The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

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

A nationally recognized expert on sustainable design, Jim serves as Director of Sustainability, leading the effort to incorporate sustainable design strategies and features into LAS design projects Nationally. Nicolow's extensive knowledge of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system has made him a sought-after speaker, author, and blogger. He recently earned the distinctions of AIA Fellow and LEED Fellow. Nicolow joined LAS in 1997 and in 2001 became the first member of the firm-and one of the first in the country-to become a LEED Accredited Professional. He has participated in the successful LEED certification of more than 70 projects. He was instrumental in the firm's early adoption of The 2030 Challenge, an initiative whose ultimate goal is the design of carbon-neutral buildings and leads the firm's effort to identify opportunities and strategies for the routine integration of eco-effective design i all LAS projects as well as improving the environmental performance of the firm's operations and workplaces. Jim attended the University of Michigan, where he received both his master's and bachelor's degrees in Architecture, and Wester Michigan University, where he received a Master of Business Administration. He is a National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certificate holder. Show Highlights Merge personal interest in sustainability with a professional career. What you need to know about Lord Aeck Sargent and Katerra? a firm interested in ecological design. technology company extensively looking to disrupt the design and construction industry. Clients that focus on sustainability as a key driver for their built environment projects motivate and move the industry. Sustainability challenges, materials and projects that incentivized the Hawaiian region to be efficient. The codes have really caught up to LEED with the ASHRAE 90.1 approach to LEED. The embodied carbon impact of the building products take on an ever greater importance. A push for mass timber as part of the future of the building industry. Jim's highlight project that was completely focused on sustainability and creating a teaching building to tell the story of sustainability. "With the Living Building Challenge, as an example, you've got to power the building with the light that falls on the site and provide water with what falls on the site. I would like to see these solutions be solved on the municipal level; that way, the building operator is not also running an energy plant and a water treatment plant. It would be much better if we still had distributed systems, but solve some of these issues on a greater scale. I'm hoping we will start to look more comprehensively at communities rather than building by building." Jim Nicolow Transcript Jim Nicolow's Show Resource and Information Southface Institute: Home Homo Deus LinkedIn Jim Nicolow | Lord Aeck Sargent 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

Director and founder of Revitaliza Consultores in Mexico City, a firm specialized in environmental consulting for green building portfolios, Alicia is responsible for overseeing LEED certification, strategic development, and corporate sustainability initiatives in diverse markets encompassing México, Peru, Colombia and Spain. In 2015, Alicia was recognized by GB&D Magazine as one of the 20 women who are shaping the sustainability landscape of tomorrow. She has overseen certification projects for several icon buildings: Torre Mayor (a 55-floor multi-tenant corporate building), Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento, (a 500 year old historic building), and CIINOVA (the highest scoring LEED certified building in Latin America). Alicica was featured in LEED in Motion Mexico, as one of the leaders in LEED consulting in Mexico. Alicia is a founding member of SUMe Sustentabilidad Para Mexico. She served as its Vice President from 2011-2015. She volunteered on the LEED steering committee with USGBC, and represented Mexico at the LEED international Round Table until 2016. Alicia also works hard to advance gender equality in the construction industry. Her company culture is designed to keep smart women in their jobs. Her company does this by offering flexible schedules and quality of life so nobody has to choose between career and family! She is the recipient of the Greenbuild Mexico Leadership Award 2019 a recognition for her trajectory as a change maker. Her goal is to build a sustainable future where community and business growth are aligned with the vitality of the planet and the quality of human life. Show Highlights Seattle's EcoTopia and Ecopreneurs force you to convert to a super green life. Raising the standard overcomes gender bias in the industry and in Latin America. The benefits of LEED evolved to change the markets, increase education, and promote green building in a developing country. Tips for the role of a green building consultant and how to demonstrate a business case, a health case, a better world case for every building you work in. Strategizing how to make your whole portfolio better. Shifts of the investors and the projects, in terms of the climate emergency now that green building is at the forefront. Education is essential if you want to transform and inspire the market. "We really want to be the best for the world, not just the best in the world. I want to see the transformation that happens in people when they are moved internally by green buildings and sustainability and see, for perhaps the first time, that there is a better way of living this life. I want people to know we not only have the responsibility - but the power to build a better world for ourselves and for the generations that follow us." -Alicia Silva Alicia Silva Transcript Alicia Silva's Show Resource and Information The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed … Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your ... - Amazon.com Books By Carol Sanford - Amazon.com podcasts - Carol Sanford Dave Asprey (Author) - Amazon.com Let My People Go Surfing: Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole … All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the … 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