The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Dr. Lee Newton is an optometrist who has learned to build, develop, and invest in real estate profitably. He loves to help others learn to do the same. Beginning his health care career as his own tenant and landlord, he quickly learned the benefits of real estate as a preferred asset class and began investing in both residential and commercial properties. Having been able to assist many medical clients with design/build projects, Dr. Lee's primary area of interest is new construction. He is particularly adept in the area of value engineering, the art of shaping the cost of the project to meet both functional and budgetary needs without sacrificing quality. His assistance is frequently sought in this realm. Other areas of expertise include building science, thermal design, and building performance. With a proven track record of quality and transparency in both cost and timeline, Dr. Lee has been known to save clients as much as $1M on a single build. Given the effects of inflation in the post-pandemic era, his current area of passion is the design and construction of affordable residential housing. Show Highlights Focus on net-zero construction and enhancing indoor air quality. Promoting all-electric designs and the use of advanced air purification systems. Value-engineered home designs focus on optimizing cost while maintaining quality and functionality. All construction activities have some negative impact on the environment, emphasizing that there is no absolute green building. Adaptation of sustainable practices to improve building performance and reduce harm to the planet. Integrating heat pump technology and solar readiness in building designs supports sustainability goals and reduces reliance on fossil fuels, contributing to lower carbon emissions. Recommends investing in well-positioned raw land for future development. Increasing MERV ratings on furnace filters and adding individual room air purifiers significantly enhance air cleanliness. "I've come to the conclusion that there is no green building that occurs at an absolute level. Everything we do to the earth results in the earth being less green than when we started. There's only green buildings in a relative sense. And it just makes the most sense to try to leave the least impact on earth as we go about constructing and rehabbing." Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Dr. Lee Newton A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It? 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 © 2024 GBES

Jane Frederick, FAIA. LEED AP, Architect, Author, AGLN Fellow & 96th President of the American Institute of Architects. Designing sustainable houses that connect clients to the place they call home never gets old for Jane Frederick. She loves working with people who are ready to create the house of their dreams and enjoys thinking through everything, from the ideal room that captures the views to finding the perfect tile for the bathroom. For over 35 years, Jane has been working alongside her husband, Michael Frederick, creating award-winning houses in the hot, humid Lowcountry of South Carolina. They are both passionate about sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of their houses. As participants in the AIA's 2030 Commitment, they meet the goal most years. In 2023, Jane Frederick, was awarded the AIA South Carolina Medal of Distinction, the highest honor given by the chapter, and was the first woman to receive this prestigious award. Jane Frederick, also believes in giving back, and everyone on her team actively supports a variety of organizations, both personal and professional. Locally, they support the Open Land Trust, Coastal Conservation League, The Spanish Moss Trail, and the Historic Beaufort Foundation. This commitment to service also inspired Jane to become the 2020 President of the American Institute of Architects. Show Highlights The importance of sustainable practices in the evolving landscape of architecture. In-house HVAC design allows for tailored solutions that enhance system efficiency, better indoor air quality, and comfort. Promoting solar panels and backup batteries over generators ensures energy availability. Raising houses out of floodplains for sustainability enhances the resilience of homes against climate change impacts. Hoping for net-zero code to pass for broader sustainability goals in the built environment. Focus on custom residential design within a 200-mile radius. Sustainable materials and construction practices that enhance durability and reduce environmental impact. Effective communication of the benefits of sustainability can lead to better decision-making and increased client satisfaction.selling sustainable solutions to clients Right-sized HVAC systems are crucial for maintaining energy efficiency and indoor air quality in modern homes. "What's changing a lot about residential design is that the sophistication of the building systems is just growing exponentially, and that you really have to stay on top of that. Quite often, you might work with a contractor that might say, 'We've done it this way for 40 years, and it's worked fine', and it's like, 'Well, no, we are building super tight houses now, and we have to bring in fresh air, and you have to make sure that everything is working, because it's not just how we've always done it.'" -Jane Frederick Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information An Unfinished Love Story Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs 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 © 2024 GBES

John Mlade, Director of Sustainable & Healthy Environments, LFA, WELL Faculty, LEED Fellow, Sustainability is more than a job; it is a way of thinking. Having practiced in a dedicated sustainability role within design, engineering, consulting, and construction firms for the better part of two decades, John has developed a command of both the science and art of sustainable design and construction. Inspired most by the opportunities that emerge when addressing challenges through a lens of sustainability, he promotes positive change in his work through the engagement of people using tools for systems thinking, reflective conversation, and visioning. He is a process champion with the ability to bring together disparate stakeholders around a common vision, goals, and strategies without compromising technical rigor. Having chaired the Illinois Green Alliance Board of Directors from 2021-2023, and currently serving as Ex-Officio Chair through 2024, John is deeply involved in local and regional sustainability efforts around carbon drawdown, green infrastructure, EDI, resilience, and health and wellness to move rapidly beyond the "sustainability status quo." Show Highlight Aspiring green professionals to adopt a sustainability lens in their careers. Importance of LEED Fellow credential and reviewing applications. White and Company: a. Focus on integrative design and sustainability b. Internal sustainability standard applied to all projects c. Additional value on the client's behalf d. more integrated way for frameworks, kind of like rating system agnostic. Emphasis on embodied carbon and materials reuse in current projects. John discusses a crucial focus for the industry. Materials assessment before demolition for reuse and recycling. Apply sustainability lens to any field, pursue 'up all night curiosity.' Accountability frameworks to help assure all the stakeholders. Get the episode transcript here!! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature The Ecology of Commerce – Paul Hawken Natural Capitalism – Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken Mid-course Correction – Ray Anderson The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Wight & Company | A Design Led Design Build Firm Don't forget to catch more episodes and resources for all of your green building news at the Green Building Matters website. Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES: Charlie on YouTube 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 insurances that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to 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 © 2024 GBES

James Inedu George, One of the most eminent and influential West African architects and designers of recent decades recognized for his innovative approach to solving complex urban challenges, and most famously his brilliance with space and design. He is the founding partner and Design Lead at HTL Africa Ltd, Tao South Africa, and HTL Asia Plus, which works on projects around the world and is widely considered "among the most significant in contemporary architecture." Born and raised in Zaria, Nigeria, Jame's passion for architecture blossomed under the influence of his vibrant hometown, known for its historical significance. His early career accolades include winning the Sahara Energy young architect student competition, setting the stage for a career characterized by keen attention to social issues in architecture, housing deficits, and economic disparities. James is recognized for his innovative approach to solving complex urban challenges, and most famously his brilliance with space and design. James's professional journey is distinguished by his unique ability to address complex urban issues through inventive architectural solutions. His career milestones include designing key pieces for the 2003 Nigerian presidential inauguration and developing a replicable $10,000 sustainable house in Lagos, which demonstrated the feasibility of affordable housing intertwined with economic opportunities for its residents. In 2008, James founded HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of West African environments. HTL Africa is today one of the most prolific architectural practices from the continent, with a varied body of work and a myriad of impressive ongoing projects beyond Africa. The practice's work ranges from master plans to the restoration of historic buildings, urban planning and all aspects of design. Honored internationally, including a nomination for the prestigious Rolex Mentor, Protegé Art Initiative A fervent advocate for adaptive reuse, James has been instrumental in revitalizing structures and infusing them with new purposes, long before it became a mainstream architectural trend. In Ghana for example, it restored an already defunct 200-year-old Presbyterian church into more than just a spiritual centre but a major tourist hub to last for centuries more. Currently underway is the first of its kind Transcorp Hilton Event Factory, a disused valley warehouse transformed into a 5,000 seater state-of-the-art venue, amongst many others. James's contributions have been honored internationally, including a nomination for the prestigious Rolex Mentor, Protegé Art Initiative, a gold mention for the Home Africa Crisis organized by the UN. He actively participates in exhibitions like the Biennale d'architecture d'Orleans in France, Venice Biennale, showcasing his "Miracle Room" installation in 2019. His TEDX talk, "Invention of isi ewu," delves into his studio's work and the concept of Affordacity (affordable city). Show Highlights Integrating traditional African designs with sustainable practices. James' firm work on residential, commercial, and performance buildings. Challenges of recycling materials in Nigeria. Focuses on 'local sustainability' - combining contemporary design with traditional practices Exploring building permeability and energy efficiency. Developing an 'energy bill' concept for cities. Tying contemporary high end design with traditional practices. Holistic use of different materials to support sustainable processes, availability, and finance in the region. Energy balance needs to exist from the onset for the architecture to work. "What we've been learning is that sustainability has to be ingrained in it. In that sense, a building must be responsible first and foremost. When I say responsible, like how you and I are responsible, it must act as a citizen, so it must pay tax. So if you look at it from that perspective, our buildings are paying tax because they outlive us. So if they pay tax and they are responsible citizens to the environment, sustainability starts to rewrite itself and develop differently. So that's the trajectory that we've gone." -James Inedu George Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LInkedIn HTL Africa: Home Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier Friedrich Nietzsche: Books 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 © 2024 GBES

Richard Harpham has more than 20 years of experience launching products into international markets for both start-up ventures and enterprise organizations. Currently he is a co-founder of Skema, Inc. Richard has experienced most of the highs and lows of bringing disruptive technology to developers, designers and contractors. He was an early hire at the start-up, Revit Technology Corp, and then after Revit was acquired by Autodesk, spent nine years helping to bring it and a 'new' concept of BIM to the U.S. market. At the same time, he also led global marketing for AutoCAD and all Autodesk AEC products. More recently, at Katerra, he led software strategy to support transformational changes in how buildings are designed, engineered, and delivered. Show Highlights Skema founded to address challenges in design for constructability. Focus on modular, repeatable elements in building design. Tips to design with constructability in mind early in the process. Emphasis customer implementation and value experience over sales and marketing AI in Architecture and Construction applications are mostly narrow and specific. Skema uses machine learning and AI for design assistance and understanding visual aspects of previous designs. AI needed as a design assistant, not a replacement for human architects. Importance of asking the right questions about AI technology. "Let's have the machine look after the things that aren't the inspirational and differentiated part of design, so that you can put more time into thinking about the quality and things that you bring as a designer that truly make the difference to the owner, the client, the occupier, and probably help you win more work and make more money in the process when you deliver the designs." -Richard Harpham Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Skema.ai 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 © 2024 GBES

Marco Valerio Ceccotti, Italian sustainability consultant and LEED AP. His background includes many of the first LEED v2.2 and v2009 certified projects in Italy, collaborating with design and construction companies. Graduated in Economics and specialized in Environmental Management, I'm fully involved in the Italian Green Building Movement since 2015, using USGBC rating systems to inform and improve decision making in the construction industry. Using such tools in this field as well as other business industries is a key factor to balance negative impacts created by environmental and social "externalities", and to foster innovation, resilience and equity on each investment or initiative. I was also recently involved in piloting the latest version of LEED v5 for European projects. We need to find a "purpose" in business to ensure each company is not only devoted to financial stability, which is necessary, but also to provide products or services with a positive impact on our society. We need to create a stakeholder economy capable of redistributing value to people, of creating benefits for the whole community. This is why I'm also proud to work, day by day, with private companies aligned to these concepts' ad giving me the possibility to focus on what really matters, yes, as Green Building Show Highlights Highlights of work to achieve harmonized sustainability standards across 30 countries and one of the first LEED v5 projects. NATIVA's mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable business practices. Emphasis on double purpose companies that pursue profit and positive impact on people and planet with the same force. Additional Certification Programs and GBCI programs like True Zero Waste and Parksmart. True Zero Waste as a standard for multinational companies. Marco predicts a strong future for portfolio approaches and green finance. Emphasis on the importance of sustainability in long-term investments. European regulations like CSRD are driving transparency in sustainability efforts. "I think that everyone jumping into the green building movement should be excited because this is our moment. This is the moment when sustainability professionals become too important for projects, especially when the investment is a long term investment. Things must be studied with sustainability in mind, because otherwise, we will have in the future something that we regret. We have the chance now to do our job and help our society at the same time, we can be purpose driven professionals. " -Marco Valerio Ceccotti Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Certified Decarbonization Professional (CDP) Yuval Noah Harari: books 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 © 2024 GBES

Jeffrey Johnson, PhD, PE operates at the intersection of expertise, innovation and technology to advance sustainability efforts that will revolutionize the water industry while protecting the future of generations to come. Tapping in-depth knowledge of domestic and global water issues honed through business and academic experience, Jeffrey leads groundbreaking work related to stormwater, wastewater, potable water, agricultural water, and coastal environments. His work harnesses artificial intelligence to provide data and practical insights to a world watching its most precious resource — water — slip through the cracks. With two trillion gallons of drinking water lost in the U.S. annually — leading to a $7.5 billion revenue loss — Jeffrey is committed to transformative change to create a future where water resources are managed with the utmost efficiency and sustainability. Articles by Jeffrey Johnson Water Scarcity and Water Loss | Oldcastle Infrastructure Liquid Assets: Investing in the Next Generation of Water Infrastructure Water Scarcity: Meeting a Global Challenge with Innovative Solutions | Oldcastle Infrastructure Oldcastle Infrastructure's Non-Revenue Water Leak Detection Solutions Show Highlights Oldcastle Infrastructure's focus on water and sustainability Role in water management and sustainability. Work in stormwater management and green infrastructure. Addressing water scarcity. Innovative solutions they are developing. Alarming statistics about water loss in the U.S., including 2 trillion gallons lost annually due to leaks. The challenges of aging water infrastructure and the need for innovative solutions. Jeffrey highlights the use of AI and real-time sensing to improve water management. The importance of listening and public service learned from his mentors and other avenues in the industry. Goals to improving water infrastructure report cards Tips for the future of sustainability and the green building movement. "Here's what I'm most excited about these days. It's our work around aging infrastructure and this crossroads that we found ourselves at in the United States with our water infrastructure. And you look at the American Society of Civil Engineers, as a proud member there, and they put out an infrastructure report card every so often where they look at bridges, roads, communications, water, and they give it a grade for the country. And you look at water across the spectrum of drinking water, wastewater, stormwater report cards, not good." -Jeffrey Johnson Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Cadillac Desert Oldcastle Infrastructure: Engineered Building Product Solutions Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2024 GBES

TITLE: Green Building and Sustainability Leader John Harrison (Returning Guest) John Harrison, FAIA, RDI, LEED Fellow. John is a sustainability innovator and licensed architect with extensive and diverse experience in both project and enterprise level certifications and design standards. He is one of the world's foremost experts on the global application of sustainable strategies at scale and utilizes his expertise in sustainable architecture, engineering and construction to enable organizations to reach unprecedented goals. John is a pioneer in the evolution and implementation of multiple LEED rating systems; as an early adopter for the original 1998 LEED pilot, the first commercial interiors rating system, and the LEED retail and volume build pilots. While at Starbucks, he co-authored the company's LEED for Retail Volume Build Program and led the execution team responsible for sustainable strategies and LEED certifications. With over 1,600 certified stores in 22 different countries/territories and all 50 US states, the program is recognized as the most successful green building program of its kind in the world. In private architectural practice, John spent 13 years at Mithun in Seattle working with a variety of sustainably driven retail, commercial and institutional clients including: Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI), Precor, Miraval Resort and Spa and the IslandWood Environmental Learning Center. IslandWood was one of the first five LEED Gold certifications in the world and an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award winner. For the outdoor retailer REI, John executed more than five dozen sustainable core stores, in addition to flagship projects in Bloomington, MN and Tokyo, Japan. With John's leadership, the REI building portfolio was elevated with scalable core standards based on sustainable strategies explored in flagship projects resulting in some of the first LEED ID+C Retail Projects ever certified. John is a dedicated environmental advocate who has donated thousands of hours, through multiple channels at local, regional, national and international levels. Through outreach, service and education, he has elevated the sustainability knowledge of building industry professionals, provided board leadership for ecologically focused nonprofits and helped develop environmental education for the next generation of leaders. He currently serves on the AIA COTE Advocacy Task Force, the Greenbuild Advisory Board and is board vice president for Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG), which is a regional non-profit focused on responsible forest practices and FSC certifications. Prior to his service with NNRG, John was board president for the environmental restoration and youth leadership development organization EarthCorps. John is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker on sustainability at scale and has led presentations to building professionals on subjects related to LEED volume certification and sustainability at the national AIA convention, multiple Greenbuild conferences and a variety of other industry events. Show Highlights Navigating global sustainability standards and challenges of working with different sustainability standards across countries. Importance of adapting to local codes and practices while maintaining global sustainability goals. Examples of projects in various countries, luxury retailers, and their unique challenges. The future of green building with a focus on carbon reduction and human health in building design. The need for generative design and inclusive leadership in the green building movement. Importance of addressing existing building stock and portfolio-driven solutions. John's collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to projects in his career. Exposure to sustainable materials and practices Early adoption of sustainable practices and materials. REI flagship store in Seattle. Challenges and successes in certifying over 1600 Starbucks stores globally. Collaboration with USGBC and GBCI to develop and refine the LEED volume program. Impact of his work on colleagues and the broader green building community "The other thing I think is thematic and necessary is that we can build a lot of really cool, perfect buildings and it takes a lot of effort and maybe they use very little water and no energy off the grid, but it doesn't account for the vast majority of the housing stock and the business stock and the office stock and the retail stock. The portfolio driven solutions are going to be another thing that is going to continue to drive the industry. It's like how do I take a massive machine and make it 20% better, because that 20% represents a whole heck of a lot of carbon and other negative impacts." -John Harrison "I think it's more about the ripple effect. The ripple effect of green building projects is pretty cool, and totally quantifiable. It's like basic math and something people understand, the ripple effect with people that you either influenced or helped along the way or they helped you along the way and what they've become and where they've gone." -John Harrison Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn 11 Years: A Biography of a Cancer Survivor How to American Previous Podcast EP: Starbucks Global Sustainability with John Harrison A SustainAble Production 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 © 2024 GBES

Andrea Valentini, Architect, LEED AP BD+C,ID+C, WELL AP, ENV SP,Fitwel Amb.,USGBC Pro. Architectural Firm with broad experience gained in green building design,construction management and real estate development of high- end residential buildings He graduated from the Venice Architecture Institute in March 1986 with a score of 110/110 with a degree on the work of Luigi Moretti architect. He started to practice the profession of architect also continuing the family business in real estate. He focused its experience in the residential sector in both new construction and renovation projects combining all the phases from to preliminary design to the construction following all the whole project management. He gained extensive experience and nearly three decades of professional activity with special attention to all the issues of building sustainability. In 1998 he took a specialty Enea course on energy savings while in 2009 he got Casaclima Junior Expert Diploma; in 2013 he got the professional accreditation from the Green Building Certification Institute, USA, as LEED ® Green Associate and in Spril 2014 he got, from GBCI, the accreditation as LEED® AP (Accredited Professional) BD + C (Building Design + Construction). He pursues actively many activities as a member of the Italy Green Building Council following both courses of education that events, actively involved in the foundation of the Chapter Marche of Italy GBC. Since January 2018 is secretary of the Chapter Marche of Italy GBC. - LEED,WELL,FITWEL project management and certification project administration - LEED design charrette and integrative design process - Training for environmental sustainable design - Development design ideas and presentations for new buildings or historic buildings - Preparation of architectural designs, presentation drawings, technical specifications - Estimate costs and schedules and other elements associated with construction projects. - Management of all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality, risk) - Project costs management through the ongoing valuation of labor,material and equipment. - Coordinating,advising and directing project leaders,contractors, and construction workers. A senior Italian architect with broad experience gained in green building design,construction management and real estate development over a 35+years career. Results oriented and skilled professional with an extensive record of consistently exceeding project goals, specialized in building design of high-end residential projects.Ability to manage,coach,and build cohesive teams and surpassing business objectives. Show Highlights Transition to green building with the support of the Green Building Council of Italy (GBC Italia). Historical knowledge in sustainable practices and the need for resilient buildings. GBC supported building rating system for ancient and historic buildings. The challenges of finding new team members and the importance of education. Ancient building verification and sustainable building practices. Emphases for resilience in buildings due to changing weather patterns. The future of the green building and the importance of passion in the field. To experience sustainability you need to study the story and architecture of ancient buildings. "Be humble and to be available to listen, to learn in every stage of life. The key word to approach the green building movement, is foundations, not only in the way of thinking, a way of doing, but to go to foundation. You have to make a habit, to learn and to compare all the phases and to deepen every question, every issue. I prefer to have received my career with this way of thinking, a way of making the disposition to learn from people and from every kind of people, because everyone has something to teach us." -Andrea Valentini Get the episode transcript here! Show Resource and Information LinkedIn Leon Battista Alberti Valentini Architetture 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 © 2024 GBES