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The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

著者： Charlie Cichetti
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Do green buildings matter to you? This podcast fuels your fire with inspiring interviews from industry and nonprofit leaders across the built environment. Not sure if green building matters? Listen to the personal stories of our guests and let Charlie's passion help convince you why green buildings are essential to our shared future. Each episode illustrates a unique journey through sustainability and towards resilience. Charlie explores the challenges and celebrations of the movers and shakers in the green building industry. Hear behind the scene stories from the inner world of green and healthy building design, construction, and management.© 2020 GBES アート 出世 就職活動 経済学
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  • Designing Schools That Heal, Inspire, and Perform Better: Human-Centered Sustainable Design with Bob Morris

    Designing Schools That Heal, Inspire, and Perform Better: Human-Centered Sustainable Design with Bob Morris
    2026/06/17
    🎯 The Green Impact Report Quick take: What happens when sustainability stops being about buzzwords — and starts being about healthier kids, stronger schools, and lower operational costs? Architect Bob Morris breaks down how net-zero schools, biophilic design, and human-centered architecture are reshaping the future of education. 🙋 Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion **Bob is an architect who specializes in the planning and design of K12 schools for EUA, a multi-disciplinary design firm with five office locations in Wisconsin, Colorado, and Georgia. Architecture, for Bob, is a means to an end. Great design is measured by how it improves the lives of those who experience it. This necessitates a user-driven approach, emphasizing the voices of teachers, parents, and students in the design process. The results are learning environments that embrace equity, promote student agency, and encourage experiential learning opportunities. It also leads to designs that are rooted in the places and stories of the communities they serve, emphasizing connections to nature, long-term sustainability, and responsible use of resources. As a senior design architect and principal at EUA, Bob's personal design approach mirrors the values of his firm. EUA's design philosophy is anchored by the belief that design has the power to unleash true human potential and to enrich communities. This includes a firm-wide aspiration to net-zero emissions in the built environment as evidenced in the AIA 2030 Commitment.** 🌱 Breaking Ground on Better Building In this episode, Bob Morris revolutionizes traditional construction approaches: 🧠 Key Insight #1: Sustainable schools perform better when they prioritize human wellness — not just energy savings. The Challenge: Traditional school buildings often focused on efficiency and standardization while overlooking how physical environments impact student health, engagement, and learning outcomes.The Solution: Bob and his team design schools with biophilic principles, natural daylight, improved indoor air quality, flexible learning environments, and stronger connections to nature.ROI: Healthier students, increased engagement, improved learning environments, and long-term building performance that supports both wellness and sustainability goals. 🧠 Key Insight #2: Net-zero schools are becoming financially realistic for public education. The Challenge: Renewable technologies like geothermal and solar were historically viewed as too expensive or impractical for publicly funded school districts.The Solution: Advances in geothermal systems, photovoltaic arrays, and available funding opportunities are helping schools achieve ambitious energy goals without sacrificing budgets.ROI: Lower operational costs, reduced energy consumption, and the ability for school districts to reinvest savings directly into student programs and educational resources. 🧠 Key Insight #3: The future of sustainability depends on reframing the conversation around people, not politics. The Challenge: Sustainability and "green building" conversations can become politically divisive, especially in public-sector projects.The Solution: Bob emphasizes focusing conversations around health, student outcomes, operational efficiency, and creating environments that genuinely improve human experience.ROI: Greater community buy-in, stronger stakeholder alignment, and more meaningful progress toward resilient, high-performance buildings. ❝ Sustainable Soundbite "The buildings we design today become the world the next generation is stuck with." — Bob Morris 🤗 Your Green Building Action Plan Transform your next project with these steps: This Week: Evaluate how your current spaces support occupant wellness through daylight, air quality, and connection to nature.This Quarter: Explore geothermal or photovoltaic feasibility studies for upcoming projects or facility upgrades.This Year: Build sustainability conversations around measurable human outcomes — wellness, productivity, and operational savings — to improve stakeholder alignment. 🔗 Connect & Learn More 🌿 Access full episode resources: https://www.gbes.com/podcast 📜 Read the transcript 👉 here 👩🏻‍💻 Connect with Bob Morris: Website: https://eua.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-morris/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/eppstein-uhen-architects/ 💚 Join the Green Building Movement: https://www.gbes.com 🤩 Want More Green Building Insights? Get sustainability tips 2x a week. Subscribe to our FREE newsletter here: https://www.greenbuilding.news/subscribe 🤝 Today's Episode Sponsored By: BuildingPlaques.com BuildingPlaques.com helps project teams showcase the story behind their LEED and green building certifications with fully customized architectural plaques. Highlight your scorecard, sustainability strategy, project team, and certifications in one sleek display designed to educate and inspire ...
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    29 分
  • From LEED to Decarbonization: Tanya Eagle's Blueprint for the Future of Sustainable Buildings

    From LEED to Decarbonization: Tanya Eagle's Blueprint for the Future of Sustainable Buildings
    2026/06/10
    ♻️ The Green Impact Report Quick take: Tanya Eagle has spent her career proving that sustainability isn't a "nice to have" — it's a smarter way to design, operate, and future-proof buildings. In this episode, the LEED Fellow and JLL sustainability leader shares why the future of green building is bigger than certifications and how decarbonization, wellness, resilience, and material health are converging into one holistic strategy. 🙋 Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion With over sixteen years of experience leading sustainable design programs, Tanya is dedicated to sharing practical steps toward a sustainable future. Tanya is a Director on JLL's Sustainable Building team, leading sustainability advisory services and solutions for diverse projects across the commercial real estate landscape. Prior to JLL, Tanya was the Leader of Sustainability Standards at Perkins Eastman and worked at CallisonRTKL and GBCI. Tanya serves on the AIA Materials Pledge Working Group, the LEED MR TAG, the IWBI Materials Advisory, the Greenbuild Summit Working Group, and was a catalyst member of the mindful Materials AEC Forum. Tanya has several publications and has spoken widely at leading industry forums such as Greenbuild, AIA Conference on Architecture & Design, NeoCon, AIA International, and Metropolis symposiums. Tanya is committed to achieving climate, wellness, and equity goals at scale in the built environment. Tanya is a LEED Fellow, a certified planner (AICP), an Associate member of AIA, and holds LEED AP BD+C and WELL AP credentials. 🌱 Breaking Ground on Better Building In this episode, Tanya Eagle explains how the Green Building Movement is evolving beyond checklists into holistic business strategy. 🧰 Key Insight #1: Sustainability succeeds when it's integrated into business strategy — not treated like an add-on. The Challenge: Many organizations still approach sustainability as a disconnected initiative instead of embedding it into operations, portfolio planning, and long-term risk management.The Solution: Tanya works with clients at JLL to align carbon reduction, wellness, resilience, and operational goals into scalable sustainability roadmaps across entire portfolios — not just individual projects.ROI: Companies reduce operational risk, stay ahead of regulations, improve employee experience, and create long-term value while meeting decarbonization goals. 🧠 Key Insight #2: Healthy buildings and high-performance buildings are no longer separate conversations. The Challenge: For years, the industry treated wellness and sustainability like competing priorities, often assuming healthier spaces cost more or sacrificed performance.The Solution: Tanya highlighted projects like the John Lewis Elementary School in Washington, D.C. — a LEED Platinum, WELL Platinum, and Net Zero Energy-certified school — as proof that wellness and sustainability can work together.ROI: Better indoor environments improve occupant wellbeing while also delivering energy efficiency, operational savings, and long-term building performance. 🧰 Key Insight #3: The next wave of sustainability is about resilience, material health, and human-centered design. The Challenge: Many organizations focus narrowly on operational carbon while overlooking material impacts, climate resilience, and occupant health risks.The Solution: Tanya encourages teams to zoom out and think holistically — evaluating embodied carbon, material transparency, biodiversity, resilience, and human health together rather than in silos.ROI: Future-ready buildings are more resilient to climate risk, better aligned with emerging regulations, healthier for occupants, and more attractive to tenants and investors. 🎙️ Sustainable Soundbite "Don't try to be someone else in the room. Lean into your strengths, your perspective, and your passion — that's where real leadership in sustainability begins."— Tanya Eagle 👍 Your Green Building Action Plan Transform your next project with these steps: This Week: Align stakeholders around one clear sustainability goal before launching a project or initiative.This Quarter: Identify one sustainability topic to deepen your expertise in — resilience, embodied carbon, wellness, or material health.This Year: Build a holistic roadmap that connects sustainability goals to operational performance, business outcomes, and occupant wellbeing. 🔗 Connect & Learn More 🌿 Access full episode resources: https://www.gbes.com/podcast 🎧 Read the transcript 👉 here 👩🏻‍💻 Connect with Tanya: Website: https://www.us.jll.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyaeagle/ 💚 Join the Green Building Movement: https://www.gbes.com/ 🌟 Want More Green Building Insights? Get sustainability tips 2x a week. 👉Subscribe to our FREE newsletter here: https://www.greenbuilding.news/subscribe 🎙️ Today's Episode Sponsored By: BUILDINGPLAQUES.COM ****→ Get your FREE LEED Recognition Plaque ...
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    37 分
  • Solar, Batteries & the Future of Resilient Buildings with Jesse Michalski

    Solar, Batteries & the Future of Resilient Buildings with Jesse Michalski
    2026/06/03
    ✅ The Green Impact Report Quick take: Most schools talk about sustainability. Jesse Michalski helped build one that actually runs on it. In this episode, the longtime electrician and renewable energy specialist breaks down how a Wisconsin middle school became a net-zero energy success story —without sacrificing practicality, ROI, or resilience. 🤝 Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion Jesse Michalski is a renewable energy specialist at Eland Electric, a third-generation electrical contractor based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With more than 20 years in the electrical trade, Jesse has helped lead commercial, residential, and K-12 solar installations across the Midwest. He specializes in solar photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and resilient electrical infrastructure, helping clients future-proof buildings while reducing operational costs and carbon emissions. 🌱 Breaking Ground on Better Building 🤩 Key Insight #1: Net-zero buildings don't happen by accident — they're designed "solar ready" from day one. The Challenge: Many buildings attempt to add renewables after construction, forcing expensive retrofits, structural upgrades, and electrical redesigns.The Solution: Jesse and his team worked with architects early in the Menasha Maplewood School project to ensure the building was structurally and electrically prepared for future solar and battery storage.ROI: The school avoided costly retrofit work later, streamlined installation, and successfully delivered a net-zero energy facility with geothermal heating, solar power, and battery backup. 🌟 Key Insight #2: Battery storage means different things depending on where you live. The Challenge: Building owners often assume batteries automatically create financial savings everywhere.The Solution: Jesse explained how battery economics depend heavily on local utility policies and net metering rules. In Wisconsin, batteries are primarily used for resiliency and backup power, while in states like California they also help avoid losing excess solar generation to the grid.ROI: Smart battery integration can provide backup power during outages, reduce generator maintenance, and maximize energy savings where utility pricing structures support it. 🤗 Key Insight #3: The future of residential resiliency may already be parked in your driveway. The Challenge: Homeowners want resilient backup power systems but often struggle with battery costs and infrastructure decisions.The Solution: Jesse highlighted the rise of vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, allowing EV batteries to temporarily power homes during outages.ROI: Homeowners may soon leverage existing EV batteries as whole-home backup systems, reducing the need for standalone storage investments while increasing grid flexibility. 🎙️ Sustainable Soundbite "There is always a way to bring it to fruition. I don't like roadblocks. They don't exist in my world." — Jesse Michalski 🤩 Your Green Building Action Plan Transform your next project with these steps: This Week: Audit whether your next project is truly "solar ready," including roof load capacity, conduit pathways, and electrical infrastructure.This Quarter: Evaluate battery storage opportunities based on your state's utility incentives, net metering policies, and resiliency needs.This Year: Build cross-functional collaboration earlier between architects, engineers, electricians, and renewable energy specialists to future-proof projects from day one. 🤝 Connect & Learn More 🌿 Access full episode resources: https://www.gbes.com/podcast 🎙️ Read the transcript 👉 Here 🔗 Connect with Jesse Michalski: Website: https://www.elandelectric.com/ , https://www.heatspring.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-michalski-43513163/ 💚 Join the Green Building Movement: https://www.gbes.com 🌟 Want More Green Building Insights? Get sustainability tips 2x a week. 👉Subscribe to our FREE newsletter here: https://www.greenbuilding.news/subscribe 🎙️ Today's Episode Sponsored By: BUILDINGPLAQUES.COM ****→ Get your FREE LEED Recognition Plaque evaluation kit today! Green Building Matters, Inc © 2026 | Good Green Fun.
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    30 分
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