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🌳 Shade, Save, Sustain: Rethinking Building Resilience The Clear Clean Podcast's latest episode is live! 🎙️ This week, we're challenging conventional wisdom with Mike Dieterich, Climate Scientist and Sustainability Advisor. Did you know? Simple exterior shading can slash building energy demand by 18%! 🏢💡 Tune in now! 🎧 https://lnkd.in/guSDTKMh Discover more game-changing insights: • Turning waste into renewable energy 🔄 • Climate-proofing strategies for homes and businesses 🏠 • The economics of resilient design 💰 Mike's take: "One of the easy answers... is shade the exterior of your building... It reduces energy consumption or demand by 18%. I mean that literally will bridge the gap." From building owners to sustainability pros - this one's for you. #ResilientBuildings #EnergyEfficiency #SustainableDesign #CleanEnergy #TheClearCleanPodcast

🔧 Building Envelope! One of the most effective ways to upgrade a facility and reduce operational costs? It’s all about enhancing the building envelope! 🏢💡 From increasing insulation and upgrading windows to sealing air leaks, enhancing your building’s envelope drastically improves energy efficiency, reduce heating and cooling demands, and create a more comfortable environment. 🌱 These improvements don’t just save energy they translate into significant cost savings on utility bills and maintenance over time. With rising energy costs and sustainability goals becoming more urgent, optimizing the building envelope is a win-win. #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency #BuildingUpgrades #EnvelopeEnhancement #CostSavings #GreenBuildings

New from FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, The Urban Report is a podcast that takes a close look at how cities around the world are transitioning to net-zero. Every two weeks, host Sean Carroll has in-depth conversations with some of the most interesting minds working on sustainability in the built environment today. From making local mobility greener to improving energy efficiency in buildings, there’s never been a better time to explore the climate transition from an urban perspective. Take a listen to the first episode today by downloading the app here: https://lnkd.in/dNRk6yDj The majority of the EU’s Green Deal will affect cities. Giorgia Rambelli, director of the Urban Transitions Mission, joins The Urban Report to discuss how city authorities, therefore, need to be involved in the decision-making from the start. Listen to the first episode by downloading the app here: https://lnkd.in/dNRk6yDj

Welcome back to Climate+! This is Episode 4, featuring Emmanuel Daniel at Alosanar. In this episode, we go deep into the built environment, looking at the ways that the Climate+ World is making the interaction of buildings, energy, water, artificial intelligence, and people quite different than it has ever been before. Emmanuel has been a leader in this field for many, many years and all around the world. Emmanuel is currently the CEO and Founder of Alosanar, a consultancy focused on building technology and human experience design through technology, sustainability, experiences, and people. Prior to Alosanar, Emmanuel was a leader at Microsoft for 12 years, shaping physical and digital environments from his native Singapore to nearly every continent on earth. Here's the challenge: We humans are creatures of our built environment – especially the home, office, commercial, and industrial buildings that keep us safe, comfortable, and productive. But most of that building stock was built before the phrases “climate change” or “hybrid work” entered the lexicon. Just in the US, something like 80% of homes are more than 20 years old and the average ages of both commercial buildings and school buildings is about 50 years. Those older buildings were designed around a set of assumptions that were reasonable for their time – pre-climate change ambient temperatures, humidity, and pre-wildfire air quality, for example. Little thought was given to energy efficiency or water efficiency, let alone greenhouse gases. (spoiler alert: buildings account for about 30% of operational GHG emissions in the US. And of course we were all in commute-to-office and work-from-office mode, not work-from-home or some hybrid. Finally, nobody foresaw our digital-everything world of computers, the Internet, server farms, electric vehicles, and now artificial intelligence. That's a big of a deal, and one where purpose and prosperity comes in many forms (and jobs!). How can we make this happen in the real world? Check it out -- and please like, comment, and share! Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g7phEp74 Apple: https://lnkd.in/gB-ptN8u Website: https://lnkd.in/gPSZNAEA

A new Smart in the City – The BABLE Podcast episode is out: "#107 Cincinnati: Sustainability, Equity, and Resilience – Leading Climate Action" 🎧 https://lnkd.in/eFWYYvkY In this episode recorded live at the Global Mobility Call 2024 in Madrid, we sit down with Oliver Kroner, Director of the Office of Environment and Sustainability for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. This episode highlights Cincinnati’s innovative approach to climate action and resilience. We explore the city’s challenges and successes in implementing renewable energy projects, fostering equity-driven urban design, and leveraging public-private partnerships to drive sustainable development. Cincinnati’s story offers valuable lessons on transforming urban spaces for a greener, more inclusive future. 🔔 Don’t forget to subscribe and turn on notifications on your favourite listening platform to stay updated with all episodes! #SmartCity #UrbanInnovation #Sustainability #ClimateAction #UrbanResilience #GreenEnergy #PublicPrivatePartnerships #UrbanDevelopment #SustainableCities #CommunityEngagement #GlobalMobilityCall

In today’s podcast https://lnkd.in/gmMiFJjd I dive into the critical intersection of climate change and building protection 🔎 Join us as we explore how rising temperatures, severe weather events, and shifting environmental conditions are transforming the way we design, construct, and maintain our buildings. 🎧 Listen in to learn how these advancements are not only protecting our built environment but also contributing to a sustainable future. 💬 Share this blog episode and tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on building resilience in the face of climate change. #ClimateChange #BuildingProtection #SustainableLiving #ClimateResilience

Courage. The word came up rather a lot when I met Hannah Pathak, international managing director at Forum for the Future at the recent FM Conway Ltd Collaborative Sustainability event at which she was the keynote speaker. Hannah made a powerful impression on those in the room and underlined that when it comes to tackling climate change and achieving our net-zero emissions goals, the decisions we make in this decade will affect the trajectory of the next century. We are at a critical “choice point” for humanity facing decisions that are not easy – so, as she put it, we need the courage to transform; together, collaboratively. Hannah is my guest on The Infrastructure Podcast this week is and a long-standing champion for driving action across business to help accelerate the change needed to transform our approach to sustainable infrastructure. Have a listen at https://lnkd.in/eX54YufN - Hannah explains the challenges and opportunities so clearly. Certainly we need to apply our technical minds but, as Hannah pointed out at the FM Conway Ltd event, the Latin root of the word “courage” links it to the idea of “heart” and passion for a cause. True change, especially in the face of climate change, requires not only intellectual and technical understanding but also emotional investment. Ultimately it just makes good sense for investment in our infrastructure to generate more sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes. And that usually means thinking harder rather than working harder. But is also means having the courage and passion to do thing differently. And that’s not easy. Enjoy the episode. Hannah is an inspiration for sure. #infrastructure #podcast #energy #design #decarbonisation #leadership #transformation #relationships #retrofit Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Andrew Hansen Joanne Conway Matt Tallon Rt Hon Sir Brandon Lewis CBE  

Crushed limestone as a climate solution. I love the story this podcast tells, if for no other reason than its apparent simplicity. I came back from #ClimateWeek, a couple of weeks back, to learn that this project had been unfolding along a riverbank in #NovaScotia and, in a smaller way, in Fasken’s offices in Toronto and Vancouver. The podcast tells the story of the science. Kudos to Luke Connell and Shannon Sterling at CarbonRun for their ideas and execution. A collaboration of Fasken's Emerging Technology and Climate teams (Will Shaw, Kai Alderson, Alec McIlwraith-Black) helped support the most recent financing round that, we hope, can bring the project to more rivers, sequestering more carbon, and helping the health of the planet in an apolitical, slogan-free way. What a great way to deliver benefits across geographies, communities and political stripes. That’s a climate solution.

Rethinking Resilience: A Systems Approach to Climate Adaptation 🎙️ New episode alert! This Thursday at 7am PST, tune in to The Clear Clean Podcast for an insightful discussion with Mike Dieterich, Climate Scientist and Sustainability Advisor. Mike brings a wealth of experience in helping cities and companies plan for climate resilience. We dive deep into practical strategies for homeowners, businesses, and municipalities to adapt to our changing environment. Key highlights from our conversation: • The power of systems thinking in addressing climate challenges • Innovative technologies shaping resilient buildings • How policy and insurance are evolving to support climate adaptation • Opportunities for entrepreneurs in the resilience space Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gR6Z6MH6 Don't miss last week's episode with Ian Magruder, Head of Partnerships at Rewiring America, where we explored electrification strategies and their impact on clean energy adoption. Whether you're a clean energy professional, policymaker, or concerned citizen, this discussion offers valuable insights into creating a more sustainable future. Join us as we explore how energy efficiency, smart design, and forward-thinking policies can not only protect our communities but also unlock new opportunities in the green economy. Set a reminder and join the conversation! 🌿🏘️🔋 #ClimateResilience #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #GreenTech #ClimateAdaptation

Buildings represent 40% of global emissions, and the sector faces critical challenges in its quest for decarbonization. I recently had the pleasure of sitting with Ronan Kavanagh, the host of the insightful "Conversation of the Century" podcast, to discuss the pathways forward. In our conversation, I shared my perspectives on the obstacles, innovations, and policy changes needed to transform the construction industry and build a more sustainable future. I encourage anyone invested in the future of sustainable design and construction to listen to this episode. Together, we can unlock the solutions required to decarbonize the building sector and move closer to a net zero world. https://lnkd.in/dRdiaa-C