The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Marija has graduated in Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Genoa, Italy, and at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. With more than 19-years world wide experience in MEP design for commercial buildings, hospitals, cruise ships and military vessels, she became first female in the Europe Commissioning Authority certified by AABCcg Associated Air Balancing Council Commissioning Group, the official test engineer for the region of Lombardy, and also the expert witness at the Court of Milan. She is a LEED AP since 2008 and USGBC Faculty™ Faculty since 2011 as well as an accredited DGNB International Auditor. She has contributed to numerous international LEED projects ( over 300.000 certified sqm) as designer, LEED consultant, LEED process administrator and Commissioning Authority. Marija administrated and designed the mechanical and electrical systems for the first LEED Core and Shell certified project in Italy (Gold Level) and administered the LEED certification process of the Vodafone Village. She also introduced the first LEED for Homes pilot projects in Europe. Starting from 2014, she was the first LEED for Homes Green Rater in Energo. Marija also develops and teaches courses in the role of USGBC faculty and education partner, having trained over 500 LEED professionals. Marija Golubovic is founding chairman of SerbiaGBC (2010-2013). Show Highlights Construction is lacking in ethics The hypocrisy of building the best buildings on a budget The difference and hurdles of building in Italy and Serbia Why Marija recommends everyone start a small company Hear about Park Smart, technical rigor and all the pioneering projects and commissions Marija and her team are a part of How WELL Health and Safety Rating is complementary to LEED Social transparency should rate at a higher level in sustainability "We need to come back to some good social politics strictly related with buildings because buildings are our environment and it cannot be separated or detached." -Marija Golubovic Marija Golubovic Transcript Marija Golubovic's Show Resource and Information About Arundhati Roy - Amazon. The Eight Mountains: LinkedIn Twitter Eenergo 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

Michael is responsible for the development of new markets and services and to provide corporate leadership for HEAPY (the wholly owned subsidiary the Design/Build construction services company HEAPY.). In this role, his team develops the "what's next" to enhance client service experience and produce colleague advancement opportunities. To emphasize a keen focus on the HEAPY Vision of "Building a more Resilient and Sustainable Society", new markets and services are centered on Smart Technologies Integration, Distributed Energy Resources, Resiliency Planning, Energy as a Service (EaaS), etc. Michael has presented at several National and Regional Conferences including: Greenbuild, AIA National Convention, International Living Futures UnConference, National Conference on Building Commissioning, the World Energy Engineering Conference, Greening the Heartland and the US Institute for Theater Technology Conference. He is on the Industrial Advisory Committee for the University of Dayton Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and served as a Fellow for the Hobart Center for Food Service Sustainability. He was a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the former EDC Magazine, writing a column focused on Sustainability. He leads sustainability on the local level as Co-Chair of the Dayton (Ohio) Regional Green Initiative (DRG3.org) and is a past Regional Chair for the U.S Green Building Council's College and University based USGBC Students Program. He recently served as Chair of USGBC Ohio. HEAPY is a nationally recognized MEP&T Systems Design, Sustainability, and Planning & Commissioning Services firm. Heapy has an outstanding record of providing practical sustainable-based smart solutions for today's high performance buildings. The HEAPY HQ achieved LEED PLATINUM. Michael's experience with projects in both the public and private sectors shows, when properly planned and executed throughout the entire design and construction process, every project can be Resilient, Environmentally Responsible, Energy Efficient AND Cost Effective. Show Highlights Building holistically by looking at the entire client's portfolio to create a plan that blends standards Position your green building projects and jobs to be recession proof Michael's unique building systems as an innovation officer on solar and smart grids Concepts that look at how you make the best use of renewables and what's next in buildings Stick to your convictions when determining the path for your career Outside of the box thinking that impacts long term needs and deferred maintenance for green building "This market is still ginormous. This is the opportunity to help move the world, your community, and your family forward by being green and by living green. Helping others to do that too will give you a rewarding and impactful life. That's what we're all looking for. How can I be of impact? Being in the sustainability movement certainly is. It is questions answered." -Michael Berning Michael Berning Transcript Michael Berning's Show Resource and Information Be Fearless by Jean Case 4 Disciplines of Execution by Jim Huling Chris McChesney, Sean Covey Jerry Yudelson Twitter LinkedIn HEAPY "The Godfather of Green" – Jerry Yudelson podcast episode 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

Gail Vittori is Co-Director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, a non-profit design firm established in 1975 dedicated to sustainable planning, design, and demonstration. Since 1993, Vittori has coordinated the Center's Sustainable Design in Public Buildings Program, including serving as a sustainable design consultant for the Pentagon Renovation Program's Commissioning Team from 1999 to 2006, numerous City of Austin design projects. Beginning in 2000, Vittori led several national initiatives focused on greening the health care sector and advancing environmental health considerations in green building. Examples include collaborating on the development of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering's (ASHE) Green Healthcare Construction Guidance Statement, and the Green Guide for Health Care, convened by the Center in 2002, a project of CMPBS and Health Care Without Harm. She currently serves as a Co-Coordinator of the Green Guide for Health Care and is Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Healthcare core committee (2004–2008). Vittori has spearheaded emerging green and affordable housing initiatives, tools and resources, including directing a Hands Across America program in 1989 that created a building materials exchange and cooperative homebuilding training program for colonias residents along the Texas Rio Grande Valley; consulting to the DC Housing Authority to establish a green materials library and assessment process; being invited to participate on the 5-person core development team of Enterprise Community Foundation's Green Communities Initiative in 2004; and, in 2008, spearheading a successful initiative to develop green building criteria for the Texas-based Meadows Foundation capital grant funding. In 1989, Vittori proposed a conceptual framework for what evolved as the City of Austin's Green Building Program, the only U.S. program recognized at the 1992 U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and the first green building program in the world. Along with Pliny Fisk, she oversaw the program's early stage development through 1992. Austin's Green Builder Program influenced the formation of the U.S. Green Building Council and LEED, in addition to scores of policies throughout the U.S. and abroad. Additionally, from 1988 to 1998, she served on the City's Solid Waste Advisory Commission, six of those years as founding chair, a committee formed in response to a successful initiative co-coordinated by Vittori to cancel a proposed waste-to-energy municipal solid waste incinerator. Her work on establishing pay as you throw recycling residential programs, in addition to recycling programs for the City's commercial and multi-family sectors, has led Austin to having one of the nation's most successful recycling programs. Her work in this area continues with promoting zero waste by 2040, adopted by the Austin City Council in January 2009. Show Highlights Gail shares what you need to know as a green guide for healthcare aligned with a green building rating system. A comprehensive look at process water and LEED prerequisites. How do we avoid using unhealthy materials in buildings in order to promote health? The evolution of LEED and how it raises the bar while not eliminating an entry point. Utilizing rainwater and stormwater as valuable resources. Gail shares how Austin holds on to the environmental values in all of its new developments. One of the important distinctions is that the HPD is a standard. It's not a certification. Every action we take needs a health lens and let's ask these two essential questions. "2020. It's the year of letting us see where the cracks are and what we need to focus on. I'm really sort of taking this time as a wake up call to pay attention to those cracks and to do what we can in our small way to address them in terms of the way we approach our work, our relationships with other organizations and to hopefully come out of this with some clarity in terms of what is the new pattern language going forward." - Gail Vittori Gail Vittori Transcript Gail Vittori's Show Resource and Information Climatic Design: Energy-Efficient Building by Donald Watson Gail Vittori | Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems 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

Rebecca Dunn Bryant, AIA co-founded W A T E R S H E D in 2008 in order to build expertise around affordable, sustainable building solutions for a hot humid climate, create built environments that inspire a greater connection with the natural world, and to perform work in the spirit of collaboration, sharing information with her clients and community. Originally from Alabama, Rebecca moved to Colorado to study sustainable design and social ecology in 1990 and worked in San Francisco and Houston before returning home to get red dirt back under her feet. Rebecca has received a Synergy Award from the Citizen's Environmental Coalition, been recognized as one of 9 "Green Leaders in Red States" by Fortune Magazine and recently voted one of her region's "Top 40 under 40." She is the first LEED Faculty member in the state of Alabama, and since 2008, she has provided green building training to over 2,000 professionals and over 200 school children. Rebecca's passion for sustainable development is focused on sustainable design, construction, and operational strategies for the hot humid south. While the growing green building movement is international, her approach is decidedly local. Registered Architect in Alabama and Florida LEED Fellow LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C Living Building Ambassador Passive House Consultant Permaculture Designer Show Highlights Why was the recession a Watershed moment? The key to transform the market is to raise the level of practice for firms. Economic, environmental, and sustainability restoration projects that create great experiences in nature. Learn the benefits of being a permaculture designer and who should pursue the credentials. A deeper look at integration with SITES and low impact development + human health. Elevate your standard of practice and raise awareness on best practices in LEED, SITES, WELL, Wildlife Habitats, and other certifications with Rebecca's valuable resources. "We need you. The need for people to transform the way we build is more and more urgent so don't lose heart and please stick to your guns and follow this path. The other thing I would say, based on my experience is we need to spread out. We don't need all of our sustainable design experts to live in places where everyone in that town agrees with and has already drank the Kool Aid. We need them to spread out, dispersing this movement into more communities and making connections with other movements." - Rebecca Dunn Bryant Rebecca Dunn Bryant Transcript Rebecca Dunn Bryant's Show Resource and Information WATERSHED Sustainable Design and Consulting Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron Insight Timer Books By Edward O. Wilson Julia Watson. Lo―TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism Design for Biodiversity by Kelly Gunnell The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth by Christopher Alexander Zero Energy Ready Homes Create FORTIFIED – FORTIFIED Construction 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

The first woman in the construction industry from the Province of Quebec to become LEED Fellow and part of the professional green building industry for over 12 years, Josée's journey has been an exceptional one. Among her qualities that stand out, this honour recognizes her technical proficiency, leadership, commitment and dedication to the advancement of the sustainable construction industry in Quebec as well as abroad. A founding member of the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Green Building Council, her leadership has been recognized on more than one occasion. Recognized for cutting-edge expertise in sustainable building and LEED® certification, Josée Lupien, LEED Fellow, BD + C & ID + C, president,brings together a team of experts with incomparable know-how in environmental analysis of construction materials and in the implementation of sustainable buildings. After more than 30 years in the manufacturing industry and numerous collaborations with architects, engineers and construction contractors, in 2008, Ms. Lupien decided to invest in the green building sector by setting up the company. Vertima. Today, thanks to its experienced and specialized team, Vertima actively supports manufacturers as well as all stakeholders involved in an ecological and sustainable construction project, and particularly with regard to LEED® certification. Our greatest strength remains the quality of our services, the integrity, transparency and professionalism of our team as well as our network of loyal and trusted partners and collaborators. Our influence is achieved through our involvement and our contribution in the evolution of sustainable building for 12 years. Show Highlights How Canada's LEED challenges, spec requirements, rating systems and adaptations differ from the U.S.? Vertima, the only Canadian company that is approved as a preparer and verifier from HPD collaborative. Tips on reinventing how to work efficiently and effective in virtual meetings with these steps. Josee shares why there is a need for more qualified people in the carbon and overall wellness movements. Ways to push reducing the carbon footprint in buildings and the C40 challenge. Productivity tips, why continuing education and certifications matter and how the resources from the GBES.com helped Josee pass her WELL exam. WELL Health and Safety is becoming popular but it's not just in the certifications, but the verification. "If you believe in what you're doing and how you can change the world, go for it. I encourage you to jump in the green building movement. Absolutely!" Josee Lupien Transcript Josee Lupien's Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Vertima 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

Experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Policy Development, Sustainable Design, Renewable Energy, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and Change Making. Strong design professional and manager with a BARC focused in Sustainable Architecture from Mississippi State University. Show Highlights How a childhood focus on buying an Atari kickstarted Lance's building and ultimately green building career. A hotbed of crazy ideas that created LEED and the sustainability movement. How did building trust as an architect allowed Lance to write policy for green building across the nation? What you need to know to create a green oasis for community projects? A spectacular moment of humanity and how architecture and sustainability work to bring everybody together. Push the envelope and raise the bar by finding balance with these tips. Embodied energy. Determine a building's need to transform waste to energy. Lance speaks about Fitwel, and various healthy building programs, and ideas that incorporate healthy options for employees. "All of that was sort of born out of a common group and challenging ourselves about the future. I think it's been super important continuing to build those relationships and continuing to challenge our thinking. It's where we come up with that next big idea and find the right people to help us implement it -- relationships." Lance Davis Lance Davis Transcript Lance Davis' Show Resource and Information USGBC | Monumental Green Gentle Architecture of Malcolm Wells The Biggest Little Farm The Story of B My Ishmael LinkedIn U.S. General Services Administration 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

Jean is HDR's Sustainable Principal for the firm globally. She is based in San Francisco, California with 30+ years of experience in interior design, departmental planning and sustainable design. Ms. Hansen is responsible for advancing HDR's sustainability initiatives in project and research work for healthcare, commercial and institutional environments. She served on Kaiser Permanente's High Performance Building Committee to develop national sustainable design standards, led a team in the development of a USGBC Volume Build Pilot Program for Wells Fargo Bank in 39 states and was a green consultant with the University of New Mexico's new Children's Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion. She led sustainable research in the textile industry for Kaiser Permanente and co-authored a white paper on the research, titled, Future of Fabric: Healthcare. She was a core committee member in the development of the USGBC's LEED Healthcare rating system and more recently is a pilot committee member in the development of the HealthProduct Declaration (HPD). She is past president of IIDA (International Interior Design Association) for the Northern California Chapter, IIDA Fellow and past board member and secretary of the USGBC Northern California Chapter. Jean is working on or has worked on over forty LEED projects, developed sustainable guidelines and led sustainable research for healthcare organizations and manufacturers, provided sustainable training for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Army and in-house staff; she has inspired many to pursue LEED Accreditation, and integrated sustainability into multi-million dollar projects. Her clients have ranged from Federal agencies such as the U.S. Army, the Department of Veteran Affairs, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and NOAA, to universities such as the University of California system, Stanford, and numerous healthcare organizations and furniture manufacturers. Show Highlights Jean shares her expertise on how to design healthy buildings with emphasis on product specs and protocols that won't harm humans or the environment. How to guide corporations to answer the question "Where should we put our energy and our money first?" Green Guide for Health Care and LEED Healthcare. Jean's work with numerous organizations to create sustainable products and a questionnaire for product transparency. Valuable tips on building awareness on safe product materials and warnings. Knowing the difference between manufacturers vs distributors when selecting materials and products. Protocol for selecting healthy materials for facilities. Jean talks about another lens that really needs to be added to sustainability to take it to another level. "It's not too late for anyone to consider learning and adopting sustainability for whatever type of work you're doing because luckily the green building movement or the sustainability movement in general needs people with any and all skills. I say that with all truthfulness and sincerity, and there's always a way to combine sustainability to any and all phases of our work. Your voice is incredibly important and we can only be stronger when we're stronger together." - Jean Hansen Jean Hansen Transcript Jean Hansen's Show Resource and Information Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by Paul Hawken: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben What the Robin Knows by Jon Young Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke LinkedIn Twitter HDR Architecture 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

Dake Wells Architecture is a progressive architectural practice with an emphasis on design as problem solving. Their work is experiential and attempts to define memorable spaces through architectural means while respecting the contextual influences of site, program, the environment, and economy. Jason Hainline has tremendous experience in the green building industry and is a LEED Fellow, the highest honor. In this podcast episode, Charlie finds out more about Jason's background, his work for client's like Bass Pro, and more. Show Highlights How to create a marriage between design and sustainability on your projects Hiring a dream team to create a green Bass Pro Store launched Jason's career in sustainability How LEED became the central line in sustainable design for Jason's company in the early years of LEED being in the marketplace EMSI helped established LEED in China and other parts of the world as the go-to green building rating system Jason recommends course topics and skills to make students much more marketable, knowledgeable, and ethical when they get out into the world and practice What is the measuring stick green builders need to be making decisions based upon? A LEED Fellow's advice for decisions on how to emphasize your efforts in sustainability "It's important for us all to not lose sight of traditional ways of assessing environmental impacts. And, for me, that includes looking back at some of the early pioneers in the late sixties and early seventies and how the tools that they used to measure daylighting design or energy efficiency can still apply today." -- Jason Hainline Jason Hainline Transcript Jason Hainline's Show Resource and Information That Used to Be Us by Thomas L. Friedman Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman LinkedIn Dake Wells Architecture jhainline@dake-wells.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

Dr. Kath Williams, LEED Fellow, is an experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of working in the green building industry globally. Sustainability Consultant for 20+ years. Skilled in Green Building Rating Systems (especially LEED, WELL and SITES Projects). Supports corporations in meeting and documenting their SDGs. Strong business development professional with a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) focused in Conflict Resolution, Adult and Higher Education from Montana State University-Bozeman. Show Highlights Lessons Learned of what not to do in a project launched Kath's firm into becoming a world resource for sustainability. Kath built her business with a golden "Rolodex" and direction from the three (3) biggest influences on her life. The Green Building Councils' worldwide impact and influence on sustainability. The perfect global response to quiet any critic of sustainability. Kath shares what it was like being part of the inaugural group of LEED Fellows working on projects that advance the mission. Some misconceptions about water. Kath provides tips on the complexity of water on our projects and how to utilize this most valuable resource. Kath shares profound advice on COVID-19, politics, culture, and the best part of not being a designer to support the industry and not forfeit the gains to the environment. "It's worth it to put in a time to get the credentials. It's worth it to put in the time to be a resource and learn as much as you can. Practically speaking, experts in sustainability are needed everywhere. It doesn't matter what the industry, it doesn't matter what your background; my degrees are not in environmental anything. In fact, my doctorate is in conflict resolution. It's the idea that we can all work together and we can all contribute." Kath Williams Kath Williams Transcript Kath's Show Resources and Information Brave New Arctic by Mark C. Serreze Confessions of a Radical Industrialist by Ray Anderson LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Kath Williams + Associates 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

Jason F. McLennan is an architect and prominent figure in the green building movement. He is the Founder and the board of the International Living Future Institute and Cascadia Green Building Council, a chapter of both the U.S. Green Building Council and the Canada Green Building Council. He is the CEO of McLennan Design, his own architecture and planning firm that does work all over the world. McLennan is also one of the creator of Pharos, an advanced building material rating system, Declare, an ingredient disclosure label for building products, and JUST, a social justice transparency platform for organizations. In addition, he developed the Living Community Challenge and the Living Product Challenge. Show Highlights Jason transformed the industry when he launched these projects, programs, and materials certifications to build on what LEED had started. Get inspired by a pioneer that really shook up and raised the bar in how a green building can be built and operated. The brilliant thing LEED did for the market and changing the world. How the Living Building Challenge supplements LEED for those that are ready to go beyond looking at levels of certification. Jason created the Red List to do the "impossible" to create transparency and change the course of conversations for manufacturers all over the world. 2020 is proving to be a year of incredible disruption. Jason gives you humanity's next 5 assignments we need to default to. We need to find and focus on the end game. Why green building is way off target in every category of impact. How to go further and faster. Check out The New Climate Pledge Arena. "Mentorship has been incredibly important to me. I think we reach our potential when we learn from others who have been down the paths further...It really pays to listen to elders and learn from those that have walked the path before you. I think too many people now, for whatever reason, discount our elders and that's great peril. They focus too much on themselves and that's what technology and the social communication and everything that we have at our disposal is allowing for sort of a level of narcissism that's unhealthy." -Jason McLennan Jason McLennan Transcript Jason McLennan's Show Resources and Information Jason McLennan: Books - Amazon.com Drawdown: McLennan Design: Home International Living Future Institute 097 Marni Jade Evans 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