The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Francesca Mayer Martinelli is the CEO of the Peru Green Building Council, where she leads the comprehensive implementation of sustainable construction in Peru. Her responsibilities include ensuring the council's profitability and efficiency, representing the council with government agencies, preparing the annual and monthly goals and objectives, and expanding the council's network. "Green building is for everyone ... It's very important for us to identify what the best strategy is to approach [specific] projects and what is [needed to implement that]." - Francesca Mayer Martinelli Woman with a Green Heart Francesca enjoys getting in touch with nature. The green building movement resonated with her even before she started her career. "I liked how easy and how logical sustainable decisions actually were." - Francesca Mayer Martinelli When she proceeded to college, she received a scholarship in South Carolina where she studied Interior Design. She discovered her love for research and learned about sustainability through her teacher. All for a Sustainable Environment Prior to becoming the CEO of the Peru Green Building Council, Francesca worked as the Senior Project Manager for SUMAC Inc., an international consulting and development firm committed to sustainability and energy efficiency. She maintains LEED BD+C and ID+C accreditation and received her BFA in Interior Design from Converse College. She went on to receive her MPS in Sustainable Design and Construction from the New York School of Design. At Work with the Peru Green Building Council It was in New York where she became deeply immersed in the green building movement. Francesca learned so much about sustainability and was able to apply her skills in various projects including designing beach houses and retail stores. "We need things that are really important for the government to provide the right framework and the right tool to be aware of what is really happening in the market and to provide incentives." - Francesca Mayer Martinelli Currently at the Peru Green Building Council, they have an exciting project with specific municipalities. They are working on raising more awareness and creating better systems for everyone. To hear more about how Francesca Mayer Martinelli is leading the way for a sustainable environment in Peru, download and listen to the episode! Connect with Francesca Mayer Martinelli: Peru Green Building Council Explosion Green 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 Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes if you truly enjoyed the show. 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!

Charlie is proud to be one of the leaders in the green building industry. Today, Alyson Laura interviews Charlie Cichetti. They are long-time friends and colleagues. She's a sustainability maven excited to put him in the hotseat and find out what green building means and how it matters to Charlie. "You're a risk taker, you started a business in an emerging industry." - Alyson Laura "Calculated risk...the industry was still strong even during the recession." - Charlie Cichetti Charlie and Alyson's Backstory Charlie and Allison's friendship began in the early 2000's soon after college at Georgia Tech. Go Jackets! At that time, there was not the opportunity to obtain a degree in sustainability. LEED wasn't eve taught in the School of Architecture where Alyson was enrolled. Those early programs whether construction or architecture did not expose students to LEED since it was still in its infancy. "LEED, we need to teach people, help them pass exams so they can navigate this crazy market of what is going on right now in the industry." - Charlie Cichetti Charlies says his attendance at GT was natural from his upbringing in the mountains of GA and coming from a small town. Hie family encouraged sustainability. His mom is from OR where the early adoption of recycling programs got its start. His start in sustainability has its roots in the resourcefulness of his parent. Focusing on LEED Upon graduation, Charlie worked for a very large general contractor, Batson-Cook Company. They built a lot of building across the Southeast. Charlie started as an estimator and then project management. After Batson-Cook, Charlie took a job with a real estate developer, Opus. Charlie's professional path could have gone two ways, focusing on LEED or BIM. Those were the hot topics in the mid-2000's in the construction world. When he took job with Opus, they were focused on LEED certification. This was Charlie's start in LEED projects. To hear more about Charlie, download and listen to Alyson Laura Interviews Charlie Cichetti! Connect with Alyson Laura: email 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 We hope you enjoyed Alyson Laura Interviews Charlie Cichetti. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a 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!

Trace Blackmore is an expert in energy savings through better water treatment. His career is rooted in educating his clients so they better understand the full impact of water treatment and the real value of efficient water treatment. "Water treatment is one of the most misunderstood...in the building world." - Trace Blackmore Trace Blackmore - Defining Water Treatment Defining and explaining water treatment is not always easy. Most people in his industry do a very poor job of explaining it. Trace tries to make a career of educating his customers to know enough to hold me accountable so then they see the value of water treatment. If you get water savings, you're going to get energy savings." - Trace Blackmore He explains it as a four-legged stool with water treatment sitting on top. The four legs represent the four things you have to do completely to have a sound water treatment program. Those are control of corrosion, scaling, microbial fouling and general debris. Energy Savings with Water Treatment Most people don't realize how much water is used with their heating and cooling equipment and how much energy is used with that. Most people tend to focus on how much they pay for water treatment service but not how much they are spending running all the equipment that takes that water service. Leed version 4 now rewards you 3 points if you are really doing a better job with your cooling towers and water treatment. Charlie challenges you to ask better questions of your HVAC installers those that are servicing your buildings. Green Movement Steward As a person that lives on this planet, you have to respect the finite amount of resources. Whether you are good steward of the planet or you just want to be more frugal, you have to buy less energy and water. For Trace, that pairs so well with water treatment. He thinks water treatment was the original green movement before there was ever a green movement. Water by far is the best heat transfer medium out there and there is only so much water readily available to us. As a water treater Trace has a huge impact and so much he can do to protect this valuable resource and make sure we are using it the way we should. To hear more about how Trace is changing the way water treatment can positively affect the environment,, download and listen to the episode! Connect with Trace Blackmore: Blackmore Enterprises 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 Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes if you truly enjoyed the show. 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!

GBMS 006 Peter Smith Emerging Technology Transforms WELL Building Standards Peter Smith is the Sr. VP at International WELL Building Institute IWBI where he works to transform buildings in ways that help people thrive. On today's show, Charlie and Peter discuss the ways that buildings, and everything in them, can enhance and not compromise, our health and wellness. "As sensors become more sophisticated, cost effective, and more consumer oriented, we will see an immediate shift...and have to be more responsive to air quality demands by occupants." Peter Smith The Road to Green Building Peter has always had a passion for architecture and design and being outdoors. He and his brothers spent a lot of time growing up playing outside and visiting national parks. Peter developed that passion into transforming the outdoor environment into the built environment. In college, Peter majored in Environmental Economics which merged traditional economics with environmental studies. He really began to focus his future on the notion of Green Building with his capstone project. Green Building Influences Campuses For his capstone project, Peter inventoried several buildings at Colgate to determine the inefficiencies and measures that could be put forward to improve them. The second seminar focused on economics. Peter ran an econometric model to understand the prevalence of green buildings at higher ed institutions. His research began to impact faculty and staff and the hiring a Head of Sustainability and started a 'Roundtable of Sustainability' for students. To hear more about how changing technology can improve the environment within a building and the local community, download and listen to the episode! Connect with Peter Smith: Peter at IWBI Peter on LinkedIn Peter Smith Bio Peter is Senior Vice President, Business Development at IWBI. Prior to working at IWBI, Peter was Vice President of Delos Solutions. Delos is committed to transforming the built environment by placing health and wellness at the center of its design and construction. In addition, Peter worked as a Sustainability Consultant at Steven Winter Associates. SWA specializes in energy, sustainability, and accessibility consulting. Peter holds a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Economics from Colgate University. He maintains a LEED AP Homes accreditation. He is currently pursuing his Master's in Business Administration from Columbia University. 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 Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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!

Shelby Buso Director of USGBC/Georgia with an environmental law background. Shelby Buso is the Director at USGBC Georgia, and has been with the USGBC since July 2016. She holds a Juris Doctor and Masters of Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. Shelby is passionate about improving and continuing the green building movement. "USGBC is more than just LEED now...everyday there is a new program that we have to learn very quickly" Shelby Buso on the importance of tying all certifications under one umbrella. Travel Inspires her Shelby was on track for an anthropology degree and that gave her the opportunity to study abroad in places like Puerto Rico and New Zealand. She had taken a lot of bio classes thinking she might take a pre-med track. Then organic chemistry happened and she ended up creating her own major in environmental studies. In New Zealand, Shelby found it amazing to study in a country that actually had environmental protections as a constitutional right. Green Building Movement Progression A lot of the universities in Georgia such as Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia have really made campus life commitments to green building and be a leader in the industry because they see that as a learning tool as well. Away from the local Georgia area, KSU and Agnes Scott have partnered to construct a Leed certified building. Georgia USGBC has a great tool, Leed Lab, that enables KSU to partner with Agnes Scott for a student led construction of a Leed certified building on the Agnes Scott Campus. This is the first partnership of its kind and provides students with real world experience. To hear more about the future of the green building movement and how it impacts people on an everyday basis, download and listen to the rest of the episode! Connect with Mahesh Ramanujam: US Green Building Council Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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 © 2018 GBES

GBMS 004 Global LEED Growth, Careers and Leadership with Mahesh Ramanujam Mahesh Ramanujam is the President and CEO of both the USGBC and the Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI). He believes that sustainability is a way of life, and empowers hundreds of employees across the globe with his charismatic leadership and his belief that the green building movement can truly transform the built environment. "The journey has been about humility, carrying your values, understanding what the planet wants you to share, and most importantly inspire the people around you and give them a fair chance at whatever they don't have because you can give them one." - Mahesh Ramanujam Start of a Journey in Sustainability From his humble beginnings in India, Mahesh has stepped up the ladder to becoming one of today's leaders in the green building movement. He thankfully acknowledges his parents' support and the values that they taught him. It was from them that he learned to be thankful and to pay it forward with the things he has. To him, sustainability is a way of life and is about leaving the world with a sense of abundance. Leading in the Industry Mahesh graduated from Annamalai University with a degree in Computer Engineering. His line of expertise includes optimization, technological innovation, negotiation, global business and market development. Prior to becoming President and CEO, Mahesh served as the Chief Information Officer at USGBC. He also served as the COO of Emergys Corporation and led various business transformation programs at IBM and Lenovo. Community Involvement and Advice At present, Mahesh also serves on numerous boards and advisory committees, including Bank of America's National Community Advisory Council and the Board of Directors of GRESB. He encourages everyone to take a step forward and reach out when you need help. As he said, there is a green building movement that will support, enable and welcome you. Connect with Mahesh Ramanujam: US Green Building Council Green Business Certification, Inc. Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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!

Shaping the Construction Data Industry and BIM with Arol Wolford Arol Wolford served as the CEO of Construction Market Data and SmartBIM. He has devoted his career trying to balance the function, aesthetics, costs, and energy impacts of buildings through the creation of software that will make it possible for architects and engineers. "More money is being spent counting and measuring things in the United States than is spent for all of design. It is such a huge waste." - Arol Wolford Importance of Quantity Survey Arol emphasizes the importance of quantity survey in buildings. He discusses how relevant it is to the energy movement. In a quantity survey, a builder would determine how many units are needed for a specific component. Architects specially need it to make an appropriate analysis of the building. Leader in the Construction Industry Since 1982, Arol and his team evolved into a global leader in building information. They offer a variety of well-known information sources. Together, they sold the CMD Group to Reed Elsevier for $300 million. He went to become a Board Member of Revit Technology Corporation, which created the first parametric building modeler. Accolades Over the Years Arol is a pioneer and passionate advocate of building intelligence. Apart from CMD, he also founded other companies including SmartBIM and VIZZ. In 1997, he became an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and an honorary board in 2007. He also received the Construction Specification Institute President's Award in 1999. Connect with Arol Wolford: Construction Market Data SmartBIM VIZZ Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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 © 2018 GBES

HOK Sustainable Design with Anica Landreneau Anica Landreneau is the Director of Sustainable Design at HOK. She has devoted her career to energy efficiency and is committed in leading her firm to optimize all projects. At HOK, they carry out the duty and responsibility of designing high-performance buildings. "Sustainability is about how all these things are interrelated, and relationships and all that we practice are incredibly important to make all these things work." - Anica Landreneau Stepping Up the Ladder From a traditional role at a firm, Anica quickly stepped into becoming the green leader. She moved to DC to work at a climate think tank. During that time, legislation passed regulatory laws for buildings across the country. Her expertise led her to a full-time job, focusing on sustainability at an architecture firm. Outside of HOK, she is also an appointee on the DC Green Building Council. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Design, Architecture, and Sustainable Design from the University of Houston. Green Building: A Healthy Choice As a leader in the field, Anica would teach her colleagues about green building. She has worked with privately owned facilities in her career, too. Among which was a pediatrics. She enjoys working with such health facilities and connecting green building to human health. High-Performance Projects at HOK From the regulatory laws, Anica and her team found a huge demand for high-performance buildings. That led them to create substantial requirements in their projects. It prompted them to dive into materials research, energy optimization, and cost balancing. They look into various strategies to implement effectively. Form a small firm, they have grown into a network with key experts located at different places. Connect with Anica Landreneau: HOK Global Firm Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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 © 2018 GBES

Overseeing Sustainability for a 4Msf Convention Center with Tim Trefzer Tim Trefzer is a Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at the Georgia World Congress Center. With his team, he creates and establishes the CSR strategy not only for the GWCC but also for the Georgia Dome, the Centennial Olympic Park, and the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. "Green building has definitely leveraged sustainability. It has affected all aspects of organizations aside from the building environment." - Tim Trefzer Career in Sustainability Tim has served as the Sustainability Chair for multiple sporting events in the United States. These include the 2013 NCAA Final Four and the 2018 Super Bowl. After receiving his degree in Residential Science & Housing and Business Administration from Florida State University, he furthered his studies with a Master's Degree in Sustainability Leadership from Arizona State University. Step Higher with the Online Program The year 2014 opened the opportunity for Tim to enrol in the Sustainability Leadership program online. ASU has been a leader in higher education for sustainability for more than 10 years now. Among those who join the program are individuals from corporations, local governments, nonprofits, and independent consultancies. There is a wide range of organizations where sustainability can be implemented. Sustainability For and With the Community Tim works with different stakeholders in the campus to incorporate sustainability in various areas. Integrating it with the community they belong is also something that they look forward to. More than simply being a big campus on the block, it pays forward to also be the neighbor of choice. Connect with Tim Trefzer: Georgia World Congress Center Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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 © 2018 GBES

Start Here: Welcome to the Green Building Matters Podcast! This year is just about to get more exciting as Charlie Cichetti brings you the Green Building Matters Podcast! Get to know what it is and how you can tune in! "This podcast is gonna fuel your fire no matter where you are at with your green building career journey." - Charlie Cichetti Meet Charlie Cichetti For more than 10 years already, Charlie has dedicated himself to the green building movement. He has a solid background in commercial construction and the real estate. Later on, he founded his own consulting firm and also became active in educating others about the movement. He is passionate about connecting people and ideas through positive thinking. Because Green Building Matters The Podcast will take you behind the scenes with interviews featuring industry and nonprofit leaders. They will share with you their insights, inspiring stories, and any early career advice they could give. It is perfect for architects and anyone else who has a part in the building environment. This show can be your guide in aligning your building with the "green movement" standards. Subscribe to the Show The Green Building Matters Podcast airs one episode every week, and is available on iTunes and other podcast platforms. Show notes will be provided to guide you in your listening. Don't miss an episode; you may tune in immediately or download to listen at a later time. Keep your "green movement" fire going and ignite other individuals in the field. Link for Today: GBES.com/podcast Don't forget to leave a positive rating and review if you truly enjoyed the show. 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 © 2018 GBES