How can we provide value? Is there certification that can certification add value to your project? That's the important question. "You can regenerate everything, your relationship, your life, whatever project you're working on in your career. It's more about what happens in the place than the actual built infrastructure. How does it impact humans? What's the social impact of communities? What new interaction do you develop with nature? You realize that the building is a catalyst for something else to happen." -Emmanel Pauwels Emmanuel Pauwels Transcript Emmanuel Pauwels' Show Resource and Information The Integrative Design Guide Designing for Hope: Climate--A New Story: The Responsible Business Designing Regenerative Cultures Linkedin Green Living Projects - Facebook Cal Guerxo - Instagram Cal Guerxo- https://vimeo.com/514324352/8f0415f4dc LinkedIn-Green Living Projects 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
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Jul 7, 2021 • 27min

Wellness Real Estate Professional Amy D'Angelo

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 healthy food business to managing facilities for an international non-profit. Her current passion is focusing on helping busy professionals and families achieve wellness at home by creating simple and affordable strategies that are based on the best practices of the wellness real estate movement. Amy believes that by making small and positive changes, in our homes, in the food we eat or the ways that we handle stress, we can inspire those around to live a healthier, more fulfilled life. Show Highlights Holistic living and wellness best practices you need to know. Taking stock of these items will help you live healthier and make your home healthy. Achieving FitWell Ambasador and WELL AP credentials will set your career on a good course. The Home Wellness Project, creates wellness in the home with air, water and your circadian rhythm. Merging tips from Wellness Real Estate Initiatives and expert tips on what works in our homes to connect with nature and naturally reduce stress. The simple things that now we really want to pay a little closer attention to. Why the Healthy Building Initiative will bleed more into individual homes. Simple things that will really positively impact your week. "There is a passion within me to say, 'Other people need to do this for themselves at home.' Wellness shouldn't be contained to buildings where you spend maybe 25% of your time. We really need to see how to share with people what they can do to make their homes safer and healthier for themselves and their loved ones." -Amy D'Angelo Amy D'Angelo Transcript Amy D'Angelo's Show Resource and Information Sustainable Green Spaces: Home Indoor Air Quality Webinar – April 2021 Atomic Habits 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
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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
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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

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