The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Alessandro Bisagni, Founder and President of BEE Incorporations, has been named a 2020 LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI). Alessandro's mission is to leverage business to do good. This includes educating corporations about tangible ways to build, renovate, and operate spaces sustainably while also helping advance sustainability in our urban environment. Over his career, he has managed close to 400 green building projects in more than 30 countries for a combined footprint of over 40 million square feet. Alessandro is the first person to receive all three recognitions of LEED Fellow, Living Future Hero, and IWBI Leadership Award. Show Highlights Asia's impact and philosophy in achieving a sustainable world. The world's first eco city, Dongtan. Naked Stables, defines luxury retreats. "Sell" yourself to create desired opportunities in your career. BEE, is the world's largest consultancy focusing on luxury retail. Alessandro started the GBPP to be a consortium for LEED professionals in China and it became a focal point for the green building movement. Incredible self sustaining eco communities, ground breaking generational projects in both LEED and WELL, and early developer conversations to inspire green building firsts. Technology and innovations that will drive sustainability in LEED and WELL. BEE Sense, works in unison for clients and provides real time tracking that reports back to platforms such as World Portfolio and ARC. Studies in ARC to compare different project type technologies and how the score in ARC changes. What you need to know about Reset and measuring air quality. "Song Saa Reserve, is a small eco community. When I say small, I mean it's over 600 acres, so let's say a small town located in Cambodia near the Angkor Wat Temple. It's basically a self-sustaining eco community that will be hospitality, residential retail, and art space. It will generate its own energy on site. It will source its own groundwater and it is currently the largest living community challenge vision plan certified projects in the world. We'll go on to be the largest, fully certified Living Community Challenge Project at the end." -Alessandro Bisagni Alessandro Bisagni's Show Resource and Information Sapiens LinkedIn BEE Incorporations LEED Consulting | BEE Song Saa Reserve Dongtan Eco-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

Don took some time off from GSA to share his knowledge with the green building community. We have the benefit of his expertise as a LEED Fellow, FAIA and leader in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of buildings through policy and advocacy within the Federal government. As Deputy Director of GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, Don promotes environmentally responsible decision-making for buildings, and translates green building strategies and ideals into practical solutions to meet federal goals for new construction, repair and alteration, facility management, and leasing. His professional service includes leadership roles with ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings, and present or former advisory roles in three of the primary high-performance building certification organizations in the U.S. – the U.S. Green Building Council, the Green Building Initiative, and the International Living Future Institute. His work with USGBC has included being Federal Advisor to the USGBC Board of Directors, and serving on the Government Committee, and the core committees of LEED for Commercial Interiors and LEED for Existing Buildings. Don co-led the development of the Guiding Principles for Federal High Performance and Sustainable Buildings and continues to ensure their relevance. He developed and managed GSA's Sustainable Design Program for the Public Buildings Service. He envisioned and led the development of GSA's Sustainable Facilities Tool and has contributed to numerous publications, including GSA's Sustainability Matters. Don has over 29 years of experience with GSA in both sustainability and historic preservation. Before working at GSA, he worked for private sector architecture firms. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. Show Highlights Executive orders on "greening the government". GSA helped to develop principles of sustainable design and implementation. GSA's energy performance database targets a broader perspective of sustainability. Innovation and guiding principles on how to advance sustainable measuring tools. GSA's mandates for new construction on a federal buildings. Don's favorite projects are exemplary examples of green building at its finest. GSA sustainable level of design awareness, programs and expectations. The ASHRAE standards and everything you need to know about 189.1. Design standards to really advance the green building movement. The impact of using LCA to pick better materials for energy modeling. The excitement the new executive orders has on changing green buildings. Critical categories that need to be included on EPD data. "Seeking to understand people's basic values, what drives them, and what makes them truly happy, is envisioning sustainability. Sustainability really does involve ethics, values, & aspirations and seeks to bring it all together. When you can integrate that into the work you're doing it is the absolute best anyone could wish for." - Don Horn Don Horn Transcript Don Horn's Show Resource and Information The Passive LinkedIn Meadowlark Ridge Bed and Breakfast Ultimate Guide to Facebook Advertising A Life on Our Planet | Netflix 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

Kristy specializes in energy modeling, energy audits, utility analysis, and sustainability consulting from conceptual design through occupancy. Abnormally excited about energy reduction in existing buildings. TLC's Kristy Walson, PE, LEED Fellow, BEMP has been named a 2020 LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc. Kristy, educated and practicing as a mechanical engineer, focuses on the ongoing energy-efficient operation of facilities, through both initial design and ongoing operation of existing buildings. She leads TLC Orlando's Energy Services group, providing energy modeling, commissioning, energy audits and sustainability consulting to clients. In addition to her project duties at TLC, she has served in multiple roles over the years at the Central Florida Chapter of the US Green Building Council, sits on various advisory panels for the City of Orlando, and is currently the Chair of the University of Florida's Green Building Learning Collaborative. Show Highlights Living on a 40 foot sailboat shaped Krisy's sustainable career. TLC's core values and commission focus and services. Involvement in the local sustainability world provides a voice at the table to help move things along on a local municipality scale. Educating industry professionals on embodied carbon. How to make big strides. Operational carbon applies to what's needed with embodied carbon. Understand the impact. How do you reduce our energy use and apply renewable energy when you tackle climate change from an equitable standpoint? A quick practical on tools and software applied to Energy Modeling. The theory on energy modeling and critical tips to validate the intentions and design. "We need you! Here's the thing with green buildings - those of us in it for a while get told "no" a whole lot! You have to have the energy to just move past the "no" and accept what actually can be done on those projects. Sometimes, you can do a little extra work and turn that "no" to a "yes!" I find that the folks coming into the industry are coming in with a passion for green building. They have an untouchable energy, and that energy energizes me and the rest of us who have been told "no" for a long time - and we need it! We need you as much as you need us to teach you how to do this. -Kristy Walson Kristy Walson's Show Resource and Information A Land Remembered LinkedIn TLC Engineering Solutions 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

Kevin Bright is the Energy and Sustainability Director for the City of Rochester and Destination Medical Center (DMC). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Geology and a Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Analysis. He is a LEED Accredited Professional for two rating systems – building design and construction (BD+C) and operations and maintenance (O+M). He is also accredited as a Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers. He has worked in sustainability leadership roles at Harvard University, Colby College and now the DMC and City of Rochester for more than 12 years. Kevin's key duties for the City of Rochester and DMC include: Implementing the City's Energy Action Plan; Supporting sustainability strategies to reduce resource consumption across the organization; and Fostering a culture of sustainability. Show Highlights The differences, intersections and importance of energy vs sustainability. Minnesota's organization and programs to collaborate on their ambitious goals to advance sustainability, environmental, and equitable outcomes. Efforts on ways address and promote more of an urbanist feel. Integrating sustainability deeply in the public infrastructure projects associated with economic development to influence private developments. The collaboration and the willingness to collaborate from large companies to create opportunity. Actions Kevin's taking to advance more resilient and equitable communities. Develop understanding, appreciation and education on how people live across the world. How to give voice to the communities you serve and be a leader, an ally to fight it and be anti-racist? The municipality work will continue to grow sustainable jobs/ Destination Medical Projects sustainability motto to create an American city for health. The importance to be a global citizen. Kevin stresses the importance of being curious,maximizing the resources, and knowing where the best place to plant a tree is. Infrastructure strategies that zero in on improving health equity in communities. "We all lead very different lives, and communities are being disproportionately impacted by the impacts of climate change as we speak. Unless we integrate these voices, this lived experience in our future planning efforts, we're going to miss the boat. We're not going to hit the mark that we're seeking, and we're going to further inequities that exist today." -Kevin Bright Kevin Bright's Show Resource and Information So You Want to Talk About Race: Oluo, Ijeoma ... - Amazon.com Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - Amazon.com The Road Less Traveled, Timeless Edition: A ... - Amazon.com i-Tree Planting Calculator: Home Best Tree Finder: Tree Wizard - Arbor Day Foundation LinkedIn Tag: Kevin Bright 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

Experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the energy industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, Sales, and Management. Strong business development professional with a Master's degree focused in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Louisiana Tech University. Show Highlights How propane fits into green buildings and some trends? Why there is an increased interest in using propane to fuel homes? Navigating the need of other fuel sources for cost and efficiency. The right mix of different fuel types buildings can accept to eliminate waste. Realistic approach to blended mixed fuel that sheds high amperage load from renewable resources to make it more powerful. Propane Education Research Council (PERC), the difference between pipe natural gas and liquid propane, and when to use it. Propane technologies and innovations that impact energy efficiency in homes. A few ways the propane industry defines and achieves zero net energy. The misconstrued fact that zero net energy means all electric and demystify propane. The United States produces about four times the amount of propane we consume in the country. "One of the things that we work on at PERC from a research standpoint is increasing the availability of renewable propane. Renewable propane is exactly what it says. It's a renewable fuel that is derived from several sources. The primary feedstock right now would be animal fats or used cooking oil. The production of this fuel right now is only primarily consumed in transportation markets, particularly in California and Northwest, there is an incentive for those consumers to use that renewable fuel in the transportation." -Bryan Cordill Bryan Cordill Transcript Bryan Cordill's Show Resource and Information Bryan's LinkedIn Building a ZNE home with propane webpage Propane/ZNE infographic Renewable propane 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

As the director of sustainable services for Miron Construction, Theresa's role is to inspire sustainability throughout Miron's culture, integrate "green" into their business practices and construction operations, lead their sustainable education program, and serve as the Project Administrator for projects seeking green building certifications. Theresa has worked on over 80 projects across many market segments seeking LEED certification, which have successfully been awarded LEED Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Many of her projects are highly regarded. Named as ENR magazine's top 20 under 40, and honored as a LEED Fellow in 2012, Theresa is the world's youngest LEED Fellow. She is credentialed as a LEED AP BD+C, ID+C, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, LEED Faculty, and WELL Faculty. She is an active WELL and USGBC volunteer serving on many national committees and working groups, including currently serving on the LEED Advisory Committee for LEED v4 and v4.1. Identified as a Subject Matter Expert, she continues to serve on several LEED and WELL exam development and review committees including piloting LEED v4 and v4.1, and is one of 12 worldwide participating in the WELL v2 Portfolio Pilot Program. Show Highlights Opportunities for improvement with waste in the construction industry. Creating a future where construction could be sustainable. Miron's leadership position in sustainability and practical construction solutions that enhance health and well-being Understanding clients sustainable goals to help project teams find incentives to offset the capital costs of the energy efficient equipment and systems that increase health and well-being Networking and being in the right place at the right time What impacts human health has come front and center to all organizations, especially schools People are going to have a better understanding of healthy building materials and how they impact human health from a respiratory standpoint The impact from big fortune 500 companies, a federal push, states, and local municipalities' carbon neutral and renewable energy goals "If there is such a thing as a silver lining in COVID, it is the fact that health and wellness has come front and center to all organizations and it impacts everyone, not just a select few. I think that schools are understanding the importance of proper HVAC systems with a focus on ventilation and filtration systems that can go on and on." -Theresa Lehman Theresa Lehman Transcript Theresa Lehman's Show Resource and Information Becoming Greenthink LinkedIn Twitter 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

Matt St. Clair, who has led UC's system-wide sustainability program for nearly 17 years, was recently named a 2020 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Fellow. This prestigious distinction awarded by Green Business Certification Inc. — an international green business industry leader — is awarded to just 25 professionals around the world who demonstrate "exceptional work in advancing green building practices" and "10 years' worth of exceptional impact on LEED." "The green building industry plays a critical role as we look toward rebuilding our economy and our communities in the months and years ahead," said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of GBCI and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in an article published by Green Business Certification, Inc. "Our LEED Fellows are on the frontlines of that work helping to ensure our buildings and spaces are healthy, resilient and sustainable places for us all to enjoy. LEED Fellows have made substantial contributions to the green building community and their commitment to LEED will continue to help us shape a better living standard for all." Matt's work has made an indelible impact upon UC, from growing UC's green building portfolio from one LEED certification in 2004 to over 350 LEED certifications today, to his partnerships with former UC President Janet Napolitano in forming UC's Carbon Neutrality Initiative and University Climate Change Coalition. In addition to his work within UC, Matt was a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education's board of directors. He has also worked to empower students to be current and future climate action leaders through several educational initiatives, including the Bonnie Reiss UC Carbon Neutrality Student Fellowship Program, Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project, California Student Sustainability Coalition and Climate Corps. Show Highlights Activism and energy expertise created Matt's dream job. How UC has expanded green building and clean energy policy into comprehensive sustainable practice policy? UC's system-wide sustainability program is like turning the Titanic. Questions you need to ask to adapt to the biggest trends in the industry. Climate resilience work centered on diversity equity and inclusion, anti-racism, environmental justice and climate justice. over 350 LEED certifications. requiring all new buildings are all electric. all new buildings are carbon neutral or will be within the next four years. the only university campus in the country or the world where every single building and residence all is LEED certified. their 2025 goal for all of UC Campuses to be carbon neutral and climate section zero waste. How one campus has already achieved that goal? the most renewable energy of any university in the country. UC's leading the way with... "It really sort of radicalized me or opened my eyes to the fact that my heroes like Gandhi and MLK were considered radical in their time and over time became mainstreamed. It really empowered me to pursue a career in activism. I've pursued a career that's ended up as an activist on the inside. I became a changemaker within a large public organization." -Matt St Clair Matt St Clair Transcript Matt St. Clair's Show Resource and Information White Fragility UCOP - University of California | Office of The President 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

SUMMER MINCHEW, Managing Partner of Ecoimpact Consulting has managed the certification of more than 1.5 million square feet of green building space. Her expertise in sustainable design and construction is backed by 17 years of experience in green building rating systems, design guides, building product standards and certifications. Summer specializes in green building certification project management demonstrating exceptional technical proficiency in documentation and submission for LEED, Enterprise Green Communities and Green Globes rating systems. Summer is a LEED Fellow who holds professional credentials as a LEED Accredited Professional with ID+C and O+M specialties. Recognized by the Charlotte Business Journal as a 2020 Women In Business Achievement Award winner and a 2018 40 under Forty award recipient and awarded Most Inspiring Individual at Sustain Charlotte's 2019 Charlotte Sustainability Awards, her career and civic achievements are numerous. As a leader in the industry, Summer is co-chair for the US Green Building Council Carolinas Community Market Leadership Advisory Board and the Health Product Declaration Collaborative Third-party Verification Technical Subcommittee. Summer's commitment to the future of green building is also seen in her role as an educator. She is a recognized LEEDuser Expert offering advice to LEED practitioners internationally, and is contributing author of Sustainable Commercial Interiors, Second Edition, published by Wiley & Sons. Show Highlights Eco Impact focus and projects on sustainable strategies for business. A social equity initiative for community based LEED initiatives. Bread for the City -Michael Marshall Design. City of Charlotte's robust sustainability action plan. Strategic energy action plan. LEED certification facilities based on their goals for 2040. Wide green building adoption with building regulatory frameworks. Useful tool for market transformation that compares policies and various US jurisdictions. Volunteering is an extension of green building and essential network. A program that verifies the accuracy of HPDs to provide additional levels of transparency. How to push benchmarking forward within the constraints of a city? "Health and wellness are at the forefront of this discussion as they should be. But let's not forgo sustainability for wellness because there is room for both at the table." -Summer Minchew Summer Minchew's Show Resource and Information Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Born a Crime Audiobook The Vanishing Half Holes LinkedIn BuildingRating | Sharing Transparency for a More Efficient Future Ecoimpact Consulting 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

Sue Clark is a LEED Fellow, WELL AP and WELL Faculty with Tengbom Architects, where she serves as Project Leader in Sustainability. Sue is also Interim WELL Manager at Sweden Green Building Council and a member of SGBC's LEED Advisory Committee. Beginning in 2006, Sue worked extensively with the Canada Green Building Council, leading one of CaGBC's LEED certification assessment teams and serving on multiple volunteer groups including CaGBC's Technical Advisory Group for Sites and Water. After moving to Sweden in 2011, Sue brought her expertise in LEED to Sweden Green Building Council, where she organized the Council's LEED Advisory Committee, LEED working groups and multiple task forces to address issues of implementing LEED in Sweden. As a LEED Consultant, Sue has participated on more than a dozen LEED projects across Canada, and in Sweden she led the LEED consultancy on Mästerhuset, Stockholm's first LEED NC Platinum project. Now working with Tengbom, Sue joins the firm's sustainability group implementing ambitious goals for a better built environment in Sweden and beyond. As the first WELL AP in the Nordics and a WELL Faculty member, Sue works to support and educate on the WELL system with individuals and organisations interested in applying better health and wellbeing practices to the built environment. Show Highlights An architecture degree provides a great education for looking at things comprehensively. A point of comparison on how consultants interface with contractors and different building cultures work with innovation. The tapestry of complementary environmental certification systems and standards of green building in Sweden No fossil fuel resources within the national borders. The ladder of certifications-BREEAM, LEED and Miljöbyggnad. Tengbom is one of the oldest architectural firms in the world focusing every build to be healthier, climate ready, low carbon impact and circular. Internal competences to address the EU and Sweden's climate declaration, mandates, and emerging legislative trends. Buildings are not designed appropriately for the future. Climate adapted building and the tools that address climate risks for that specific location and design strategies. How cat food and drywall pushed transparency? "This industry is just so much about personal relationships that I'd say it's really totally worth doing. The other thing I would recommend is beware the specialization, stay a generalist, as long as you can. I think the people out there that are really great at sustainability are really great generalists, and there will always be this temptation to go down these different rabbit holes of sustainability, like becoming a daylight expert or an LCA expert. It's not that these things aren't fantastic, but the more you specialize, the more you have to sacrifice this comprehensive picture." -Sue Clark Sue Clark Transcript Sue Clark's Show Resource and Information Healthy Buildings by Joseph G. Allen The End of Everything by Katie Mack 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

Charalampos Giannikopoulos is the founder of DCarbon, a consultancy firm whose goal is to provide top-quality analysis and strengthen existing values in the real-estate sector through the seamless integration of sustainable development tools, optimum efficiencies, innovation and green advocacy. Charalampos started his career in the UK as the Sustainability Coordinator of the R&D group at Aedas, a global leading architectural firm, jumping to the business consultancy sector focusing on environmental investments and PPP projects. In 2011, he was involved in the inaugural implementation of LEED in Greece with large scale commercial projects. With extensive experience in participating in multi-disciplinary teams on major international projects including the "Masdar City" sustainable masterplan and the "Abu Dhabi Investment Council" development in Abu Dhabi, Charalampos has been involved in prominent commercial, industrial and educational projects in the region including management of more than 80% of all completed LEED projects in Greece. Along with dynamic energy modelling projects, creation and implementation of environmental management plans and green advocacy programs. Charalampos is a LEED Fellow, a USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) Faculty, a former member of the LEED Technical Advisory Group of the USGBC and USGBC Pro Reviewer, a founding member of the BoD of the SBC Greece, former Vice President of the Hellenic Chapter of ASHRAE, a LEED AP with the "Building Design + Construction", "Interior Design + Construction", "Operations + Maintenance" and "Neighborhood Development" specialties, a WELL AP, a BREEAM International New Construction Assessor, a BREEAM In-Use Assessor, an Estidama Pearl Qualified Professional, a DGNB Consultant and an EDGE Expert. Show Highlights Greece's 95% collapse in the real estate sector pushed sustainability to the forefront of projects. Charalampos' project management company does sustainability on a greater scale by asking how green is your portfolio. Looking at sustainability from a different aspect to improve product manufacturer requirements. Charalampos' fearlessness has allowed his team to be involved in every single first project in its category. How the evolution of health issues connects directly with the economics of green building? The biggest challenges for the future and why LEED has been taken for granted. Applying LEED and other rating systems in his region. Keys for successful LEED projects and how to engage teams to maximize resources. "I'm really proud of our involvement in the first LEED Platinum project in Greece - a kindergarten! To us, it is vitally important that children come into contact with sustainability. We believe that early exposure to sustainability can have a positive impact on the way people see the world, and choose to live and interact with the environment." - Charalampos Giannikopoulos Charalampos Giannikopoulos Transcript Charalampos Giannikopoulos' Show Resource and Information This Changes Everything LinkedIn DCarbon | Sustainability Consulting | LinkedIn DCARBON 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