The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Join a lively town hall discussion as two LEED Fellows, and a nationally leading builder discuss the unbelievable year 2020 has been and forecast the year in 2021. The wide-ranging conversation will cover a variety of pressing issues impacting the green building industry, including the US Presidential election, the US leaving the Paris Agreement, COVID building re-entry and the new LEED COVID response credits, diversity and inclusion, B Corporations, the buzzword of the year "carbon," the climate crisis, California net-zero legislation leading the way for the country, and recaps of the nationally leading green building conferences — the Net Zero Conference and Greenbuild. Moderator: Charlie Cichetti, LEED Fellow CEO & Co-Founder Sustainable Investment Group https://sigearth.com/ Panelists: Drew Shula, LEED Fellow Founder & CEO Verdical Group https://www.verdicalgroup.com/ Michael Strong Senior Project Manager Pankow http://www.pankow.com/

Susan Inglis is the executive director and a founding member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC), an independent coalition incorporated in March 2007 with the aim of promoting sustainable practices within the industry. Under her direction, SFC has led the green revolution by working with industry leaders to establish standards and practices to measure furniture sustainability. The SFC 275 members in its short lifetime. Inglis is also founder and owner of From The Mountain (FTM), a company that develops, sources, and manages the production of casegoods, home accents, and textiles handmade in Bolivia, Columbia, Peru, Serbia, Madagascar, Uganda and other international locales. FTM is known for products which are handmade, unique, storied, connected to the greater world, and affiliated with green industries. She has earned international recognition for her achievements meeting the specific needs of both for-profit marketers and not-for-profit foundations, often linking indigenous artisan groups to new markets and supporting international microenterprise development organizations. Inglis has served as business development consultant and trainer for publicly-funded development organizations around the world. As producer and sourcing agent/broker, she has developed or sourced home, gift, fashion, and natural products for some of America's most innovative companies, including ABC Carpet & Home, Aveda, Egg by Susan Lazar, Grant Dawson Collection, National Geographic Catalog, Red Egg, Sundance Catalog, Tucker Robbins, Vietri, and more. Inglis holds a degree in anthropology from the UNC at Chapel Hill. Asked what is the most important thing a person can do to encourage a more sustainable approach to business, Inglis gives a short answer: "Buy carefully." Specialties: sourcing handmades & sustainable manufacture Show Highlights Why the largest furniture market in the world is in North Carolina Sustainable Furnishings Council (SFC) provides resources, guidance, and education for the industry and conconsumer. Their website is a valuable resource with the finder and scorecard features WithIt is the best networking organization in the industry SFC's data initiative encourages transparency in supply chains and stimulates innovation towards the elimination of harmful chemicals You can trust certifications and labels. Learn about GOTS, Global Organic Textile Standard and OEKO-TEX certification. Circularity is gaining in importance because in circularity many sustainability segments intersect to meet sustainability targets Susan's insights and contagious enthusiasm for the sustainability industry will inspire you "It is not uncommon for the material to come from one continent to be processed on another, to be manufactured into something on another for use by consumers on yet another." -Susan Inglis Susan Inglis Transcript Susan Inglis' Show Resource and Information Lab Girl: The Story of More: The Overstory: Sustainable Furnishings Council Sustainablefurnishings.org WithIt Facebook 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 © 2020 GBES

Sustainability Consultant with more than ten years of experience in LEED, green building, and sustainable facility management. Project work has spanned over 500 projects in all of the commercial LEED rating systems for new and existing buildings, as well as sustainable master planning, building operations and maintenance, and sustainability reporting. Familiarity with Energy Star, WELL, CHPS, GRESB, TRUE, EDGE, SITES, Fitwel, Green Classroom, Parksmart and Green Globes programs. International work throughout Europe and Asia. Ability to work in high pressure, fast-paced environments. Show Highlights The benefits of having one of the original sustainability pioneers as a mentor A cup of coffee and a well meaning conversation can open up opportunities in your career The growing content and writing overhaul of the system being released by Master Spec for specifications writing Developing WELL content for Cal Green to make green building more accessible for everyone Increasing focus on occupant health to address how much time people spend in buildings Camp walks you through how to put design development specifications and requirements needed in one book to ensure everyone on the project is seeing the requirements The power of when and how to say "no" to benefit your career Focus on more than the direct environmental impact of the building itself "It was a fantastic experience [as a LEED Reviewer]. It was really cool to go from the consultant side to the reviewer side. It was just amazing to see all the projects that come in and the different types of projects. I reviewed projects from all over the world, Europe, the Middle East, South America, of course all over the US, Canada and Mexico as well. And then just to sort of learn after having done the documentation for so many years, being on the other side and learning kind of specifically what to look for in the documentation, like getting that training of exactly what some of these key things are that they look for right off the bat." -Camp Boyd Camp Boyd Transcript Camp Boyd's Show Resource and Information Linkedin Twitter Gail Vittori Deltek, Inc. 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 © 2020 GBES

Angi Rivera has over 15 years of Sustainability Management experience and is the Managing Director + Project Manager at GreenShape, LLC. Formerly Regional Sustainability Practice Leader of one of the world's largest Architecture and Engineering firms, Angi has managed Sustainable Design and Planning for both government and commercial globally. Angi has worked on a vast array of projects including: new and renovated mixed-use, residential, military, educational, industrial, correctional, and medical program facilities. Education MA Environment and Energy 2004 Architectural Association, London Bachelor of Architecture 2001 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Louisiana State University, 2000 Show Highlights The positives and negatives of working for a large global company Angi shares her experience working in the UK that kick started her career Networking and getting involved in USGBC is invaluable Learn how GreenShape's projects were very integral early on in the sustainability movement in DC and what they are working on now. The reward of ambitious sustainability goals, impacts of daylight analysis, and all the energy modeling you could possibly do for all the different options on your projects How to intentionally communicate with force and respect when dealing with stressors in Green Building. A tip to help you find level understanding. Technical design changes that impact energy consumption to quantify how your designs make sense. "[when planning a new development] We always have community meetings. We have the planning initiatives, but far too often, a large segment of that community does have its voice heard, because they're either not active participants or they have been made to feel that they're not invited or welcomed to participate. Whatever the reason, part of our planning and part of our input process needs to include everyone. We need to also understand how we gentrify areas. We need to be more sympathetic to how our developments impact entire populations of people who have built their lives in a particular neighborhood and go far beyond giving just a small percentage of the neighborhood the ability to remain where they chose to live and make their life. We displace entire groups of people and it really shouldn't happen as it does now." -Angi Rivera Angi Rivera Transcript Angi Rivera's Show Resource and Information How Culture Shapes The Last Neanderthal LinkedIn Angi | GreenShape LLC 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 © 2020 GBES

Today is a special episode with our one and only, Charlie Cichetti, with a special announcement regarding the "2020 LEED FELLOWS and GREENBUILD ANNOUNCEMENT." Show Highlights Greenbuild International Conference and Expo 2020 Green Business Certification Inc. Celebrates the 2020 Class of LEED Fellows | U.S. Green Building Council 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 © 2020 GBES

Robert Sroufe is a Professor of Sustainability, Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Professor Sroufe develops and teaches a course on Strategic Sustainability and Models, which covers the forces and models driving current decision making while integrating sustainable business practices into operations. He also develops and teaches a course on Sustainable Tools and Processes which teaches students how to develop sustainability management plans, how to understand energy management systems, and there even is a LEED competition! Sroufe believes that students thrive when challenged with real-world problems. Thus, he likes to engage students in problem based learning and research. During both the Fall and Spring semesters, Sroufe co-instructs Sustainability Consulting Field Project courses and oversees student teams that are consulting real-world corporate clients! Sroufe is currently working to develop new opportunities to integrate sustainability courses within the Graduate and Undergraduate programs. Sroufe's course, Sustainability Tools and Processes for New Initiatives was one of just 20 winners selected internationally by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program (Aspen BSP) for the 2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Award. Sroufe was also an Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer finalist, and has received the University Creative Teaching Award, and the Decision Sciences Institute Instructional Innovation Award for the development and delivery of these courses. As a faculty member within the innovative and #1 ranked U.S. MBA Sustainable Business Practices program, he is also an integral member of the faculty team awarded the Page Prize for Best U.S. Environmental Curriculum. In his research, Professor Sroufe primarily aims to understand what drives sustainability performance and how firms can develop effective environmental management systems to enable the measurement and management of a triple bottom line. His work has been published in a number of journals, including the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, the European Journal of Operations Research, Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Production Research, the Production and Inventory Management Journal, Greener Management International, and Business Strategy and the Environment, while also publishing books on Integrated Management: How Sustainability Creates Value for Any Business, Developing Sustainable Supply Chains to Drive Value: Management Issues, Insights, and Tools; and Strategic Corporate Environmental Management Systems. Professor Sroufe consults with a range of corporations, and conducts quantitative and qualitative research with firms including Alcoa, Baxter, Dow, Eco Labs, Ford, Gillette, GSA, Herman Miller, IBM, Intel, Interfaces, Lucent, and Steelcase. Prior to joining the MBA+Sustainability program, Professor Sroufe was an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at Boston College. He holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Operations and a dual M.B.A. in Materials and Logistics Management, along with Procurement from MSU. Show Highlights The best way to protect the environment is to avoid reactive approaches. Investigate the interaction between the environment and the state of the world. The top MBA sustainability program in the country puts best practices into action by providing experience and understanding of the importance of buildings in the sustainability movement. Robert is actively looking for participants that would want to engage a team of MBAs to figure out how to solve a problem that we don't know the answer to. Projects at no cost to clients Examine how products interact with space and contribute to indoor air quality issues when designing for human health and productivity. Decisions that can turn a return on investment into a return on integration and a feature on net present value turned into an integrated future value. Why the phrase "Triple Bottom Line" should be changed to an "Integrated Bottom Line"? The highlight reel filled with projects and curriculum that inspires world sustainability every student and young profession needs to hear. Tips to understand the overwhelming amount of data when selecting products with less impacts on the environment and society. "I want to face real problems with student teams and then apply a framework for the solution . The framework is a strategic sustainable development framework looking at understanding systems. Think about what is strategic, how we define success, and what tools can we apply to help solve the problem." -Robert Sroufe Robert Sroufe's Show Resource and Information The Power of Existing Buildings Integrated Management What Color Is Your Parachute? Good App Guide LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Duquesne University Academia.edu. 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 © 2020 GBES

As a Building Scientist, Andrea's interests are in pushing the performance and minimizing the environmental impact of her projects. She also enjoys building the firm's knowledge and intuition about sustainability through research endeavors and project explorations. At Payette, Andrea works across projects to bring rigor to the performance of projects. She integrates performance modeling tools into Payette's design process at the very beginning to inform and push designs. Additionally, she leads a number of internal research projects, and was the Principal Investigator on the 2012 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative-funded "Thermal Performance of Facades," a research project focused on thermal bridging. She also leads the firm's efforts on the AIA 2030 Commitment, tracking and benchmarking the performance of projects across the firm. Andrea received a Master of Science in Architecture Studies in Building Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was the recipient of the Tucker-Voss Award and focused her thesis on the thermal performance of facades. She is also a Lecturer at MIT in the Department of Architecture's Building Technology group where she teaches a class on building envelope performance. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter, as well as the national USGBC Chapter Steering Committee and Education Steering Committee, and is a member of the COTE Advisory Group to the Board. EDUCATION MS, Arch. Studies, Building Technology, 2011, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.Arch., 2002, Carnegie Mellon University Show Highlights Payette focuses on the most energy intensive typologies out there on the fusion of design and performance Why there is no value in holding research that helps to advance the industry. Andrea provides useful online tools to benefit projects with apples to apples comparisons Thinking holistically about carbon, climate change and the impact buildings have The vast amounts of carbon emissions come from the operational carbon forcing energy modeling and embodied carbon to move to the forefront Make sure building science is part of conversation from the onset of design, even in interviews Being able to articulate to your firm your interests and your skills will help you and your organization find your sweet spot to make a profound impact in an emerging industry "According to the ITCC. The report that they put out in 2018, we need to globally cut our carbon emissions in half by 2030, and eliminate them completely by 2050. If we look over that kind of critical time period between now and 2030, the vast majority of the emissions, actually even from energy intensive buildings, is really going to come from the embodied carbon. We can't ignore it and it's something that I think is starting to really grow as a focus for firms and across the industry. I think we'll continue to push to become more mainstream throughout the practice." -Andrea Love Andrea Love's Show Resource and Information Fusion: The Performance of Architecture Clap When You Land The Vanishing Half Invisible Women LinkedIn Twitter Payette 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 © 2020 GBES

Jeff focuses on public interest architecture and planning. He is the former Executive Director of First Community Housing, a Non-Profit Affordable Housing Developer in San Jose, CA. As Executive Director of FCH, Jeff built the firm into a nationally recognized pioneer [and early adopter] in the development of sustainable, affordable housing. FCH's impressive record of architecturally significant, sustainable affordable housing in the Silicon Valley has been recognized through multiple local, state and national awards, including an AIA/COTE 2009 Top Green Projects Award, an AIA National Housing Award, an AIA California Chapter "Community Housing Honor Assistance Award"​, Boston Society of Architects John M. Clancy Award for Socially Responsible Housing, a USGBC "Super Heroes"​ Award and the State of California GEELA Award for Sustainability. As ED at FCH Jeff developed the first "set-aside" in California for Developmentally Disabled tenants--which is now a core value in all FCH developments. Under Jeff's leadership, FCH pioneered the integration of "Green"/Vegetative roofs in Affordable Housing Developments. Jeff has served as a juror on the national AIA/HUD Housing Awards and on the Cradle to Cradle International Ideas Competition and is a frequent speaker at national conferences on Housing, Sustainability and integrating special needs populations. Jeff is a member of the SPUR San Jose Policy Board and Housing Advisory Committee and served on the USGBC 2015 LEED Fellows Selection Committee. He is an expert Integrated Design Team Leader. Jeff is a member of the AIA California Council Housing Congress exploring the Architects' role in providing solutions to our current housing affordability crisis. Consultation in: Multifamily Affordable Housing, Incorporating Special Needs Tenants in Multifamily Housing, Urban Design and Design Review, and Social Equity in Design. Show Highlights How the shootings at Kent State inspired how Jeff looked at the community and how people participate in the environment? Everything you need to know about First Community Housing, why they are hyper aware of toxins, green roofs, and how they became the model beyond affordable housing in their designs. Integrating green products into your designs so they can't be value engineered out. A perfect formula that pulls the community together to design exciting architecture for people with developmental disabilities. Partnering with organizations like Enterprise Community Foundations and the Living Building can help meet some challenges with budget. It's essential to improve air circulation systems and not let net zero carbon and electricity overshadow using natural and nontoxic materials. Stop thinking about sustainability and start thinking about carbon reduction, zero electric and regenerative planning. "I left First Community Housing five years ago, all our buildings were LEED Platinum and we're starting to investigate getting a Living Building Future. That is even further than LEED. Now I realize that's passe right now, because we really need to be looking at all electric buildings, zero electric, new materials, maybe photo glass that are going to change things. Just being sustainable is not enough anymore." - Jeff Oberdorfer Jeff Oberdorfer Transcript Jeff Oberdorfer's Show Resource and Information The New Carbon Architecture by Bruce King LinkedIn Facebook Jeff | University of San Francisco Jeff Oberdorfer FAIA 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 © 2020 GBES

Have you ever wondered why some teams rise to excellence or some organizations excel at innovation? Understanding what drives organizational learning and innovation, and the foundations of highly successful teams has been a personal pursuit for Joanne Perdue for almost three decades. Joanne considers this knowledge essential to accelerating the sustainability transformation. As CSO for UCalgary she is responsible for leadership and organizational strategy to enable the university to reach its goal of being a leader in sustainability. This work takes her deep into the disciplines of organizational learning, leadership and change management – alongside both the diverse technical skills and business operations knowledge required of sustainability professionals. Joanne believes there is no more important work. The higher education sector has the greatest reach in preparing future leaders, undertakes critical interdisciplinary research to enable the transition to a sustainable future, and has unique opportunities to model the way forward. Prior to joining UCalgary, as a practicing architect she combined her aptitude for design thinking, her reverence for the natural environment, and her desire to create remarkable places. This triad shaped a twenty-year career specializing in healthy, high performance green buildings. She is a LEED Fellow but her work in this area began long before LEED. The C.K. Choi Building at the University of British Columbia, completed in the mid 90's, was perhaps her most seminal project. It set an exceptional North American precedent for sustainable design, and it demonstrated the power of the integrative design process (then an undefined concept) in enabling interdisciplinary teams to innovate and achieve collective excellence. Joanne is a life-long learner and is interested in connecting with senior sustainability professionals and academics on: organizational learning for sustainability, particularly those leading change in large complex organizations; and sustainability integration in higher education. Show Highlights Connect design with ethics of care to broaden thinking about the environment we depend on when building on the land C.K. Choi Building, a progressive project that broke ground and barriers in Green Building STARS rating system, collaboration and partnerships that are occurring both on campuses and with community Joanne's company's climate action plan to become a carbon neutral campus. Why it is vital to get the operations team involved early on net zero builds Understanding of ourselves as a part of nature with regenerative design ecosystem, health, and resiliency for high performance buildings The 17SDGs can provide a global connection to LEED standards "So I fell in love with the vast beauty of nature, and this instilled in me, a really strong ethic of care and connection to the land, as we would call it, to nature." - Joanne Perdue Joanne Perdue Transcript Joanne Perdue's Show Resource and Information SITRA – 1.5D Lifestyles Donut Economics Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Grit by Angela Duckworth UCalgary MacKimmie before-after.docx Finland App Shopping's True Carbon Footprint Linkedin University of Calgary 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 © 2020 GBES

Helen has worked on over 80 LEED projects in various roles leading the design and construction team to develop more sustainable projects. On most projects, she is the primary LEED consultant and Project Team Administrator. In addition to leading the LEED process, we provide energy efficiency/energy modeling and commissioning consulting. In recognition of our technical abilities, HJKessler Associates has been recognized as a LEED® Proven Provider™ for the Building Design and Construction rating system family by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED Platinum projects have included Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Kresge Centennial Hall, Legacy Charter School in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago (K-8), Exelon's Headquarters Project, which, at the time it was certified, was by far the largest LEED Commercial Interiors project to achieve Platinum; the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston, the first house of worship to achieve LEED Platinum; the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the first LEED Platinum municipal building; Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy, a Chicago public high school; Bousfield Hall, a residence hall at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; and some Interpretive Centers. LEED Gold projects have included projects at Northwestern University, many schools and libraries for the Chicago Public Building Commission, municipal facilities such as police and fire stations, office buildings, and many others. Current projects include schools, university facilities, hotels, office buildings, and other project types. Her goal is always to encourage and facilitate an integrative approach to design and to encourage teams to go as far beyond the LEED requirements as possible. Specialties: Sustainable design, LEED and energy efficiency consulting Commissioning process management Facilitation Regenerative Development. Show Highlights How to turn Silver into LEED Platinum at relatively little or no extra costs? Helen's career is made up of "disparate parts" that have made a tremendous impact on energy efficiency and sustainability in our world. Hear her tips on what to study for an impactful career. Using energy models as a design tool will make a valuable resource and significant difference. Embodied Carbon is making a come back into conversations. Helen explains why you can't have a regenerative design or buildings without considering these essential factors. How LEED became a very important tool in transforming the market? To solve issues on climate change society needs to become more creative and develop technologies related to human and social development. "I've also been educating myself about racism and especially that history of our country. I am more convinced than ever that we won't create a sustainable world until we create a sustainable society that gives everyone an equal opportunity." -Helen Kessler Helen Kessler Transcript Helen Kessler's Show Resource and Information Drawdown by Paul Hawken The Regenerative Life by Carol Sanford The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende About Ta-Nehisi Coatess Toni Morrison: Books Regenesis Group Carol Sanford Institute CREW Chicago - Home Chicago Build Expo HJKessler Associates LinkedIn hjkessler@hjkesslerassociates.com 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 © 2020 GBES