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Listen in as we talk with people who care about our built environment, the energy it uses, and how it's all maintained. This podcast is built by Gridium.

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  • Mar 26, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 29m AVG DURATION
  • 28 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Finely Tuned

Can the Valley influence climate culture? w/ Matt Kropp (BCG)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 23:16


Matthew Kropp–Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Groug–discuss his firm’s work studying 48 technology companies and their role in climate change action.

Valuing diversified energy projects w/ Jamie and Phil (RMI)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 29:31


Jamie Mandel–Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute–and Phil Keuhn–Principal, RMI–discuss energy project portfolio optimization and the value of green leases for real estate owners and investors.

What’s the cost of lowering peak demand with energy efficiency w/ Natalie Mims Frick (LBNL)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 24:18


Natalie Mims Frick–Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory–discusses her DOE-supported research and the importance of efficiency resources.

Rethinking Real Estate w/ Dror Poleg (Author)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 26:20


Dror Poleg–Author and Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology and Innovation Council in New York–discusses his new book on how technology is changing the way humans work, live, eat, shop, and travel.

Cybersecurity in a world of steel and glass w/ Fred Gordy (IB)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 36:39


Fred Gordy–Director of Cybersecurity at Intelligent Buildings–discusses the growth in BMS hacking attacks and NIST-based frameworks for defense.

Building & using building technology w/ Atul Khanzode (DPR)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 25:01


Atul Khanzode–Technology and Innovation Leader at DPR Construction–discusses digital twins, designing for efficiency, and deploying technology.

Daily engineering vs. engineering education w/ J.P. Pascoli (Cameco)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 21:41


J.P. Pascoli–P.E. and Director, Physical Asset Management & Reliability at the world’s second-largest uranium producer–discusses how we can tune the settings of engineering education to fit to actual engineering careers.

Engineering in the ‘illions w/ Nigel Marcussen (WeWork)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 28:16


Nigel Marcussen–VP, Head of Building Engineering at WeWork–discusses how his team delivers productive, collaborative environments at the world’s fastest growing real estate tech company.

Aggregating & coordinating electricity assets at scale w/ Prof. Rajagopal (Stanford)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 31:42


Ram Rajagopal–Associate Professor at Stanford University and Principal Investigator of the Powernet–discusses this ARPA-E program to develop an end-to-end, open-source system that will enable real-time coordination of utilities’ centralized assets with millions of distributed energy resources.

Pairing creativity with profits and sustainability w/ Kara Bartelt (The Hoxton, LA)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 27:25


Kara Bartelt–Director of Operations, The Hoxton Los Angeles–discusses urban design, architecture, and engineering in dynamic built environments.

What is NMEC w/ Mark Shahinian (Future Grid Coalition)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 35:09


Mark Shahinian–President, Future Grid Coalition–discusses America’s rapidly-changing energy infrastructure and Normalized Metered Energy Consumption (NMEC)

Hope, get up, and do it w/ John Sterman (MIT)

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2018 51:38


John Sterman–Professor of Management at MIT & Director of the Sloan Sustainability Initiative–discusses the power of process improvements and the role change management can play in society’s response to climate change.

What Toyota’s Lean Principles Tell Us About Building Ops w/ Richard Hart (Cascade Energy)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2018 23:28


Richard Hart–Strategic Energy Management at Cascade Energy–discusses how building operators can save time and money by cherry picking the best ideas from lean manufacturing.

Sewing & Welding & Teaching Skill w/ Steve Lubar (Brown)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 38:16


Steven Lubar–Professor of American Studies, Brown University–discusses what it’s like to take 13 first-years from the museum to the machine shop in search of a new understanding of skill.

Infrastructure in the age of supercells w/ Thad Miller (ASU)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 26:57


Thaddeus Miller–Assistant Professor, Arizona State University–discusses the infrastructure crossroads facing the United States.

Autonomous rendezvous for satellite servicing w/ Eugene Skelton (NASA)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 27:32


Eugene Skelton–NASA, Satellite Servicing Projects Division–discusses Rendezvous and Proximity Operations on NASA’s Raven mission.

Maintenance procedures that actually work w/ Dr. Hodkiewicz (Univ. of Western Australia)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 32:47


Dr. Hodkiewicz–of The University of Western Australia–and team asked 176 maintainers about their work and what makes procedures effective.

Space station maintenance on Skylab w/ Dr. Gibson (fmr. NASA)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 31:19


NASA astronaut Dr. Edward Gibson–who spent a record 84 days living in space–discusses repair and space station maintenance on Skylab.

Infrastructure PPPs in an era of deferred maintenance w/ M. Bennon (Stanford)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 33:19


Michael Bennon, Managing Director at the Global Projects Center at Stanford University, discusses infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships in an era of compounding deferred maintenance deficits.

Color-coding complex maintenance w/ Dr. Karafantis (Smithsonian)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 22:36


Talking with Dr. Layne Karafantis of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum about human factors engineering initiatives in the maintenance of complex aerospace systems.

Preventive maintenance at Airbnb w/ Joe Tormos (Hines)

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017 25:54


A discussion with Joe Tormos–Facilities Engineering Manager for Hines at Airbnb–about the three main components of a preventive maintenance program.

How we try maintaining nature with Jon Christensen (UCLA)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 38:35


A chat with Prof. Jon Christensen–of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the Department of History, and the Center for Digital Humanities–on what the data from $5.4 billion and 2,174 projects tells us about the progress and pitfalls of modern conservation.

The dark side of innovation w/ Andy Russell (SUNY Polytechnic Institute)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 31:52


A conversation with Andy Russell, Dean and Professor in the College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, on society's focus on innovation, which keeps us from thinking about and crediting the maintainers who keep everything working.

When maintenance is more important than innovation w/ Lee Vinsel (Stevens Institute of Technology)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 25:21


A conversation with Lee Vinsel, assistant professor of science and technology studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology, about the need for balance between innovation, technology, and maintenance.

Hacking a BMS with cyber security pro Fred Gordy (Intelligent Buildings)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2016 40:09


A conversation on cybersecurity in the built environment, hacking a BMS, and what you can do to stop it, with Fred Gordy from Intelligent Buildings.

The difference between LEED and WELL with Darin Bernstein (Cushman & Wakefield)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 24:22


A conversation on healthy building spaces, the difference between LEED and WELL, and people and buildings, with Darin Bernstein of Cushman & Wakefield.

Meter data analytics with Andy Shatney & James Lonergan (City of Santa Cruz & Enovity)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2016 27:47


Andy Shatney, Energy Project Coordinator with the City of Santa Cruz, and James Lonergan, Project Engineer with Enovity, discuss energy data analytics and commissioning.

5 Whys with Sara Neff (Kilroy Realty)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2016 12:22


Sara Neff, SVP of Sustainability at Kilroy Realty, explores the 5 Whys problem solving method and how it helped Kilroy's tenants install LEDs.

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