The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Sara Greenwood is a sustainability consultant with over 15 years of experience. Her expertise and insight into emerging green building practices and technologies provide a unique perspective for clients pursuing green building certifications or business initiatives. Her experience in sustainable program development and management helps to guide project teams through the green building planning, documentation, and certification process. Sara consults on a number of projects of various building types such as multi-family residential, commercial offices, retail, healthcare, higher education facilities and government buildings. She has strong experience working with the following rating systems: LEED, WELL, Green Globes, CHPS, and ENERGY STAR. Greenwood also consults on sustainable business initiatives and climate services to clients in the corporate, higher educational institutions, and municipal sectors. By engaging in a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory of operations a roadmap can be developed to achieve emissions reduction goals. Her experience assisting cities with Climate Action Plans and energy efficiency and conservation strategies has put her at the forefront of implementing federal and California state legislation. She has helped manage several critical research programs under the California Energy Commission to inform future updates and related public interests. Greenwood has served on the USGBC Central Plains board for three years and has Chaired since January 2016 Specialties: New Construction, Commercial Interiors, Core & Shell, Schools, + Existing Buildings certification nationwide. Project management. Sustainability Charrettes • LEED Certification • Rating System Analyst •Corporate Sustainability • Carbon Offset Programs • Project Management • Marketing • Green Materials • Construction Support • Contractor Training Show Highlights Advocated for sustainable schools to facilitate significant bond measures for districts to formally adopt resolutions to build sustainable schools. CHPS Framework is more comprehensive than LEED for Schools. Database of environmentally preferable products Criteria addressing new buildings, existing buildings, portable classrooms and specific rooms Working at CTG provided a broad reaching breadth of experience working that propelled Sara's career. WELL or adapt elements of the WELL rating system is important to all projects because you can still pull from the WELL standard for the change in building markets. Explore ARC and other existing building performance metrics. Shift towards all electric and much more energy efficient buildings. You need to know about Kansas City, Missouri's commitment to have all public buildings be certified and the different building types all across the Kansas City area. "I'm optimistic that within the building community there will be renewed energy towards the optimization of building performance. All systems. Zero net everything: zero net waste, zero net water, zero net carbon." -Sara Greenwood Sara Greenwood Transcript Sara Greenwood's Show Resource and Information Daring Greatly Becoming The Glass Castle The Greenwood Consulting Group, LLC CHPS Criteria LinkedIn Facebook 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 Chief Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Skilled in Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Design and Sustainability. Strong business development professional graduated from Universidad de Los Andes. Show Highlights Colombia's use of natural ventilation to fit their mild climate Sustainability analysis of LEED versus Edge Certification Diego's project Elemental, was an open letter for sustainability Colombia's push to create over 2 million sustainable social housing The push for a good ventilating systems The psychology of people and understanding the way to sell them sustainability Industry impact in green building now that the world is conscious about the environment Green Factory's entrepreneurial journey to becoming a B-Corp "Sometimes you need to jump! Jump in and take risks. For me, sometimes I was a bit scared, which blocked me from doing things that I could and even wanted to do! I learned that sometimes you just have to take the leap and learn how to create your wings on the way down." -Diego Felipe Prada Diego Felipe Prada Transcript Diego Felipe Prada's Show Resource and Information The Upcycle Drawdown Green Factory LinkedIn Facebook 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

Esteban Martinez is an architect and civil engineer from the Universidad de los Andes. He received his Master's Degree in Sustainable Design from the Boston Architectural College and complementary studies in Sustainable Urbanism from the Rotterdam School of Architecture. Esteban holds the following credentials: LEED AP BD&C, LEED AP O&M, GREEN RATER, and Certified Building Commissioning Professional from the Association of Energy Engineers. Martinez is Co-Founder and Director of Sustainability at Green Loop, in Bogota, Colombia – South America where he brings his vast array of experience as a sustainability consultant, energy modeler, and commissioning agent. Esteban has worked on over 180 different projects located in Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador and EEUU. In Colombia there are very few companies that develop sustainable architecture in every sense of the word. Most of them are exclusively limited to bioclimatic development, which represents only a small branch of sustainability in buildings. At an industrial level, most of the companies that work on ERUs are limited only to the analysis at the energy level, without going into the design and layout of buildings, and therefore the correct use of natural resources. By integrating the energy branch, with the design and rational use of other resources, it is possible to maximize the reduction of operational costs and therefore greater competitiveness of its products both nationally and internationally. Show Highlights Building in Latin America and mandates that are pushing efficiency. The benefits of a dual degree in engineering and architectural for bigger impact. How a "fluke" started the whole green building movement in Colombia? Esteban's entrepreneurial journey to bringing LEED projects to Colombia. Energy simulations and bio climatic analysis throughout the world. A LEED gold rating system with less than 1% of extra costs. Materials that adapt to what the environment is bringing. The client looking at money is a good part of the sustainable equation. The impact Greenbuild has on your career. "Remember that sustainability is about people, planet, and profit. If the profit is not there, your client will probably do the project that you're pursuing, but he will never do it again. If it doesn't make economical sense, it's not sustainable." -Esteban Martinez Esteban Martinez Transcript Esteban Martinez's Show Resource and Information The Green Studio Handbook LinkedIn Green Loop 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

Nicholas Stolatis leads the asset management and sustainability practice at EPN Real Estate Services, Inc. Nick has extensive experience managing real estate investment assets across all property types and supports clients' development and implementation of operational best practices. He also advises and represents clients on transactional activities, including leasing, sales, acquisitions and financing. As Head of Global Real Estate Sustainability & Enterprise Initiatives for TIAA, Nicholas created the award-winning GRE Sustainability Initiative: increasing energy efficiency by 22%, reducing energy costs by $100MM and GHG emissions by almost 500,000 tons. His leadership in ESG integration helped TIAA develop unique programs such as Property Management Governance, Responsible Contractor Policies and Real Estate Brand Management. As a senior executive with the firm, he represented Global Real Estate on many corporate working groups, special teams and program initiatives. He was also responsible for the asset and portfolio management of real estate assets including: sales, dispositions, new development, re-positioning of troubled assets, and rehabilitation of foreclosed properties. Nicholas is actively involved in industry advocacy and education groups including BOMI, BOMA, IREM, and IPMS. He is Adjunct Professor with Fordham University's Real Estate Institute. He contributed to IREM's Sustainability Program, and BOMI's Asset Management and High Performance Investment courses, and he facilitates IREM's Ethics and Sustainability curricula. Nicholas is Chairman of the Board for BOMI International and serves on various executive committees, nonprofit advisory boards, investment and technology companies. He has earned the Certified Property Manager (IREM), Real Property Administrator (BOMI) and LEED-AP BD+C (USGBC) designations. Show Highlights The hands-on part of asset management. Asset management vs property management. How to understand the needs of your property. Energy Star is a perfect tool you need to be using for benchmarking. Nick shares the benefits and parameters LEED has on his industry. Differentiate between BOMA and BOMI. Questions and conversations to balance whole equation and discern what makes most sense for your builds. Nick's exciting multifamily project with the benefits of having an all electric building. "We can't stop education. We have to be constantly learning, especially in this industry. If you're going to rely on what you knew 10 or even 5 years ago, you're behind the times." -Nick Stolatis Nick Stolatis Transcript Nick Stolatis' Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2021 GBES

Sara Neff took Kilroy Realty Corporation from having no sustainability program to being named the #1 public real estate company across all asset classes on sustainability in the Americas by GRESB. At Kilroy, she oversees all sustainability initiatives such as the implementation of energy and water efficiency projects, solar and battery installations, green janitor education, all LEED certifications, the deployment of electric vehicle charging stations, and the greening of building and construction standards. Under her leadership they just achieved carbon neutral operations at the end of 2020! She also serves on The CLEEN Project advisory board, the GBCI Board of Directors, and the GRID Alternatives Board of Directors. Previously, she served on the USGBC Advisory Council and as Chair of the Board of Directors of USGBC Los Angeles, in addition to the Board of Directors of Young Professionals in Energy Los Angeles, Advisory Council of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, and the BOMA Los Angeles Sustainability Committee. She is a frequent speaker (20+ events per year) at industry conferences and seminars on energy efficiency, tenant engagement, market transformation, and green leasing. Select speaking engagements include ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year (Keynote), C40, USGBC Greenbuild, VERGE, US Conference of Mayors, BOMA International and ACEEE. Show Highlights Kilroy has the right market forces to make sustainability happen. The reasons you need to advocate for a standalone sustainability budget. Avoid getting trapped in sustainability with these staying power tips for the industry. What did Kilroy do to shock the commercial real estate world? Their impressive sustainability portfolio. Amount of influence over the whole industry, especially in something as important as carbon. The America's listed sector leader across all asset classes. Getting creative about off-site renewables. Sara talks all things GRESB (how green is your portfolio of CRE). Green building's responsibility towards the impact buildings have on human health and productivity. Sara's tips to make sustainability make business sense. A great tool that gives insight into the embodied carbon of construction materials and helps manage it. "Environmental people tend to just only want to talk about sustainability. You have to speak the language of business in our field of real estate, to really be able to be successful [with your sustainability initiatives]." -Sara Neff Sara Neff Transcript Sara Neff 's Show Resource and Information Kilroy Realty Annual Sustainability (2019) Report How To Have A Good Day The Grid Invisible Women Twitter LinkedIn Facebook 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

John Dalzell is a Senior Architect for Sustainable Development at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Leading the City's E+ Green Building and E+ Green Communities Programs which are joint BRA and Department of Neighborhood Development initiatives. John also has served on: the Board of Directors, US Green Building Council, Chair USGBC Location and Planning Technical Advisory Group, Member of the LEED for Neighborhood Development Core Committee, and is a Founding Board Member of the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter. In 2013, Dalzell was awarded LEED Fellow by the US Green Building Council. Show Highlights Revitalizing Boston's commercial districts was a fundamental sustainability strategy that created the largest urban main street program in the country. LEED For Neighborhood Development, and other fantastic programs and competitions that will inspire. Addressing the impacts of sea level rise and climate change to ensure citizens thrive long into the future. Conversations on climate risk models and the resiliency models. John reinforces why green building and sustainability is really a group effort and journey. Pioneer design engineering strategies, products and practices that are achieving net zero carbon in public and private development. The importance of being stewards of a community to connect the national movement with a local city. "Ultimately it comes down to continuing to look at how we function best as a community. In those regards, whether you're volunteering, or serving at the professional level in your town or region, it's all an expression of caring. A tangible expression of - we do better when we work together. I think that's an important message this time of year, and especially for these last few years." -John Dalzell John Dalzell Transcript John Dalzell 's Show Resource and Information The Ecology of Commerce LinkedIn Twitter Facebook 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

With more than 14 years of experience, Miranda's portfolio ranges from research of corporate water footprinting and review of financing options for energy efficient homes to sustainable master plans. She has worked for internationally recognized organizations, such as the US Green Building Council and KfW, and within city governments in Germany and the UAE. In 2020, she was recognized for her ongoing sustainability work with the distinction of LEED Fellow from GBCI/USGBC. Her passion for the environment drives her to improve sustainability practices through local engagement and on the global scale. While at USGBC, she launched the LEED Pilot Credit Library and was the technical manager for LEED for Retail and LEED for Healthcare. Miranda's clients have implemented and achieved a variety of green building certifications including BOMA BESt recertifications and Estidama Pearl Ratings. Additionally, Miranda is a distance running coach and cycling instructor, who believes that caring for oneself resonates in caring for the planet. Show Highlights The education traveling has on your career to blend experience that will help you understand different approaches in sustainability tactics Miranda's experience in Germany during an immigration crisis and how they maintained their sustainability agenda to integrate people and values into their culture. How to keep pushing the sustainability line forward when you are being tested. Forming "how" and not "can" questions LEED Fellowship honors the people who made sure Miranda was moving the buck forward The diverse portfolio of HKS with firm-wide resources Working within the confines of federal funding and what that looks like for sustainability elements. 2020 green building highlights and how to navigate the healthy building movement There will be a new normal in the industry and it doesn't have to cost us a lot "Opening up and helping facilitate a lot of the dialogues that we're having right now, in some part, thanks to 2020. The conversations that have to come up, dismantling systemic racism, looking at community engagement, looking at how our building designs are much more holistic than just quote unquote sustainability in the lens of the built environment are so important right now." -Miranda Gardniner Miranda Gardiner Transcript Miranda Gardiner's Show Resource and Information Lo―TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism The River of Doubt LinkedIn Twitter HKS Architects 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

Tate Walker is the Director of Sustainability at OPN Architects and leads projects and initiatives across the firm's four offices. His experience is rooted in the architectural design process but also includes program and project management as well as the development of technical guidelines for high performing buildings. He has served on the AIA's Committee on the Environment and USGBC's Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group. Tate firmly believes that the connection between architecture and energy provides leadership opportunities for architects as creative problem solvers. This is especially true for those willing to stretch their practice beyond its traditional boundaries. Show Highlights The blue ocean of green building The COTE Toolkit operational guide to achieve the COTE top 10 A framework for design excellence beyond sustainability for the entire Institute. Fundamental measures about design and equitable communities, energy, water, wellbeing Projects that weave concepts to tailor unique circumstances through a lens of what health hazards people are currently facing AIA, commitment 2030 challenge and other mechanisms, and tools to achieve green building goals Tate shares the essential questions he asks when walking a client through options How to embrace strong divergent thinking to cast a wide net to determine what's out there, how things fit together, and that is what is missing. "We're tripping over ourselves, no one person can span the breadth of all these subject areas for sustainability. We need to pick a subject and go deep on that. Figure out what you're passionate about. If it's energy, if it's materials, if it's resilience, these are all super important and the crossover is huge. I've been deep into energy for my entire career and we still are not building net zero buildings." -Tate Walker Tate Walker Transcript Tate Walker's Show Resource and Information Committee on the Environment - AIA KnowledgeNet A poet's home in Carmel Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Tools for Grassroots Activists 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 © 2020 GBES

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