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If buildings contribute 40% of global carbon emissions, what's stopping us from transforming the built environment?In this episode of Age of Adoption, recorded on Earth Day 2025, host Keith Zackheim speaks with Breana Wheeler, Director of Operations for BREEAM USA, about the critical role of certification in decarbonizing the built environment. Wheeler shares how BREEAM, the world's first science-based validation standard for sustainable building performance, has evolved since its 1990 inception to address not only carbon mitigation but also climate resilience and adaptation. With buildings contributing nearly 40% of global carbon emissions, Wheeler explains how BREEAM's standards help asset owners manage climate risk while maintaining building value.The conversation explores parallels between pandemic response and climate action, highlighting the importance of international cooperation and science-based approaches to global challenges. Wheeler, whose environmental passion led her from receptionist to sustainability leader, outlines the opportunities and challenges in retrofitting existing buildings. With over 750,000 certificates issued worldwide yet 70% of existing building stock still needing certification, Wheeler emphasizes the critical role of finance, regulation, and long-term investment strategies in transforming real estate for a sustainable future.Breana Wheeler serves as Director of Operations for BREEAM USA, where she leads the organization's efforts to validate and improve sustainability performance in the built environment. With a career spanning nearly a decade at BREEAM and extensive experience in the UK, Wheeler brings a unique international perspective to climate resilience and building science. Her environmental passion began early, leading her to pursue degrees in geography, political science, and environment, politics and globalization. Before joining BREEAM, Wheeler worked at Skanska Infrastructure Development, where she transitioned from administration to sustainability leadership, focusing on environmental management as both a risk and opportunity for business. Based in San Francisco, Wheeler is a respected voice in building certification, advocating for science-based approaches to decarbonization and climate adaptation in real estate.In This Episode: (00:00) Breana Wheeler and San Francisco Climate Week(03:20) Breana's career journey and environmental background(10:46) BREEAM's evolution in response to climate science changes(14:13) The importance of resilience standards in building certification(21:37) Discussion on retrofitting existing building stock globallyShare with someone who would enjoy this topic, like and subscribe to hear all of our future episodes, send us your comments and guest suggestions!About the show: The Age of Adoption podcast explores the monumental transition from a period of climate tech research and innovation – an Age of Innovation – to today's world in which companies across the economy are furiously adopting climate solutions - the Age of Adoption. Listen as our host, Keith Zakheim, CEO of Antenna Group, talks with experts from across the climate, energy, health, and real estate sectors to discuss what the transition means for business and society, and how corporates and startups can rise above competitors to lead in this new age. Access more curated content on the subject by visiting, www.ageofadoption.com.This podcast is brought to you by Antenna Group, an award-winning integrated marketing, public relations, public affairs and digital agency that partners with the world's most exciting and disruptive companies across cleantech, mobility, real estate, healthcare, and emerging B2B tech sectors. Our clients are transformational and distinguished corporations, startups, investors, and nonprofits that are at the bleeding edge of the Age of Adoption. Visit antennagroup.com to learn more.Resources:Breana Wheeler LinkedInWebsite: https://breeam.com/breeam-usaAntenna GroupAge of Adoption WebsiteKeith Zakheim LinkedIn

The term "greenwashing" was coined back in 1983 by environmentalist Jay Westerfeld while surfing in Fiji. He later published an essay in 1986 titled "It All Comes Out in the Greenwash," highlighting how companies were making misleading claims about their environmental practices. Fast forward to today, greenwashing has become a sophisticated art form and big business, with some of the world's largest corporations caught in the act.   Whether through misleading marketing in examples like Volkswagen, BP, Nestle, and Fiji Water, or in financial manipulation used by hedge funds and inconsistency among ratings agencies, it's clear the line between genuine sustainability and greenwashing can often be blurred.   One bright spot in the haze is the emergence of modern building efficiency standards that are re-imagining actual sustainability goals. Standards like LEED, BREEAM, Net Zero Energy Building, and the Living Building Challenge set rigorous criteria for energy efficiency, water conservation, and overall environmental impact. These standards all contribute to a major challenge for sustainability: last-mile power.   "Last mile power" refers to the final stage of the electricity delivery process from the power distribution network to the end user, such as homes, businesses, and other facilities. This term is borrowed from telecommunications, where "last mile" describes the final leg of the network that delivers services to customers. In the context of power delivery, it involves the infrastructure and technologies that ensure electricity reaches its final destination efficiently and reliably.   Greenfield construction projects benefit from these new standards where everything can be designed from scratch, but what about brownfield solutions for the last mile?   That's where modern technology solutions like power-over-ethernet, or PoE, can make a real impact on efficiency and reliability without resorting to manipulation to achieve sustainability targets. Where simple modifications using existing infrastructure can make a big impact.    How can Microchip Technology prevent greenwashing through real, tangible sustainability solutions?   Links from the episode: www.microchip/com/poe https://www.thesinclairhotel.com/technology    Guests:  Alan Jay Zwiren

  The Green Impact Report Quick take: An enlightening conversation with BREEAM USA's Director of Operations on how science-based building standards are reshaping real estate value and transforming sustainable performance measurement. Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion Breana Wheeler is the Director of Operations for BREEAM USA, where she leads the deployment of BREEAM's sustainability standards in the United States. With over 20 years of experience in environmental and sustainability risk management, she has been instrumental in adapting BREEAM's science-based methodologies for the U.S. market since 2016.

For Episode 36 of the Bao Podcast, we introduce you to Pieter-Jan Loyens, the Managing Director of Encon. This is an agency, based in Bilzen, that supports businesses with creative and innovative solutions in their transition toward becoming more sustainable. They distinguish themselves through their unique combination of ecology and economy, linking environmental awareness with cost savings and profitability for their clients.In recent years, they have built a strong market position with this approach.  One of their most remarkable projects might be their own headquarters in Bilzen, Infinity. It is considered one of the most sustainable office buildings in Europe. With several sustainability certificates as LEED and BREEAM, the design serves as a showcase for innovative technologies and sustainable architecture. Show notes: Encon (https://www.encon.eu/nl-BE)  Pieter-Jan Loyens (https://be.linkedin.com/in/pieter-jan-loyens/en)  Robin Bruninx (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinbruninx)  Hasco Invest (https://hascoinvest.be/nl/home) Jean Jacques Velkeniers (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-jacques-velkeniers-1053b11/)   BREEAM (https://breeam.com/) LEED (https://www.usgbc.org/leed/) Tectum Group (https://www.tectumgroup.be/)  HNST Jeans (https://www.supergoods.be/blogs/supergoods-news/welkom-bij-supergoods-de-belgische-duurzame-jeans-van-hnst) Vario Food (https://variofood.be/) Upgrade Estate (https://upgrade-estate.be/) Wanaka Partners (https://wanakapartners.com/)     Ellen MacArthur (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_MacArthur)  Ignace van Doorselaere, ‘De essentie' (https://4-f.be/publicaties/de-essentie) Daniel Kahneman, ‘Thinking Fast & Slow' (https://www.bol.com/be/nl/f/thinking-fast-and-slow/9300000043254613/) Michael Lewis, ‘The Undoing Project' (https://www.bol.com/be/nl/f/the-undoing-project/9200000065157549/)    Time stamps: 0:00 Intro 2:00 Founding story of Encon 10:30 Examples of how Encon are helping companies  19:30 Pieter-Jan's key learnings throughout his career  26:15 Work of Encon in construction industry 29:30 Sustainability certificates: how do you achieve them? 34:30 Promising methodologies in construction 38:30 Good business cases for big battery installations 43:45 Cost of batteries dropping 45:00 Circular frontrunners in Belgium 48:10 Reach out to Pieter-Jan or Encon via the information in the show notes! 49:00 Outro

Launched in 1990, BREEAM is the world's first green building rating system. The science-driven methodology made it onto U.S. territory in 2016 and four years later, the residential standard was launched. Nearly 100 multifamily assets were certified over the past two years alone, and the person who has been instrumental in propelling sustainable advancements and promoting BREEAM standards across the country is Breana Wheeler. As the U.S. operations director of Building Research Establishment U.S., Wheeler organizes and oversees the strategic direction of the business, including the development and maintenance of the BREEAM USA technical standards. This month, the Mission Success: Women in Multifamily podcast series turns four years old. Since 2021, you've been hearing amazing success stories each month, with tens of female leaders sharing details about how they left their mark in the multifamily industry. Tune in again for yet another vivid discussion!

Dans cet épisode (en anglais), nous avons le plaisir de recevoir Roberto Bergonzi Martinez, directeur d'Azur Capital. Il partage avec nous la vision derrière Elysian Heights, le dernier projet immobilier du groupe Azur, situé à Benahavis, sur la Costa del Sol. Ce projet, en financement sur BeeBonds, incarne une approche unique et ambitieuse du marché immobilier de luxe. Écoutez pour découvrir : Vue d'ensemble du projet Elysian Heights : un développement résidentiel haut de gamme comprenant la construction de 12 appartements luxueux sur un terrain de 7 000 m² au cœur de Benahavis. Un marché immobilier dynamique et prisé : Roberto nous explique pourquoi Benahavis attire une clientèle internationale haut de gamme, grâce à son offre exclusive, son cadre naturel et sa proximité à des infrastructures de premier ordre. Engagement en matière de durabilité : le groupe vise une certification BREEAM pour le projet, mettant en avant l'efficacité énergétique, la réduction des déchets et le bien-être des résidents. Sécurité et garanties pour les investisseurs : le projet sera soutenu par une structure en REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) avec une hypothèque de premier rang sur un terrain de premier choix. Retrouvez tous les détails du projet sur BeeBonds : https://beebonds.com/elysian-heights Ressources supplémentaires : Découvrez les autres projets BeeBondsCréez gratuitement votre compte investisseur BeeBonds __________________ Communication à caractère promotionnel : investir dans un projet de financement participatif comporte des risques, y compris le risque de perte totale ou partielle du capital investi. Le retour sur investissement n'est pas garanti. Les services de financement participatif ne sont pas couverts par le système de garantie des dépôts établi conformément à la directive 2014/49/UE et que les valeurs mobilières ou les instruments admis à des fins de financement participatif acquis par le biais de leur plateforme de financement participatif ne sont pas couverts par le système d'indemnisation des investisseurs établi conformément à la directive 97/9/CE. Tout investisseur non averti dispose d'un délai de réflexion précontractuel de 4 jours calendaires au cours duquel il peut à tout moment retirer son offre d'investissement par simple envoi d'un mail. Avant d'investir, veuillez lire la fiche d'informations clés sur l'investissement. Pour les personnes physiques résidentes fiscales belges, les intérêts perçus sont soumis à un précompte mobilier libératoire de 30%.

TITLE: Smart, Sustainable Buildings with TÜV SÜD's Dr. Hannes Raoul Endriß Dr Hannes Raoul Endriß has been leading the global and newly established Smart Sustainable Buildings Business Line at TÜV SÜD from October 2021. The business line covers topics such as green buildings, ESG, digital twins and drone operations.    Hannes has worked in construction and project management on various national and international projects, as well as product owner for BIM and AR software. Most recently, he worked in a start-up company as CTO, operating BIM-capable software on all continents.   Hannes started with an apprenticeship as a draftsman and now holds a Master of Engineering as well as a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Business Administration from Liverpool John Moores University.   Show Highlights   Necessity for existing structures to adapt to increasing sustainability mandates. Emphasizing on transparency and benchmarking in energy efficiency. The critical impact of technology in sustainable construction. TÜV SÜD's focus on advancing sustainability initiatives over the next five years.  The importance of integrating sustainable practices and technologies in building design and operation to reduce carbon footprints. Hannes discusses his role at TUF Suit and the company's international footprint. The growing trend of green building certifications like LEED, BREEAM, and Green Mark. The importance of these certifications in the global market. The need for existing buildings to adapt. Insights on the importance of these certifications in the global market.   “...buildings still can stay competitive if they get [LEED or equal] Certified and if they make measures to improve their performance in a stepwise approach. I definitely see this landscape growing also in Singapore where we have green building certification even being mandatory. Overall, in countries that are more on the wide side of green building certification, there is an emerging trend of getting certifications done and making real estate assets future proof.” - Dr. Hannes Raoul Endriß      Show Resource and Information Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   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 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 .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2024 GBES

  Jennifer Taranto brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate and construction industry. She joined Structure Tone in 2001, where she served as a superintendent and project manager before becoming STO Building Group's Vice President of Sustainability. She ensures that environmental, social and governance (ESG) principals are incorporated into client projects and STOBG organizational strategy.   As a passionate advocate for reducing the environmental impact of the built environment, Jennifer gets involved in the early stages of design and construction to define the client's ESG goals and help the project team create an internal roadmap to achieve them. With her guidance and expertise, organizations around the world have been able to improve people's health and wellbeing while reducing the construction and operating impacts of facilities.   As a founder of the non-profit, Built Environment Plus, and the current Chair of the organization's Board of Directors, Jennifer is a recognized sustainable construction leader and frequent speaker. She has been recognized by the International WELL Building Institute with their WELL AP award in 2018 and the WELL Faculty award in 2019, 2020 and 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Engineering from North Carolina State University.   Show Highlights   Overview of the integration of green building programs such as LEED, WELL, Fitwel, and BREEAM into construction practices. Key strategies of the benefits of forming a green team, promoting ride-sharing, enforcing no-idling policies, and using electric vehicles on construction sites.  The importance of green materials, prefabrication, temporary systems like LED lighting and solar power, and technologies such as drones  Attention was given to reducing embodied carbon and future green construction trends, followed by a Q&A session.  Discussion on the importance of LEED credentials and the growth of the green building movement. Discussion on the importance of certifications for corporate sustainability and green financing. Introduction to the top ten ways to green a construction site. The role of technology in construction, including drones and virtual meetings. the evolution of green materials and the importance of EPDs and HPDs Examples of innovative materials and construction methods being used in the industry to reduce waste.   “You're going to start to see a lot of designs that are going to shift toward lower embodied carbon materials. A lot of our clients are getting savvier and asking those questions. I think the other, the pie chart that maybe you don't have, Charlie, in the deck is the fact that 49% of the embodied carbon is in the building the day that the contractor hands over the keys to the client. So half of the lifetime amount of carbon is in the building before anybody even occupies it. There's a big opportunity there in order to really ratchet those numbers.” -J   Show Resource and Information Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   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 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 .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2024 GBES

Si le titre laisse penser qu'il s'agit d'un épisode technique... détrompez-vous ! L'architecture est l'affaire de toutes et tous : nous sommes les usagers, les habitants, les utilisateurs des bâtiments et des intérieurs que conçoivent les architectes, ingénieurs, bâtisseurs et prescripteurs. Ces derniers sont les gardiens de la "cosmopolitesse" du beau, puisque leur impact écologique est énorme ! On peut caricaturer en disant que cet impact est coefficient 100 par rapport à celui d'un métier comme médecin, opticien ou même citoyen.En effet, le beau "pèse"

      Simon Buckmasteris the Technical & Sales Services Manager for James Hardie UK, the world leader in the manufacture of high-performance fibre cement and fibregypsum building solutions. Simon has worked for James Hardie for over 10 years in a number of technical and operational roles, and is currently responsible for the UK Technical, Customer Support and office team. He's looking forward to being part of the Hardie® Plank Challenge to raise awareness around the Hardie® VL Plank range, in collaboration with a number of builders' merchants across the UK. The challenge runs until November this year when the ‘fastest fixer' will be announced. In his spare time Simon is a Governor for St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School and enjoys taking part in triathlons across the country. Show Highlights   Focus on reducing waste and improving efficiency in construction processes. Reducing waste in production and installation processes. Discussion on the impact of programs like LEED and BREEAM on the materials industry. Shift from cost-focused to sustainability-focused construction practices. Reach of James Hardie in Europe, covering multiple countries. Development of sustainable and long-lasting products  Focusing on fiber gypsum  Fiber cement cladding products. Development of new products and ensuring they meet regulations. Embrace new technologies and be bold and progressive. Importance of mentorship and continuous learning within the industry. Innovations in sustainable products “The main thing is just to embrace anything new. Don't get too wrapped up in the traditional side of it. We're really big in developing, redesigning and pushing the boundaries. We have a saying here which is to be bold and progressive. And I think that fits really well into the construction industry. The only way for somebody that's new in the industry to develop and grow would be to embrace the new things coming through the systems or new developments within the construction industry.” -Simon Buckmaster      Show Resource and Information Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   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 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 .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2024 GBES

Matt Ellis is the CEO of Measurabl, the world's most widely adopted ESG solution for real estate. Customers use Measurabl to measure, manage, report, and act on ESG data on more than 15 billion square feet of commercial real estate across 92 countries. Measurabl empowers customers to optimize ESG performance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, drive decarbonization, and secure sustainable finance opportunities. Matt is responsible for overall company operations, product vision and investor relations. Before founding Measurabl, Matt spent 5 years with CBRE, where he led CBRE's Sustainability Practice Group. In this Climate Tech episode, Jeffrey Berman and Edward Cohen are joined by guest co-host Nina Mesalles, Climate Tech investor at Decarbonization Partners, a BlackRock and Temasek JV investing in next generation innovative decarbonization businesses.(3:40) - What is Real Estate supposed to measure in ESG(6:37) - Use cases across the Real Estate cycle(10:12) - Feature: Housing Trust Silicon Valley(11:24) - Players driving ESG impact(14:33) - Impact on market behavior(17:49) - Defining success in Real Estate Sustainability(22:02) - Building usage impact on efficiency & certifications(24:45) - Measurabl's Real Estate Sustainability data stack(27:19) - Levers for Real Estate investors & operators to improve sustainability(29:45) - Challenges to adopting energy optimization solutions(35:20) - Climate change impact on coastal Real Estate(37:42) - Where will Measurabl be in 5-10 years?(40:05) - Cities & countries leading Real Estate Sustainability(43:05) - Collaboration Superpower: Taylor Swift

Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live. For this episode, I invited Breanna Wheeler, director of Operations for BREEAM USA, back on the program to discuss the certification organization's impressive recent growth. She also previewed BREEAM's much-anticipated Version 7, which will reflect the latest science in controlling carbon emissions and developments in international regulation. Wheeler, whose knowledge about and passion for sustainability comes through loud and clear, has led the North American arm of the BREEAM International rating system since it landed on U.S. soil in 2016. BREEAM International was founded in 1990, about a decade ago. Here's a sample of the topics covered: Inside BREEAM's growth (1:38) BREEAM's new and improved version (4:07) The devil in the details of defining net zero (8:29) Resiliency and decarbonization (11:00) The question of adaptive reuse (13:21) Fear vs. opportunity (17:05) Wheeler's "action" plan for the industry (21:24)

Мы вновь пообщались с представителями Брусники — федерального девелопера, который входит в топ-10 крупнейших компаний по объёму текущего строительства. Портфель проектов превышает 1 млн м2 недвижимости. С начала своей деятельности в 2004 году компания построила более 2,8 млн кв. метров жилья, и сегодня реализует проекты в крупных городах Урала и Сибири, в Москве и Московской области. Брусника включена в перечень системообразующих предприятий РФ. Возглавляет рейтинг ЕРЗ по потребительским качествам проектов. Компания обладает первым (и единственным) на российском рынке жилья международным эко-сертификатом BREEAM уровня excellent, получала награды многих международных и зарубежных архитектурных премий, в том числе в 2022-2023 годах. Кредитный рейтинг Брусники подтвержден на уровне А- со стабильным прогнозом рейтинговыми агентствами АКРА и НКР в феврале 2024 года. Дебют Брусники на Московской бирже состоялся в марте 2020 года. В 2023 году первый выпуск был успешно погашен. В настоящее время в обращении на Московской бирже находятся два выпуска облигаций Брусники со сроками погашения в 2024-2025 годах. Компания планирует разместить новый выпуск размером 6 млрд рублей по ставке не выше 16,75%. В ходе семинара спикеры обсудили вопросы деятельности компании и дальнейшие планы развития.

We speak with Marco Gastoldi, interior designer and Associate at Gensler, who in collaboration with some amazing partners have created the theme of the Workspace Design Show in London this year. The Theme is “Bloom”, and we speak in this podcast about the growing awareness of Biophilic Design, how it has environmental and psychological benefits, that it is based on science, neuroscience and also the many different ways of integrating nature in the built environment.Marco celebrates the fact that Biophilic Design is important for us, that we have a primordial innate connection to nature, an instinct. This connection produces hormones that support feelings of belonging and collaboration which are crucial to performance and connection. Humans are biological organisms and Biophilic Design supports the mind body system in terms of health and wellbeing.“Deep down we are aware that our connection to nature is vital. We forget that recreation is recreating and restoring ourselves. We spend 90% of our time indoors and there is so much data and evidence to prove that Biophilic Design is good in the workplace. For instance the Human Spaces report that proves Biophilic Design can improve productivity by 6% and creativity by 15%. We know that connection with nature, improves individual self-esteem and mood, the presence of water for example creates a relaxing and calming effect.”Marco also talks about Ecological Balance Theory which refers to how we prefer nature resembling colours like green and blue, but not all natural environments are green, so it's also important to tailor to local colour pallet and ecosystems – so it's place based.Marco also shares quite a few examples of where Gensler has installed Biophilic Design. For instance views that integrate nature in the environment, that connect people, to bring them together in moments of wonder. He talks about the permeability of outside and inside and the power of Micro restorative experiences. These are small pockets of nature, which might be more accessible than large interventions allowing frequent exposure to small intervention results in compounded restoration response. When a long exposure to nature can't be achieved, positioning Biophilic interventions along areas of high levels of traffic is beneficial. The Workplace survey carried out by Gensler research institute in 2023, allows Gensler to look at the data and help shape certain choices. You can read it here LINKBiophilic Design can help companies meet the BREEAM and WELL certifications.BREEAM is the widely used environmental assessment method and certification for buildings. It evaluates and certifies the sustainability performance of the building, on criteria such as energy efficiency, material selection and ecological impact. Biophilic Design helps in a positive way by creating indoor environments beneficial to health and wellbeing as well as ecology. Integration of Biophilic Design supports energy efficiency, comfort of the occupiers, overall sustainability and therefore aligns with the overall BREEAM code.WELL is a performance-based system for certifying features in the built environment that impact human health and wellbeing, building design and construction as well as operation. So it looks at air quality, water, fitness, light and comfort, and obviously Biophilic Design interventions supports companies in achieving all these, for instance introduction of natural light, access to outdoor views and greenspaces.We also chat about making #biophilicdesignawarenessday National Holiday..Marco is speaking at the Workspace Design Show in London on 28th February 2024, free entry. The title of the panel is :Bringing energy back to the workplace, nurturing social capital and increasing happiness/productivity in the workspace" https://workspaceshow.co.uk/speaker-marco-gastoldi https://workspaceshow.co.uk/workspace-design-talks-2024 To buy a copy of The Journal of Biophilic Design visit our website www.journalofbiophilicdesign.com or from Amazon. If you like our podcast and would like to support us in some way, you can buy us a coffee if you'd like to, thank you x Credits: with thanks to George Harvey Audio Production for the calming biophilic soundscape that backs all our podcasts. Did you know our podcast is also on Audible, Amazon Music, Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, and most if not all the RSS feeds.Facebook https://www.facebook.com/journalofbiophilicdesign/Twitter https://twitter.com/JofBiophilicDsnLinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/company/journalofbiophilicdesign/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/journalofbiophilicdesign

This week we will be talking about BREEAM. This episode content meets PC1 - Professionalism & PC2 - Clients, Users & Delivery of Services of the Part 3 Criteria.Resources from today's episode: Websites:https://bregroup.com/products/breeam/#:~:text=BREEAM is the world's leading,construction, to use and refurbishment.https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/what-is-breeamhttps://tools.breeam.com/projects/https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/better-regulation-executive#:~:text=The Better Regulation Executive (BRE,regulatory reform agenda across government.Thank you for listening! Please follow me on Instagram @part3withme for weekly content and updates. Join me next week for more Part3 With Me time.If you liked this episode please give it a rating to help reach more fellow Part3er's!

I denne episoden tar vi et dypdykk i den skjulte verden av cyberrisiko. Vi har med oss Alexandra Eng, Senior Manager i Cyber Risk Services, og Anders Strangstad, direktør og leder for Cyber Resilience, begge hos Deloitte AS. Sammen utforsker vi de virkelige angrepene på kjente selskaper som Maersk, Tomra og Hydro. Fra de første tegnene på et angrep til de langsiktige konsekvensene, vi dekker det hele og tar med oss lærdommer til eiendom og PropTech. Gjester:Alexandra Eng (tidligere Takman) - Senior Manager | Cyber Risk Services - Deloitte AS

42 Roles in the Built Environment - Sustainability Consultant "Be curious. And stay curious. Keep learning, and if you see something you're interested in, even if it's a niche thing, go after it" - Wendy Broomhead Wendy is a Partner at Ridge and Partners, and was a founding director of Scott Hughes Design. She has over 30 years of experience in construction, as both a Structural Engineer and Sustainability Consultant. She enjoys working on a diverse range of projects from commercial developments through theatres & sports stadia to schools, universities, and healthcare facilities. Wendy has developed a reputation for being pro-active and client focused. Over the past twenty years, she has developed her sustainability services offering to include Net Zero Carbon, ESG, Sustainability Accreditations (e.g. BREEAM, Homes Quality Mark, LEED, SKA, WELL & Fitwel), Post Occupancy Evaluation and Life Cycle Costing.

  Grace Kwok has over 23 years' experiences in sustainable design and green building projects in Hong Kong, China and across Asia-Pacific, she has led the AEC group to set up a robust sustainability governance structure and is committed to promoting sustainability from the inside out. The Group committed to ambitious sustainability commitments, including Science-Based Target and Net Zero Carbon Operation by 2030, and is a Signatory for the Business for Ambition for 1.5°C campaign organized by SBTi and UNGC.    Also, took the lead to uphold sustainability standards by conducting climate risk assessments using TCFD framework and adopting GRI Standards in its annual ESG reports. AEC Group has obtained many awards for its sustainability governance and ESG initiatives, including Honorable Mention Award in the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards 2020 and Grand Award in the Hong Kong Sustainability Award 2020/21. In support of World GBC's net-zero built environment agenda, AEC Group has joined the ranks of WorldGBC Asia Pacific Net Zero Collaborators in 2021.   Driven by a vision to shape a sustainable future, Grace is dedicated to work with the building and construction sector to build climate resilience and accelerate net-zero transition. She had played a key role in encouraging the early adoption of green building rating systems and worked on the earliest batch of HK-BEAM and LEED projects in Hong Kong. Grace had also been facilitating the localization of international green building and sustainable infrastructure rating tools, including BREEAM and CEEQUAL. In recent years, she created a stronger momentum for the green building movement with ESG and green finance as drivers and leveraged her expertise in corporate sustainability to promote sustainable real estate from fund and developers' group to project levels.   With an environmental engineering background, Grace is a keen advocate of regenerative sustainability for the built environment. She is often invited to share her insights at local, regional and global conferences, including Internoise 2017, USGBC Greenbuild China 2019, International Symposium on Regional Air Quality Management in Rapidly Development Economic Regions 2020, APEC Workshop Training on Retro-commissioning 2021 and BREEAM Summit 2022, etc. She was recently selected to join GRESB Real Estate Standard Committee to develop ESG standard for sustainable real estate and has been appointed to join major government committees to advise on matters related to sustainable development, environmental conservation as well as innovation and technology. ​​ Show Highlights Raising the bar to manage stringent building and energy codes in the Hong Kong region.  Driving new industry standards and creating alternative solutions to the problems the industry is facing. Understanding the local and international standards in the finance sector to achieve a green classification. Driving green capital in the real estate sector by finding common language.  Speeding up different initiatives like the quality of life category in how you present them to a client. Solving challenging problems for clients with alternative solutions shape industry standards.  Working more on sustainable infrastructure to go beyond building.  The city's programs need to align with the sustainable development goals.  Carbon management and climate resilience tips. “Green building is very dynamic and it's got a changing landscape.  Explore more about all the areas related to the green building movement. It's not only about buildings, it's about the people in the built environment as well. When we are working on a project we always remind ourselves so that we won't lose the focus, not just in the number or the modeling. Lastly, encouragement. When we're working on a green building project, you can expect it (the building) will stay there for a long time. You need to consider the whole life cycle of the building. It could become a legacy because it is going to be standing there for 50, 60 years.” -Grace Kwok    Get the episode transcript here!!   Show Resource and Information Linkedin Company Profile – AEC Nature, Space, Science & More | BBC Earth Blue-planet 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 © 2023 GBES

¡Feliz día de la eficiencia energética! En este capítulo Ara y Ana han querido celebrar este día explicando un poco de qué va esta movida y por qué nos afecta y nos interesa a todo el mundo, ¿o es que no te gustaría ahorrarte unos dinerillos? ¡Especialmente si estás pensando en hacerte una vivienda nueva o reformarla! El código técnico que se debe cumplir (pero que a veces no lo hacen): https://www.codigotecnico.org Certificados de eficiencia energética: Passiv house, verde, Leed, Breeam

Pia Ohrling is an experienced sustainability Consultant. She has worked in the building and property industry for more than 30 years and with Sustainability for 20 years.   Pia is one of Sweden's leading environmental and expert consultants with more than twenty years of experience in environmental certification and sustainable buildings. She is a trained structural engineer at KTH, Stockholm and has worked for the major environmental consulting companies in Sweden. In 2010, she started Piacon to be able to influence the construction and real estate industry to a greater extent based on her genuine environmental commitment.     Pia has completed a number of successful environmental certifications, e.g. the world's first certified building according to BREEAM In Use International and Sweden's first pre-certified LEED building. She is a popular lecturer and holds courses in LEED, BREEAM, Environmental Construction and Work Environment and leads training courses at the Sweden Green Building Council (LEED and BREEAM).    Pia is a member of the Sweden Green Building Council (SGBC) and is part of the LEED committee. Between the years 2014-2021, she was active in the Technical Council for BREEAM SE. In the autumn of 2022, Pia was appointed a LEED Fellow – a prestigious title which means that you represent the top tier in the design, technology and development of green buildings. She is currently the only representative of LEED Fellow in the Nordics.    Pia is a committed and competent manager who is passionate about sustainability issues. She likes to farm, create habitats for bumblebees and wild bees, and cook and renovate things.   Show Highlights Pia shares how to navigate all the certifications systems available in Sweden (LEED, BREEAM, Miljöbyggnad, etc…)  to each client project.  The challenges with credits and systems like LEED in different  areas and parts of the world to consider. Adapting to the taxonomy, the European Green Deal, and the World Green Building Council when creating and managing projects.  Pia's shift towards engineering and becoming an environmental engineering specialist and entrepreneur will motivate “who better than you to do it.”  The evolution ALL certification systems need to raise the bar to look at the bigger picture for sustainability and biodiversity. Pia's company specializes in sustainability and pushes clients towards really wanting to make positive change, not just certify their projects.  She shares how to say "no" when clients  just want to certify on the lowest level. “Sometimes we think solutions are too easy. We think that 'Oh we can do that. We'll just change to this way.' But sustainability isn't that simple. There are so many things you need to think about, like biodiversity. There's no quick fix.” -Pia Ohrling Get the episode transcript here!!   Show Resource and Information Linkedin The Four Winds Greta Thunberg: 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 © 2022 GBES

Le sujet : Quand les destinations touristiques ferment du jour au lendemain, les entreprises de voyage doivent agir vite. Le secteur du tourisme est bouleversé par les mesures sanitaires, ce qui pousse ces entreprises à repenser leur parcours client. Après avoir écouté cet épisode, vous aurez tout compris aux séjours tout compris. L'invité : Quentin Briard est CEO Marketing, Digital et Tech du Groupe Club Med, dans lequel il travaille depuis plus de 20 ans. Après 10 ans passés à l'étranger, entre la Belgique, l'Australie et Singapour, il est de retour en France pour mettre à profit les enseignements qu'il a reçus au plus proche du marché chinois. Initiative : Le Club Med est une société d'hébergement touristique spécialisée dans l'all-inclusive et fondée en 1950 par Gérard Blitz. Son objectif : réinventer le bonheur des clients chaque jour, et les décharger de leurs contraintes. L'entreprise détient 65 resorts, partout dans le monde, pour 1,5 million de clients annuels. Si 27% d'entre eux sont français, près de 300 000 sont chinois, et le Groupe doit s'adapter à leurs nouveaux usages. Au micro de Laurent Kretz, cofondateur de CosaVostra, Quentin Briard rapporte les évolutions du Club Med depuis son arrivée en 2000. # Les super-apps comme WeChat, Fliggy, Baidu et Taobao façonnent le tourisme. Le Club Med a installé le paiement via WeChat en 6 mois pour répondre aux besoins de ses clients chinois. De même, le premier site responsive du Club Med a été créé à Singapour en 2011, 4 ans avant le reste du groupe. # Si en Occident, le parcours d'achat dure 100 jours environ, passe par 11 points de contact, 1h30 de browsing web et 30 minutes de conversation, il ne prend que 14 jours et 2 à 3 points de contact en Chine. WeChat permet un browsing web faible, 80% des conversations avec les agents du Club Med ont donc lieu par chat. # La data permet une synergie forte entre les équipes opérationnelles et les équipes commerciales : les ramifications du CRM se prolongent jusqu'au Club. En effet, selon leur origine, les voyageurs n'ont pas les mêmes habitudes. # En 2021, le Club Med a internalisé sa communication. Couplée à un DCO (Dynamic Content Optimizer), elle a été réactive quant à l'ouverture de nouvelles destinations. Afin d'être le plus efficace possible, tout le contenu était prévu en amont. # Le Groupe Club Med s'inscrit dans une démarche RSE avec le programme Happy to care. Il respecte la certification BREEAM pour la construction de nouveaux resorts, Green Globe pour ses opérations, mais aussi un sourçage Agrisud pour des produits locaux, et a créé la première fondation d'entreprise en France en 1978 : la Fondation Club Med. Pour en savoir plus sur les références abordées dans l'épisode : Ulysse : Défriser le monde de l'aérien, avec Axel Guidicelli Cabinet Demain Converteo Agence79 Pour découvrir tout ça, c'est par ici si vous préférez Apple Podcasts, par là si vous préférez Podcast Addict ou encore ici si vous préférez Spotify. Et n'oubliez pas de laisser 5 étoiles et un commentaire sympa sur Apple Podcasts si l'épisode vous a plu. Le Panier est un podcast du label Orso Media.

Virginia Cinquemani is the founder and director of Green Gorilla Consultants Ltd (www.thegreengorilla.co.uk), a unique training and coaching company focusing exclusively on empowering sustainability professionals to become the most confident and assertive version of themselves, and to successfully accomplish their sustainability projects even when their stakeholders think sustainability is a waste of time and money! Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager, BREEAM AP, ISO14001 Lead Auditor and Practitioner Coach, with a lifelong passion for sustainability. She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, a practical guide for those that have a passion for sustainability but cannot make an impact. Virginia is also an Assistant Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Coventry University. During her previous long career at BRE, Virginia was the author of Integrating BREEAM throughout the Design Process (the best-selling publication that for the first time helped assessors tackle BREEAM assessments strategically), and of BREEAM Healthcare (on behalf of the NHS) and BREEAM Higher Education (on behalf of AUDE and HEFCE); additionally, she managed the BRE Innovation Park and the BRE Academy membership scheme. Virginia's book: https://www.thegreengorilla.co.uk/sustainable-the-book More from Virginia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiacinquemani/ 1:30 Introduction 3:20 How do you define sustainability?  16:38 How do you sell sustainability? 22:37 Effective Communication  25:07 Sustainable  - Virginia Cinquemani's latest book 

On this week's episode of the Green Building Matters podcast, we've actually taken some of our Sustainability Challenge education and pulled out some hot topics.    First, we're going to zoom out and talk about "State of the Sustainability Union" and even some really big mandates from certain countries from all around the world, all the way down to local laws in certain cities. And where we're at with our buildings and their impacts on our overall Greenhouse gas emissions.   Next, we are going to give you some of the latest cliff notes on LEED, WELL, Fitwel, GRESB, and BREEAM updates.   Lastly, we have to continue to revisit the difference between "Operational Carbon vs. Embodied Carbon". We've pulled in a couple of subject matter experts from our team to make sure they can really help clear that up on a high level.    Show Highlights State of the Sustainability Union Greenhouse gas emissions problems and opportunities. Energy efficient commercial  buildings increase value for developers, tenants and investors more.  Meet climate standard targets for builders, designers and operators by 2030-2050 timeline.  Global big picture legislation and mandates.  “Design Build Sustainability” will help to achieve green building goals.  Streamlining information and requirements into content that you and/or your firm can prepare for design,construction and operation.   LEED/WELL/Fitwel/GRESB Updates LEED for existing buildings can be achieved by two pathways. WELLness Real Estate  Operating and building a healthy space certification testing in the field Pandemic Response programs for WELL and LEED for your real estate portfolio Attract investors for GRESB with tips to increase your green portfolio.  How to prepare for the Net Zero Readiness Plan BREEM is more than an alternative to LEED.  Learn the benefits, resources and popularity of this system    Defining Operational vs Embodied Carbon: Talking points for operational and embodied carbon.  Understand the evolution of the carbon story and the challenge with the linear fashion for buildings. Carbonizational strategies and tips to understand buildings are living things. Building decarbonizing trends and global government's response to crises. Pathway to net zero for building with architectural design, mechanical design, leveraging building envelope and occupancy scheduling.  Leveraging energy models and best practices using the latest technology.  Carbon impacts and footprint throughout each phase of the entire building cycle.   Show Resource and Information Sustainability Challenge: Fall 2022 Sustainability Challenge: Day 1 Sustainability Challenge: Day 2 GBH Sustainability Challenge 2022 on YouTube   Experts Marty Rozmanith on LinkedIn  Joel Pennington on LinkedIn Kristina Bach on LinkedIn Nick Kassanis on LinkedIn Brian Bollinger on 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 © 2022 GBES

Dekarbonizacja budownictwa jest nieunikniona. Sektor budowlany odpowiada za blisko 40% światowej emisji gazów cieplarnianych. Czas na rozmowę o ekologicznym budownictwie z doradcą i ekspertem w tej dziedzinie - Jerzym Wójcikiem z firmy JW+A. Rozmawiamy o politykach i wytycznych Unii Europejskiej, o prawie lokalnym, o certyfikacjach wielokryterialnych (LEED, BREEAM, WELL). Czy budownictwo zrównoważone jest dziś normą, czy wciąż egzotyką i fanaberią? Czemu służą certyfikacje ekologiczne budynków? Jakie są najpopularniejsze mity związane z tym zagadnieniem? Dlaczego certyfikacja praktycznie nie dotyczy wielorodzinnych budynków mieszkalnych? Czy certyfikacja to marketing? Czy potrzebujemy rewolucji w sektorze budowlanym? Jako, że ponad 90% naszego czasu spędzamy w budynkach, warto być świadomym, jakie mamy narzędzia, aby nasze domy czy biura nie przyczyniały się do pogłębiania kryzysu klimatycznego. Linki uzupełniające odcinek: Firma doradcza JW+A Raport certyfikacji od PLGBC Hubert Trammer o roli architektów w tworzeniu niskoemisyjnej architektury Chciałbyś/chciałabyś wesprzeć podcast Architektura Powinna? Wejdź na Patronite Życzę nam i naszym budynkom niskoemisyjności! Klaudia Lachcik

Analizamos de la mano de Juan Manuel Borras, Director de Operaciones de Culmia los certificados de salud y sostenibilidad que se aplican a la vivienda.Culmia ha presentado unos certificados de salud y sostenibilidad que va a aplicar a sus próximos 25.000 viviendas. ¿Por qué ha decidido Culmia llevar a cabo esta iniciativa ahora? ¿Qué son esos certificados de salud y sostenibilidad?¿Cómo se aplican y trasladan a las viviendas finales? ¿Cómo conviven con otras certificaciones tipo BREEAM o LEED? ¿Cómo se involucran a los equipos proyectistas en su aplicación?Quería centrarme sobre todo en el certificado de salud, que es el primero que ha implantado una promotora en España aplicado a viviendas... ¿Qué criterios incluye? ¿Podrías ponernos algún ejemplo de la aplicación de este certificado en el diseño de las viviendas?También quería centrarme de forma individual en el certificado de vivienda sostenible... ¿En qué consiste?#Borras #JuanManuelBorras #Salud #Certificadodesalud #Sostenibilidad #Vivienda Si quieres entrar en la Academia de Negocios TV, este es el enlacehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwd8Byi93KbnsYmCcKLExvQ/joinSíguenos en directo ➡️ https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pSuscríbete a nuestro canal: https://bit.ly/3jsMzp2Visita Negocios TV https://bit.ly/2Ts9V3pMás vídeos de Negocios TV en Youtube: https://bit.ly/3edxt61Síguenos en Telegram: https://t.me/negociostvSíguenos en Instagram: https://bit.ly/3oytWndTwitter: https://bit.ly/3jz6LptFacebook: https://bit.ly/3e3kIuy

TITLE: GBES - A Look at BREEAM    Breana Wheeler became BRE's Director of Operations in the US in June 2016, launching BREEAM USA in the US market. BREEAM is the world's first green building rating system and today is the most widely used program worldwide with over 2.2 million registered buildings and over 560,000 certifications. Breana organizes and oversees the daily operations of the business in the United States, including the development and maintenance of the BREEAM USA technical standards. Prior to joining BRE, Breana worked for ten years as an internal advisor on environmental and sustainability risk management for large, multinational corporations and was based in London, England.   Breana is a Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and a LEED® Green Associate. She was a Fellow with the Royal Geographical Society from 2010 to 2014. She has a double BA in Geography and Political Science from San Francisco State University and an MA in Environment, Politics and Globalization from Kings College London. Expertise: BREEAM, LEED O+M, environmental risk assessment and management, carbon reporting and management, sustainability communications, training, auditing, assessment, sustainable travel planning and strategy, development of sustainability strategies, Environmental Management Systems (14001), sustainable procurement.   Gregory Patton is a member of the Sustainability Consulting Team at Sustainable Investment Group (SIG) as a Senior Sustainability & Energy Consultant. In this role, he oversees multiple projects related to Sustainable and Healthy Buildings. In addition to managing LEED, WELL, and Fitwel projects for clients, he also provides support to SIG's Engineering Team for ENERGY STAR, Commissioning, and technical expertise centered around existing buildings.   Gregory joined SIG in January of 2022 and brings two decades of operational experience to the team. Throughout his career he has successfully operated and managed numerous large commercial buildings as well as sustainability programs for clients. Gregory's deep understanding of building systems and his passion to create a Sustainable and Healthy Future has enabled him to excel in the sustainability space. Gregory holds professional accreditations for LEED O+M, LEED BD+C, LEED ID+C, LEED HOMES, LEED Green Rater, WELL, and is a Fitwel Ambassador and BREEAM In-Use Assessor.  Originally from Florida (GO GATORS), Gregory has adapted to Colorado life and can be found outside enjoying the 300+ days of sunshine and blue skies that Colorado has to offer. He enjoys hiking, kayaking, live sporting events, and traveling with his wife and son   Show Highlights Learn 3 things sustainability needs to deliver value and go beyond green for better outcomes.  BREEAM's science based solutions, certification and footprint. Programs for life cycle stages for all types of buildings to make significant improvements and not just gain certifications.  The 9 categories to BREEAM's holistic approach to handle the integrity of managing the asset in confirming data. Science driven tools and resources to identify gaps and add value to builds  Understanding the specific BREEAM Professional roles and licenses, educational requirements, and assessment process. Unpacking BREEAM Cost and price points  Carbon and energy efficiency vs Energy Star Regional components Comparisons with LEED, WELL, and Living Building Transparency and clients choice Breeana Wheeler's Show Resource and Information Breana Wheeler   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 © 2022 GBES

Sustainability certifications are more important than ever for commercial real estate owners. In this episode, CPE Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviews Breana Wheeler, director of operations for BREEAM USA, on the organization's "science-based" and "holistic" approaches to sustainability and building certification, and how BREEAM is working to bring clarity to ubiquitous terms like net zero carbon. Here's a sample of the topics the episode covers: What makes BREEAM different (2:25), the business case for BREEAM (8:52), evaluating social impacts (11:54), defining net zero carbon (23:45), preventing stranded assets (34:58), and what's next for real estate sustainability (42:25)

What to do when air is 'bad' James Matthews of Carbon Intelligence on getting indoor air quality right. James is an Associate Director responsible for implementing Carbon Intelligence's Health and Wellbeing service. A qualified WELL Accredited Professional (AP) and Fitwel Ambassador, able to advise how best to implement health and wellbeing strategies to workplaces. James provides consultancy services for landlords, developers and occupiers around sustainability and wellness in the built environment; from integrating sustainability and wellbeing into property management activities to full certification services. He has advised a large organisation to deliver the WELL Building Standard to a 110,000 sq. ft. office refurbishment in Canary Wharf. James has also worked with a developer to deliver the WELL Building Standard for a 95,000 sq. ft. grade A office development in Scotland. Matthews works with Carbon Intelligence's clients to identify opportunities to improve the sustainability performance of managed properties.   Episode transcript: The transcription of this episode is auto generated by a third-party source. While Microshare takes every precaution to insure that the content is accurate, errors can occur. Microshare, Inc.  is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Micheal Moran [00:00:00] This is manifest density. Hello, everyone, and welcome to this edition of Manifest Density. Your host, Michael Moran, here to explore the intersection of COVID 19 global business and society. Manifest density is brought to you by the Global Smart Building and ESG data company Microshare unleashed the data today. I'm speaking with James MATTHEWS, who is an associate director at Carbon Intelligence, one of our partners in the UK. And James is an expert in indoor air quality and he has done a lot of work from his days at the University of Exeter. James, give us a little background on yourself. Yeah.    James Matthews [00:00:40] So I'm James MATTHEWS. I working for Carbon Intelligence. I've been prior to that with a young for 6 to 7 years looking at building standards and looking at how that can be implemented into buildings built kind of from a land developer point city into the base build and also from fit out project level work. So it's really interesting space and I'm very kind of keen to talk about it.    Micheal Moran [00:01:07] Well, we are living at a time with change expectations about all sorts of things. One of those things is the wellness and safety of the indoor spaces that they're going to spend a good deal of their time in a workplace is a great example. Obviously, commercial real estate in the office sector especially are eager to see people flowing back in. So are the people who run cities who worry about tax revenue and street level commerce. So we now know that air quality is part of the demand or expectation that some people have if they're going to go back into these offices. What are you seeing in the marketplace in that regard?    James Matthews [00:01:48] So I think my observations would be prior to COVID and the kind of lockdowns that everyone saw around the world, the well being narrative was all around productivity. And with regards to sort of indoor air quality, it was looking at reducing vaccines and the impacts that that can have on people's health. Volatile organic compounds, I should say, but also carbon dioxide levels. So there's been some really interesting research that suggests that proves that if you have CO2 levels that go over 1200 parts per million can have a real impact on your cognitive ability. So anecdotally, that's the equivalent of maybe going out for lunch and having a couple of points. So I've been taught and it's that kind of slowing down of your mental ability and it's it's all around that productivity piece. If you imagine you're in the boardroom and you've got the most important people in your company thrashing out a big deal and they've been in there for hours. The indoor air quality that's going to be poor. Can you be set? Decision making at the end of the meeting are the best decisions they're able to do. That was where wellness was prior to the shift I've seen kind of in the market is is about reassuring people that the space they now choose to operate in is healthy. It is a place that isn't going to do us any harm.    Micheal Moran [00:04:16] Sure. And it could be a doctor's office where they're making decisions that are relevant to your life and death. So obviously, these are not small issues. So I have to ask, as you're in the world and you're seeing the demand for this certainly is there among people who now feel compelled to go back into the office, they kind of want to know. But what what about the purchaser of this kind of a capability, air quality monitoring? Who is that?    James Matthews [00:04:43] So, yeah, I think you can look at this from a landlord developer point of view. If you're developing your next asset wellbeing, it's very much about sort of 10 to 15 years ago where sustainability was. Sustainability used to be a nice to have. Now it's a must have without. Your asset is already going to be behind the curve against its competition. The indoor air quality and wellbeing is very much on the up and is being used as a as a USP. So I have experience with a couple of projects in Glasgow, in Scotland, and there was a project there that we were working on and they specifically targeted the well building standards because a building opposite going up in a similar sort of time that was also targeting the well building standards. So it's very much about kind of creating a premium product in the market.    Micheal Moran [00:05:34] And of course, well, building is going to ultimately have greater value when it's sold and it's probably going to attract a higher rent.    James Matthews [00:05:44] Absolutely. Yeah. There's been there's been some interesting figures coming from from the US that would suggest assets with wellbeing certificates can come on a high premium bit for rent.    Micheal Moran [00:05:56] Hold that thought. We're going to take a quick break to hear from our sponsor.    Sponsor [00:06:01] Manifest density is brought to you by Microshare, a world leader in the technologies they're helping the world return to work safely. Our ever smart suite of smart facility solutions, including indoor air quality monitoring, predictive cleaning and room occupancy solutions, bring safety, wellness, sustainability and operational cost savings to indoor spaces. Learn more at microshare. I. O.    Micheal Moran [00:06:30] Okay. I'm back with James MATTHEWS. Carbon Intelligence. James, as you confer with clients and advise them on things to do. What is the intersection of these various building certifications? Brim and Well and lead and things like air quality? Do they get credit for doing this.    James Matthews [00:06:49] From lead in the in the UK isn't so much of a big thing. The main driver over here is is Brim, which is fairly similar. There is a cross crossover between well and Brim I think for about 33% if memory serves. So if you do some credits within Breeam, you'll achieve them and well and vice versa. So that certainly leads to some efficiencies. It is definitely becoming more and more demand for in the market and we are talking to clients more regularly about implementing such certificates.    Micheal Moran [00:07:25] And so if you let's say you implement indoor air quality monitoring, is it in and of itself useful to know or are there a series of actionable data points you're going to get that take you down a journey to improve air quality?    James Matthews [00:07:42] There are certain metrics because one of them say volatile organic compounds, and that's generally found from paint or off gassing, from new furniture or plastics, things like glues. That's definitely something you can see generally as a spike in new projects where things new new kit and new furniture is brought into a space. You would potentially clear the office of people for potentially up to two weeks, leave it with the air conditioning units and the fan crews running to extract as much of that gas out. And then you would then bring people back into the office. CO2 wise, you can increase the fan speeds, obviously circulate more and more out of the building and that too will improve the interactions.    Micheal Moran [00:08:31] So I would imagine as you take someone through the process of improving the wellness of these indoor spaces, air quality is just one thing. There's a number of different metrics that you might want to correlate, right? See, you know how densely occupied spaces what what the cleaning regimen is. You know, there's all sorts of interesting questions about decibels and lumens. How much of that do you get into and.    James Matthews [00:09:00] Carbon intelligence. We are predominantly focused on indoor air quality, although clients do want to look at implementing the standard, we will walk them through everything that is required of them and the wellbeing standards are quite flexible. So you can pick and choose certain metrics to to it to benefit your, your particular fit out of your building. And that's the benefit of it. It is flexible so you can choose what's kind of interesting to you and then we will walk them through all the different the ten different requirements as a part of the standard.    Micheal Moran [00:09:39] James, hold your thought. I'm going to take a quick break for our sponsor.    Sponsor [00:09:45] Michael sure is proud to support Manifest Density, the podcast that examines the intersection of COVID 19 business and society. Each week we bring you conversation with global leaders and visionary enterprise nurse who are helping the world adapt and apply the tragic lessons of the pandemic so the planet can build back better. Subscribe to Manifest Density on our website microshare. I o or download it on Apple, iTunes, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, and a host of other podcasting venues.    Micheal Moran [00:10:23] I'm back with James MATTHEWS of Carbon Intelligence. James is an expert in implementing indoor air quality. JAMES Indoor air quality is one thing from the standpoint of the person who runs the building or owns the building, but what about the people who occupy it? You must get questions about how much of this data should be shared with the staff of a corporate space, for instance, and what kind of issues that might raise.    James Matthews [00:10:53] It's a tricky one, I think. If you are the landlord and you have a problem, you might be inclined not to share that information. If you're a tenant, then you're obviously going to be interested in your indoor air quality. I think the benefit of the market of where we are is that the democracy of data or the ability to access data is relatively cheap and easy these days. People can get hold of that information relatively quickly. If you are a tenant, for example, there are certain monitors that have really good standards that are only a couple of hundred pounds that you could implement. And having that information is key. It's the old adage of you can't you can't change what you don't monitor. And it's getting getting your hands on that data, which is invaluable if you want to make improvements and change into your space.    Micheal Moran [00:11:47] There's still that ethical quandary. Joe, if you're the director of h.r. Or facilities management and you find you've got this data, it's not consistently good. Maybe it's good some days, not others are good in some spaces and not others. Do you democratize that data and show it to all the staff?    James Matthews [00:12:06] Yeah, it's a tricky one. I think you'd probably work with your facilities team and your landlord if you're a tenant or if you are the facilities manager working on behalf of the landlord, then you'd certainly use that data to drive improvements and look at ways to improve the space. I think obviously with people choosing to work from home and choosing to work in the office these days, you'll see a shift in occupation patterns as well. So typically you might see higher levels of been in poor indoor air quality on say, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. If people are choosing to occupy the office more in that time, you could then set about strategies to improve the indoor air quality, potentially running the phone calls at a higher rate on those particular days, and then offset by saving a bit of energy and reducing the phone calls potentially on Wednesdays, sorry, on Mondays and Fridays when you have lower occupation.    Micheal Moran [00:13:07] You bring up a really good point. I think when people think of indoor air quality monitors, they think of something that looks like a smoke detector that just sits there and detects the air. But it's really affected by a lot of things. One of the most important is that the quickest way to get poor air in a room is to put a lot of people in and close the door. Right. Because we do nothing but emit carbon when we breathe. And if you're not, ventilating that occupancy data is key to correlate with the air quality, right?    James Matthews [00:13:38] Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. If you if you can marry the two, you've got a really powerful solution there.    Micheal Moran [00:13:45] Well, we've already taken two breaks for the sponsor, so I won't tell our married solution here. But I think that's the idea. And it's not just occupancy, but there's other things that that affect to temperature, humidity. How often do you run? To concern. I mean, you're working primarily in the UK, so it may be that it may not be as big an issue as it would be in places like Beijing or Mumbai. How often do you run into concern about particulate matter, the outdoor pollution penetrating the indoor space?    James Matthews [00:14:15] There's a lot of concern, I think in the UK this fall, especially in London where you have quite a high traffic density. There's been recent kind of unfortunate examples of where there was a child that died and it was linked back to poor air quality because the school was on a on a highway, on a big busy street. And it was it was proven that the not the sort of poor air quality that cars and trucks and everything that was emitting was was a was the root cause of, unfortunately, this child's death, which is awful. It is a concern. And I think probably pre-pandemic when people were traveling more, there was more concern. I think that I would imagine this is my educated guess is that there's probably slightly less of an issue at the moment with people traveling less. But it's certainly it is an issue. And you do see, especially in London in the summer, you do see a sort of foggy haze sometimes, but there's no winds or anything here.    Micheal Moran [00:15:24] In the United States. This is a I almost said burning issue. That would be a little bit of color. This is a huge issue in the American West where forest fires emit a lot of particulates into the air every year. Now, California, Colorado, where I live, there have been recent fires that made it unsafe to be in your house miles and miles from the actual event. I would imagine this is something we're going to see more of. And then, of course, you have cities like Beijing and Mumbai and industrial cities that burn coal.    James Matthews [00:15:55] It is going to be a fact of life for for the foreseeable future. In Europe we are phasing out diesel in the UK, in Europe we are phasing out diesel engines. I'm not sure if that's happening in the US as well. And there is is a huge increase in EV charging and drivers as well. So the future is getting better and it will slowly phase down. But I think that's a fair way to go here.    Micheal Moran [00:16:19] And we can certainly thank Mr. Putin for keeping the oil pumping, but prices are very attractive for oil producers now, so the incentives don't always work in the direction that we might want for clean air. If you were to want to follow James MATTHEWS in your work and or carbon intelligence into work, what would be the best way to do that?    James Matthews [00:16:41] I would visit carbon. See, that's a web page and you can get more information on everything that we do that and find me on LinkedIn.    Micheal Moran [00:16:50] James MATTHEWS James, I want to thank you again.    James Matthews [00:16:53] Thank you. A real pleasure to speak to you.    Micheal Moran [00:16:55] And that's it for this edition of Manifest Density. Thank you, James MATTHEWS, for being our guest today. I'd like to remind everybody you can learn more about how Microshare is helping get the world safely back to work with our ever smart suite of products, including every smart air and ever smart, clean, smart space and energy management, ESG solutions as well. You can find more about these great solutions at WW share. I hope you can also subscribe to this podcast there or on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Google Play, Spotify and many other platforms. Well, that'll do it for this week on behalf of Microshare and all of its global employees, this is Michael Moran saying So long. Be well. And breathe clean air. 

In this episode, Paul speaks to Saul Humphrey, managing partner of Saul  D Humphrey LLP; a professional consultancy practice focused on leading sustainable success. Saul talks about the future home's standard, BREEAM and why now is the time for developers and main contractors to get ahead by focusing on the new regulations. A must-listen for all SMEs.Head to www.get.c-link.com/podcast to learn how you can save a minimum of 5% against budget construction costs on your next project. You can also subscribe to our blog to stay updated with the latest resources, articles, videos, and audio from C-Link. Own The Build now has its very own Youtube channel! Head over there to check out short clips of our previous episodes plus bonus video content from some of our favourite episodes. Make sure to subscribe to stay updated with our latest videos, and whilst you're there, don't forget to drop our videos some likes! The Own The Build podcast is brought to you by C-Link and is hosted by Paul Heming.

Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager, BREEAM AP and ISO14001 Lead Auditor, with a lifelong passion for sustainability. She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, a practical guide for those that have a passion for sustainability but cannot make an impact.Virginia is also an Assistant Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Coventry University.During her previous long career at BRE, Virginia was the author of Integrating BREEAM throughout the Design Process (the best selling publication that for the first time helped assessors tackle BREEAM assessments strategically), and of BREEAM Healthcare (on behalf of the NHS) and BREEAM Higher Education (on behalf of AUDE and HEFCE); additionally, she managed the BRE Innovation Park and the BRE Academy membership scheme.Virginia is the founder and director of Green Gorilla Consultants Ltd (www.thegreengorilla.co.uk), a unique training and coaching company focusing exclusively on empowering sustainability professionals to become the most confident and assertive version of themselves, and to successfully accomplish their sustainability projects even when their stakeholders think sustainability is a waste of time and money!Episode Links Green Gorilla (Virginia's Company) - https://thegreengorilla.co.uk/BRE - https://www.bregroup.com/BREAM - Sustainability assessment - https://www.breeam.com/ SustainABLE (Book) - https://thegreengorilla.co.uk/sustainable-the-bookDeep Work (Cal Newport) - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Cal-Newport/Deep-Work--Rules-for-Focused-Success-in-a-Distracted-WorldDon't Look Up - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/The Future We Choose (Christiana Figueres) - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Christiana-Figueres/The-Future-We-ChooseFour Thousand Weeks - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Oliver-Burkeman/Four-Thousand-Weeks--The-smash-hit-Sunday-Times-bestselle/25942066Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/buildingsustainability)

Managing Director of sustainability consultants Element Four, Georgia Elliott-Smith, and Commercial Real Estate Partner, Vicki Towers, join podcast host, Miri Stickland, to discuss the advantages of strategic sustainability planning within the real estate sector, the concept of Net Zero, why you shouldn't assume that a BREEAM excellent rating necessarily means a high EPC rating and the direction of travel for the energy rating of buildings.

Le sujet : Quand les destinations touristiques ferment du jour au lendemain, les entreprises de voyage doivent agir vite. Le secteur du tourisme est bouleversé par les mesures sanitaires, ce qui pousse ces entreprises à repenser leur parcours client. Après avoir écouté cet épisode, vous aurez tout compris aux séjours tout compris. L'invité : Quentin Briard est CEO Marketing, Digital et Tech du Groupe Club Med, dans lequel il travaille depuis plus de 20 ans. Après 10 ans passés à l'étranger, entre la Belgique, l'Australie et Singapour, il est de retour en France pour mettre à profit les enseignements qu'il a reçus au plus proche du marché chinois. Initiative : Le Club Med est une société d'hébergement touristique spécialisée dans l'all-inclusive et fondée en 1950 par Gérard Blitz. Son objectif : réinventer le bonheur des clients chaque jour, et les décharger de leurs contraintes. L'entreprise détient 65 resorts, partout dans le monde, pour 1,5 million de clients annuels. Si 27% d'entre eux sont français, près de 300 000 sont chinois, et le Groupe doit s'adapter à leurs nouveaux usages. Au micro de Laurent Kretz, cofondateur de CosaVostra, Quentin Briard rapporte les évolutions du Club Med depuis son arrivée en 2000. # Les super-apps comme WeChat, Fliggy, Baidu et Taobao façonnent le tourisme. Le Club Med a installé le paiement via WeChat en 6 mois pour répondre aux besoins de ses clients chinois. De même, le premier site responsive du Club Med a été créé à Singapour en 2011, 4 ans avant le reste du groupe. # Si en Occident, le parcours d'achat dure 100 jours environ, passe par 11 points de contact, 1h30 de browsing web et 30 minutes de conversation, il ne prend que 14 jours et 2 à 3 points de contact en Chine. WeChat permet un browsing web faible, 80% des conversations avec les agents du Club Med ont donc lieu par chat. # La data permet une synergie forte entre les équipes opérationnelles et les équipes commerciales : les ramifications du CRM se prolongent jusqu'au Club. En effet, selon leur origine, les voyageurs n'ont pas les mêmes habitudes. # En 2021, le Club Med a internalisé sa communication. Couplée à un DCO (Dynamic Content Optimizer), elle a été réactive quant à l'ouverture de nouvelles destinations. Afin d'être le plus efficace possible, tout le contenu était prévu en amont. # Le Groupe Club Med s'inscrit dans une démarche RSE avec le programme Happy to care. Il respecte la certification BREEAM pour la construction de nouveaux resorts, Green Globe pour ses opérations, mais aussi un sourçage Agrisud pour des produits locaux, et a créé la première fondation d'entreprise en France en 1978 : la Fondation Club Med. Pour en savoir plus sur les références abordées dans l'épisode : Ulysse : Défriser le monde de l'aérien, avec Axel Guidicelli Cabinet Demain Converteo Agence79 Pour découvrir tout ça, c'est par ici si vous préférez Apple Podcasts, par là si vous préférez Podcast Addict ou encore ici si vous préférez Spotify. Et n'oubliez pas de laisser 5 étoiles et un commentaire sympa sur Apple Podcasts si l'épisode vous a plu. Le Panier est un podcast du label Orso Media.

The data center sector is playing a significant role in getting utilities to increase the use of renewables across the electricity grid and bring about the larger goal of a 90% carbon-free electricity system by 2030, according to Breana Wheeler, director of operations at BREEAM USA.Speaking on the REIT Report on Jan. 24, Wheeler noted that the focus on decarbonizing the grid is “really critical, because while reducing energy consumption is important, data centers specifically will always face significant challenges to either build enough renewables to cover total usage or build close enough to an abundant supply of renewable energy.”Wheeler also discussed how BREEAM's relationship with the data center sector has developed over the years, whether the general perception of data center energy consumption fits the reality, and how the data center sector is having a positive knock-on effect in terms of making other industry sectors improve their sustainability performance.

Miljø, bærekraft, BREEAM, ESG, GRESB og taksonomi - kjært barn har mange navn. Hva betyr utrykkene, hva innebærer de og ikke minst hvordan henger de sammen? I siste utgave av Eiendomspodden gir vi en innføring i teorien bak og ikke minst hvordan gårdeiere i praksis kan implementere dette på en effektiv og sømløs måte. Miljø har kommet for å bli, så her er det bare å gå i gang først som sist! Vel hørt!

Stało się już tradycją, że na przełomie roku mamy do czynienia z różnymi podsumowaniami. Dane, statystyki, analizy, wnioski i przewidywania tego co przyniosą kolejne miesiąca. Zazwyczaj w takich podsumowaniach sypie się dziesiątkami danych, ale … no właśnie, można tez zrobić podsumowanie w nieco luźniejszy sposób. Do nagrania 587 odcinka podcastu BSS bez tajemnic zaprosiłem Mariolę Bitner z Cushman&Wakefield oraz Marka Ciunowicza z Corees. Mariola i Marek są blisko związani z rynkiem nieruchomości biurowych, więc nie ma się co dziwić, że w naszej rozmowie pojawiły się takie tematy jak:- biura- biura serwisowane- coworking- certyfikaty Breeam, Leed czy też Well- PropTechW rozmowie pojawił się też wątek recyclingu, makulatury, opakowań szklanych i sam już nie wiem jak to się stało – wniosło to nieco humoru do naszej rozmowy

Мы побеседовали с представителями компании Брусника, которая специализируется на строительстве жилых многоэтажных домов и комплексном развитии городских территорий. С начала своей деятельности в 2004 году компания построила более 2,2 млн м2 жилья и сегодня реализует проекты в крупных городах Урала и Сибири, а также в московском регионе. Компания включена в перечень системообразующих предприятий РФ. Возглавляет рейтинг ЕРЗ по потребительским качествам проектов. Обладает первым на российском рынке жилья международным сертификатом BREEAM уровня excellent. В апреле 2021 года Брусника разместила второй облигационный выпуск на Московской бирже объемом 6 млрд руб., ставка купона – 9,6%. Спикеры онлайн-семинара: - Сергей Лялин, генеральный директор Cbonds; - Никитин Андрей Иванович, директор по стратегическим финансам и инвестициям, Брусника; - Гафаров Тимур Мансурович , главный финансовый менеджер, Брусника; - Шамкина Наталия Валерьевна, Руководитель группы привлечения капитала, Брусника; - Наталья Виноградова, заместитель руководителя департамента рынков долгового капитала BCS Global Markets. В рамках онлайн-семинара спикеры обсудят вопросы деятельности компании и дальнейшие планы развития.

Мы побеседовали с представителями компании Брусника, которая специализируется на строительстве жилых многоэтажных домов и комплексном развитии городских территорий. С начала своей деятельности в 2004 году компания построила более 2,2 млн м2 жилья и сегодня реализует проекты в крупных городах Урала и Сибири, а также в московском регионе. Компания включена в перечень системообразующих предприятий РФ. Возглавляет рейтинг ЕРЗ по потребительским качествам проектов. Обладает первым на российском рынке жилья международным сертификатом BREEAM уровня excellent. В апреле 2021 года Брусника разместила второй облигационный выпуск на Московской бирже объемом 6 млрд руб., ставка купона – 9,6%. Спикеры онлайн-семинара: - Сергей Лялин, генеральный директор Cbonds; - Никитин Андрей Иванович, директор по стратегическим финансам и инвестициям, Брусника; - Гафаров Тимур Мансурович , главный финансовый менеджер, Брусника; - Шамкина Наталия Валерьевна, Руководитель группы привлечения капитала, Брусника; - Наталья Виноградова, заместитель руководителя департамента рынков долгового капитала BCS Global Markets. В рамках онлайн-семинара спикеры обсудят вопросы деятельности компании и дальнейшие планы развития.

In der zweiten Folge drehte sich alles um nachhaltiges Bauen. Ob DGNB, BREEAM oder LEED: Wer neue Büros plant, kommt an einem Zertifizierungssiegel kaum mehr vorbei. Dazu diskutierten Mario Reale, […]

placemakingpodcast@gmail.com Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin Instagram Understanding the Pathway to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions with Breana Wheeler – Ep. 56About the GuestHello and welcome to Episode #56 of the Placemaking Podcast!Can't wait to share this next conversation with all of you. Today on the show I have Breana Wheeler, Director of Operations for BREEAM USA. Breana Wheeler became the Director of Operations - US for BRE in May 2016 with a mission to provide a credible, rigorous, science-based option for existing buildings to understand their sustainability performance, set a pathway to improvement and to certify performance where there is value in doing so. Breana organizes and oversees the daily operations of the business, including the development and maintenance of the BREEAM USA technical standards. Prior to joining BRE, Breana worked for nearly ten years as an internal advisor on environmental and sustainability risk management for large, multinational corporations and was based in London, England.BREEAM is the world's leading sustainability assessment method for masterplanning projects, infrastructure and buildings. It recognizes and reflects the value in higher performing assets across the built environment lifecycle, from new construction to in-use and refurbishment. BREEAM does this through third party certification of the assessment of an asset's environmental, social and economic sustainability performance, using standards developed by BRE. This means BREEAM rated developments are more sustainable environments that enhance the well-being of the people who live and work in them, help protect natural resources and make for more attractive property investments. ​In this episode, we look at Breana's top strategy for achieving net-zero carbon emissions in construction, common myths about sustainability certifications that need to be debunked, and how BREEAM is different than some of the other sustainability certifications out there currently. There is loads of great information in this episode and I greatly appreciated Breana for taking the time out of her crazy-busy schedule to discuss this topic of Understanding the Pathway to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions with me.As always, if you have enjoyed the show, please subscribe to the show and share with your friends in the industry. There will be more exciting conversations on the shows to come.So without further ado, let's start the show! Show Notes Matt (00:00:02):Hey, welcome to the show, Breana,Breana (00:00:45):Thank you very much for having me.Matt (00:00:47):I'm glad to have you on the show. I've read a lot about your background and some of the main initiatives of your group and thought it'd be fun to kind of dig in a little deeper. So I guess to start off, can you give us a little bit about your background and where you started in this, in this journey, and then we'll take it from there?Breana (00:01:12):Sure. So I started actually in the sustainability field around 2007. I was looking at environmental sustainability for big corporations. I worked for a couple of design and engineering firms, very internally focused. And I was living in London. I spent 10 years in London initially, and then I moved back to the United States and started looking at real estate and sustainability very specifically in the built environment. And in 2016 I became the director of operations for each year in the USMatt (00:01:47):Well, just curious, why London?Breana (00:01:52):My partner is British, so yeah, so I moved there initially, for love as one does. So yeah, it was a great move. And actually at that time sustainability in the UK was really consolidating a proper profession. There's a lot of, there are organizations that support professional development in a really fundamental way.

#027 - Les objectifs de développement durable sont ambitieux et peuvent sembler tellement colossaux qu'on peine à s'y retrouver et surtout à savoir par où commencer. Aujourd'hui, nous parlons d'une philosophie qui nous propose une méthodologie et des certifications pour nous amener sur le chemin de la durabilité: le défi du futur vivant. Nous constatons plusieurs éléments en lien entre le défi du futur vivant et la gestion des organisations. En fait, il est ambitieux et très rassembleur, il demande une approche collaborative, holistique et une vision du futur claire et inspirante.Consultante en développement durable depuis plus de 10 ans, professionnelle accréditée LEED, assesseur BREEAM et ambassadrice Living Future, Cécile de Villemeur a acquis ses compétences techniques à travers de nombreux projets aux ambitions environnementales fortes. Sa passion pour le vivant, issue notamment de ses études en agronomie, l'a conduite à développer des connaissances transversales, qui lui permettent d'encadrer efficacement les démarches d'efficacité énergétique et de développement durable. Elle considère essentiel d'apporter une aide à la décision sur des aspects techniques en se basant sur une approche holistique et bienveillante.Pour consulter les notes de l'épisode: https://www.intelliaconsulting.com/episode27

This is the first episode of Praktisk PropTech in English! We got the honor of having Stanton Wong geek out with Indoor Air Quality and how RESET is now finding its way into Nordic Countries.

We're all familiar with property certifications. Many of the buildings we live, work, and go to school in have them. Some have launched massive ad campaigns featuring movie and music stars. Different ones cover various types of property attainment, from wellness to technology and beyond. Green certifications, aimed at demonstrating the sustainability attainment of various types of properties, are some of the most familiar with big names like LEED and BREEAM amongst their ranks. But even within this niche of certifications, there is a wide range of difficulties, costs, and benefits that these certifications include. In this report, we'll explore the largest, most influential property sustainability certifications out there today, and provide owners with a sense of which certifications work for them. We'll cover: -The impacts of certifications on value and marketing -The easiest certification to attain -Certifications landlords can consider to truly stand out -Insights into the most recognizable certifications available today

Did you know that, on average, the world’s 20 largest ESG funds hold investments in 17 fossil-fuel producers, and two own stakes in Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer? Or that one fund holds a stake in a Chinese coal-mining company? It’s called “greenwashing” — the conveying of false or misleading information suggesting a company’s products and activities are environmentally sound. And the practice and rampant. Breana Wheeler, the U.S. director of operations for BREEAM (the Building Research Establishment), joins the program to outline the issues being faced. (06/2021)

Did you know that, on average, the world’s 20 largest ESG funds hold investments in 17 fossil-fuel producers, and two own stakes in Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer? Or that one fund holds a stake in a Chinese coal-mining company? It’s called “greenwashing” — the conveying of false or misleading information suggesting a company’s products and activities are environmentally sound. And the practice and rampant. Breana Wheeler, the U.S. director of operations for BREEAM (the Building Research Establishment), joins the program to outline the issues being faced. (06/2021)

GUEST: JOHNATHAN RANSOM, SQUARE MILE FARMShttps://www.squaremilefarms.com/https://www.instagram.com/squaremilefarms/https://www.facebook.com/squaremilefarmshttps://www.linkedin.com/company/square-mile-farms/https://twitter.com/SM_FarmsHOST: MATT MORLEYwww.mattmorley.netwww.bioblu.orgwww.biofit.iowww.biofilico.com

Sue Clark is a LEED Fellow, WELL AP and WELL Faculty with Tengbom Architects, where she serves as Project Leader in Sustainability. Sue is also Interim WELL Manager at Sweden Green Building Council and a member of SGBC's LEED Advisory Committee. Beginning in 2006, Sue worked extensively with the Canada Green Building Council, leading one of CaGBC's LEED certification assessment teams and serving on multiple volunteer groups including CaGBC's Technical Advisory Group for Sites and Water. After moving to Sweden in 2011, Sue brought her expertise in LEED to Sweden Green Building Council, where she organized the Council's LEED Advisory Committee, LEED working groups and multiple task forces to address issues of implementing LEED in Sweden.  As a LEED Consultant, Sue has participated on more than a dozen LEED projects across Canada, and in Sweden she led the LEED consultancy on Mästerhuset, Stockholm's first LEED NC Platinum project. Now working with Tengbom, Sue joins the firm's sustainability group implementing ambitious goals for a better built environment in Sweden and beyond. As the first WELL AP in the Nordics and a WELL Faculty member, Sue works to support and educate on the WELL system with individuals and organisations interested in applying better health and wellbeing practices to the built environment.   Show Highlights An architecture degree provides a great education for looking at things comprehensively. A point of comparison on how consultants interface with contractors and different building cultures work with innovation. The tapestry of complementary environmental certification systems and standards of green building in Sweden No fossil fuel resources within the national borders. The ladder of certifications-BREEAM, LEED and Miljöbyggnad.  Tengbom is one of the oldest architectural firms in the world focusing every build to be healthier, climate ready, low carbon impact and circular. Internal competences to address the EU and Sweden's climate declaration, mandates, and emerging legislative trends.  Buildings are not designed appropriately for the future.  Climate adapted building and the tools that address climate risks for that specific location and design strategies.   How cat food and drywall pushed transparency?   “This industry is just so much about personal relationships that I'd say it's really totally worth doing. The other thing I would recommend is beware the specialization, stay a generalist, as long as you can. I think the people out there that are really great at sustainability are really great generalists, and there will always be this temptation to go down these different rabbit holes of sustainability, like becoming a daylight expert or an LCA expert. It's not that these things aren't fantastic, but the more you specialize, the more you have to sacrifice this comprehensive picture.” -Sue Clark   Sue Clark Transcript   Sue Clark's Show Resource and Information Healthy Buildings by Joseph G. Allen   The End of Everything by Katie Mack   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 © 2021 GBES

In this episode, we chat with Luc Wing of Microdesk about sustainability, generative design, AU and lots more, so have a listen! Show Notes Episode Hashtag: #DaaS Here is where you can find Luc and Microdesk on the World Wide Web: Website: Microdesk LinkedIn:Luc Wing Twitter: @lucwingnit LEED BREEAM Some of Luc’s AU sessions from … Read More →

Bryden Wood's Head of Sustainability and Building Physics, Helen Hough, joins Jaimie Johnston to talk about all things sustainable design:From how Platform construction (P-DfMA) helps to lower embodied carbon, to designing buildings to the WELL Building Standard, with COVID-19 in mind.Helen Hough also gives an overview of the various built environment institutions working towards a more sustainable future from LETI to CIBSE to RIBA, Passivehaus and BREEAM. And so much more...battery technology, whole life value, net zero carbon emissions...

Murray Robertson took a liking to technical drawing during intermediate school, which he carried on through college. After considering both industrial design and landscape design, he eventually settled on Architecture. He 'did his time' at a few practices and then found himself at McLaren Associates in Edinburgh where he was introduced to the environmental rating processes of BREEAM. Back in New Zealand, Murray spent over a decade at Stephenson & Turner before starting his own practice, Robertson Architecture Design in 2016.

In deze aflevering hebben we het over hoe bouwen met Toekomstwaarde een plek heeft gekregen binnen BREEAM-NL. Peter van der Mars van de Koninklijke Metaalunie gaat daarover in gesprek met Rudy van der Helm van the Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC).

Desde hace unos años la tecnología de la inteligencia de las cosas que nos rodean, ha dado el salto a la construcción. Si nos parecía algo increíble llevar una tecnología inteligente en nuestros bolsillos ahora lo realmente grande, es vivir o trabajar dentro de uno de estos edificios.*Patrocinado por la Revista Futur Energy*Notas: Para seguir conversando sobre el tema nos vemos en las redes tras #ConGdeGEOSi quieres contactar con la podcaster:@pserranoanawww.congdegeo.wordpress.comhttps://www.podcastidae.com/podcast/con-g-de-geo/Y para la sección del blog, compartimos este post:https://blog.structuralia.com/el-edificio-the-edge-sostenibilidad-en-estado-puroEste podcast cuenta con el patrocinio de la Revista Futur Energy. A nuestros padrinos les podéis encontrar tras la la web: https://futurenergyweb.es/Y tras las redes:Tw: https://twitter.com/futurenergy_Fcbk: https://www.facebook.com/FuturEnergy2.0/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurenergy/Transcripción del programa:Desde hace unos años la tecnología de la inteligencia de las cosas que nos rodean, ha dado el salto a la construcción. Si nos parecía algo increíble llevar una tecnología inteligente en nuestros bolsillos ahora lo realmente grande, es vivir o trabajar dentro de uno de estos edificios.Estás escuchando Con G de GEO, un podcast de eficiencia energética, energía renovables y toda la parte de la ingeniería que se ocupa del cuidado del planeta.Programa patrocinado por la revista Futur Energy.Con el patrocinio de la revista Futur Energy, sí, que una semana más, y como bien indican en sus perfiles de redes, desde casa, sigue ofreciendo sus interesantes contenidos en materia de energía. Os recuerdo que este contenido está disponible en dos idiomas (inglés y español). La distribución de sus artículos las podréis encontrar en la página www.futurenergyweb.es.Los llamados edificios inteligentes o en inglés, smart buildings son aquellas construcciones, que incluyen diferentes sistemas de tecnología de forma integrada y conectada entre sí. Son edificios que cumplen su tarea de optimizar todas las operaciones que se realizan en su interior.La principal característica que los define es el control no presencial de las diferentes demandas que pueden precisar las estancias de un edificio, como luz, climatización o seguridad.Los ejemplos más extendidos en cuanto a inteligencia de edificios son en efecto, los diferentes elementos de domótica, como el encendido y apagado de luces o de dispositivos audiovisuales, o también los cierres automáticos de puertas y ventanas.Elementos de seguridad, equipos multimedia, ascensores, e incluso aparcamientos robotizados, convierten a los edificios en grandes plataformas multigestión.El internet de las cosas es un concepto totalmente implantado y forma un importante papel en la adaptación de los edificios a su vertiente inteligente.En este contexto se incluye el desarrollo de operaciones de interconexión digital en los objetos cotidianos. Por ejemplo la multitud de sensores repartidos por la totalidad de las estancias son dispositivos necesarios para la activación de ciertas tareas. Actividades como la medición de la calidad del aire, la humedad o los datos de accesibilidad de personal en tiempo real, son valores que sirven de complemento para la ejecución de otras acciones como la activación de luces, sistemas de climatización, o el control de aforo en espacios.También el Big Data. Esta nueva modalidad en la gestión de datos adquiere un importante valor en su aplicación a edificios inteligentes.El estudio de la colección de datos que se obtienen con una gestión inteligente de los espacios que conforman los edificios, es fundamental para la toma de posibles decisiones que mejoren los comportamientos futuros tanto del edificio como de sus ocupantes.La gestión del uso de la energía o de los sistemas de video vigilancia son ejemplos muy prácticos a la hora de entender su necesidad.Con un estudio previo, se puede adaptar la demanda de energía según los usos que se vayan a hacer de esos disposivos o incluso, su versión contraria, adaptar diferentes patrones de ocupación de personas, según los niveles de gasto energético (un ejemplo de esto podría darse en la distribución del personal de una sala o de una oficina en función de la carga térmica o de la temperatura que pueda alcanzar). Todo ello es ahora posible con los actuales sistemas de gestión de macrodatos.Y cómo no la Inteligencia Artificial. Esta tecnología también tiene su versión orientada a edificios inteligentes, y supone toda una revolución para los edificios que formarán las futuras ciudades inteligentes.Las operaciones basadas en algoritmos de inteligencia artificial permiten la aceleración de procesos y la optimización de tiempo y de recursos.En su evolución técnica, la inteligencia artificial ha pasado de ser el simple deseo de integrar capacidades humanas a un robot, a trasladar esta versión a la gestión de edificios.Gracias al conjunto de tecnologías que puede abarcar un sistema de inteligencia artificial, en un edificio se pueden prever aquellos procesos que vayan a ser necesarios como seguridad, ocupación, limpieza o incluso la cantidad de comida que será necesario cocinar.El avance en la tecnología que se emplea, unido al aumento de la especialización científica de todos los sectores, hace posible que la introducción de sistemas inteligentes pueda abarcar edificios de todo tipo, como hospitales, comercios, hoteles, edificios de restauración o instalaciones deportivas.De esta forma, los beneficiarios de esta nueva modalidad de construcción somos todos los usuarios.El desarrollo y la mayor implantación de esta tecnología, conlleva igualmente el beneficio de numerosos sectores profesionales. Esta nueva era, hace patente la necesidad de especialización y adaptación continua de profesionales como arquitectos, ingenieros, profesionales para aquellas operaciones de mantenimiento y de puesta en marcha, y también una nueva visión para el sector comercial y para los divulgadores de la materia.Si ahora contamos en nuestros lugares habituales con la mejora del confort, la optimización de tiempo, de recursos y la eficiencia energética en edificios es gracias a la inteligencia artificial.Pero la gestión inteligente de un edificio no está formada únicamente por objetivos tecnológicos, Añadir a estas construcciones sistemas de generación de energía renovable, aplicaciones de recuperación del agua para otros usos y sistemas de control de la luz natural, cumplen con el objetivo arquitectónico y estructural que, unidos a los factores ya citados, forman edificios más respetuosos con el medio ambiente y el uso sostenible de los recursos.Y ¿cuál es el edificio más inteligente entre nosotros?Nos lo muestra un artículo del blog de structuralia.com.Con una puntuación del 98,36% de la certificación Breeam de construcción sostenible, tenemos el edificio The Edge en Ámsterdam. Placas fotovoltaicas para generación eléctrica, construcción orientada para el aprovechamiento de la luz solar, sistemas de recuperación de agua para el riego de las zonas ajardinadas, domótica integrada que regula la demanda de luz y clima, y aplicaciones para el uso de empleados que indican, desde dónde puedes aparcar, hasta la elección del menú para comer. Para mí, esta inmensa oficina, lleva la inteligencia de los edificios a otro nivel.Yo soy Ana Peña y esto ha sido Con G de GEO.Si resides, o trabajas en un edificio inteligente, cuéntanoslo en redes con la etiqueta #ConGdeGEO.Para comentar este y otros programas, encontraréis mi contacto en el blog congdegeo.wordpress.com y en la web podcastidae.com/congdegeo.Las diferentes opciones que hacen de los edificios, edificios inteligentes son las nuevas herramientas, herramientas que para que sean eficientes en su uso, hay que utilizarlas bien.

This week we spoke with Simone Unanue about her work as a sustainable architect and as sustainability manager for the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. She even had to manage dogs and alligators as part of her work! In this ep we cover: - sustainable infrastructure rating tools (LEED, HQE, BREEAM)- how sustainable supply chains work on small scales and large scales (e.g. the 2016 Rio Olympics)- why did Simone need to manage dogs and alligators at the olympics? (new event!?)- how many stray dogs in Rio found new homes leading up to the Olympic Games as a result of the efforts of Simone's work and her team?- how the Rio Olympics got their Gold medals - how hard is it to find sustainable gold?

Together with Julia Craighill, BREEAM In-Use Assessor in the US, we talk about the "alphabet soup of certifications" (LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Living Building Challenge certification) and try to get the main differences between them; we speak about how architecture and sustainability marry and why focusing on business operations is the key; why staying connected to nature bears many benefits - here we touch on the concept of biophilia; finally, what about our home offices - how to 'cozify' our little home nests to stay sane, energised, and work efficiently. Enjoy the episode & let us know if you have any questions!

Vessela Valtcheva-McGee, LEED Fellow, LEED AP BD+C AP, BREEAM International Assessor, DGNB auditor and EDGE Auditor.  Vessela has extensive experience with sustainability in both practice and education. With over 10 years of experience in sustainable development, she has both practical hands-on experience with sustainability assessment tools and frameworks in the construction and development sector, and deep theoretical knowledge of business sustainability, policy and education development, and leadership. While working closely with the business sector as a sustainability consultant, Vessela has also been actively involved in changing leadership through the international NGO green building council network. In 2010 Vessela became a founding member on the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Green Building Council where she is currently President. She works on sustainable policy development, voluntary certification initiatives, and represents the council at the World Green Building Council's Europe Regional Network, a coalition of organizations working together to facilitate industry leadership and drive the transition to a low-carbon, circular economy. Since 2008 Vessela has been a Managing Partner in Triple Green Building Group, LLC - a full service sustainability consulting and education company. Triple Green is one of the first companies recognized as Authorized Education Delivery Partners by the United States Green Building Council, providing the company with a license to deliver professional education curriculum to the international market. Triple Green works with a number of major professional education development companies in the US and Europe to create courses on sustainability and provide both live facilitation and web based education programs, as well as train-the-trainer events. Today, after 10 years of collaboration, the company continues to be a trusted Education Partner of the USGBC. At present, Vessela heads the European branch of Triple Green Group which is based in Sofia, Bulgaria.  In her capacity as a green building consultant who has every recognized credential in the branch, Vessela has had the opportunity to work on numerous green building certification projects of national and international significance. She has personally managed the certification of LEED and BREEAM projects in Bulgaria, Russia, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Mexico and the US. Vessela Valtcheva-McGee holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design where she is an honorary guest lecturer, and a post-graduate diploma in Business Sustainability from Cambridge University. She has delivered guest lectures on sustainability at Harvard, Berkeley and various universities in Eastern Europe. She is a LEED Fellow, LEED AP BD+C AP, BREEAM International Assessor, DGNB auditor and EDGE Auditor. Vessela is part of a recognized group of change leaders of sustainability in Europe working to coordinate a collaborative sustainable development effort with governments and relevant stakeholders across the region. Show Highlights  Learn what is possible when you are motivated to start off in a different direction and don't follow business as usual.  What rating tools and criteria does Vessela use to sway clients to meet their desired level of certification.  The green movement depends on where you are but why is the US falling behind Europe? What are the challenges and success does location provide?  Why the green building may quickly be in a place where certification is what we use to be the average.  How the pandemic will provide a radical approach and focus on green building Vessela's journey of firsts   “It's a great movement. Jump into it and do it with passion and pursue whatever angle in green building you most love and are interested in. And don't be afraid that there's a formula that you have to stick to. That's the beauty of this movement. It's wide open. There's a lot of room for experimentation for exploring paradigm shifts that we've been talking about and haven't quite made yet. There is still a lot of room for growth and great fields. Dive right in. No fear.” -Vessela   Vessela Valtcheva-McGee Transcript   Vessela's Show Resources and Information Triple Green Building Group Facebook Linkedin A Gentleman in Moscow:    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 © 2020 GBES

In this episode, we discuss what sustainable and healthy buildings are, why BREEAM and LEED certifications exist, how much an eco-house will cost you in the UK, and how exactly the assessors can tell sustainable buildings from less environmentally-friendly ones. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sustainabilityexplored/message

Rundt omkring i landet reises det signalbygg med bærekraft i bestillingen og solceller på taket. Vi har Breeam-sertifisering, Powerhouse, passivhus, plusshus, og flere andre sertifiseringer og betegnelser på bygg, der byggherren går lenger enn byggteknisk forskrift.Men sertifisering gir og en rekke utfordringer og krav, for eksempel om kollektivandelfrekvens og fornybarandel. Som for de fleste ambisiøse byggprosjekter inngår solenergi som et ledd for å møte kravene. Hvordan jobber man med solenergi underveis i et slikt prosjekt og sørger for at solenergi gir resultatene man er ute etter?Voldsløkka skole bygges av Veidekke.http://www.bygg.no/article/1427853

Welcome, my flourishing friends! In today’s episode, we are going to talk about wellness and buildings, including different green and sustainable building standards that are out there (such as the WELL Building Standard) and how that evolved into thinking about wellness in our built environment. So, why does sustainability matter when it comes to buildings? From an environmental perspective, we know that a third of our greenhouses gas emissions are associated with buildings and the heating and cooling of those structures. Moreover, plenty of materials need to be produced to build them. When these buildings have served their time, they are dumped in a landfill without being properly deconstructed, which causes large volumes of waste. In places like Canada, where I live, we spend more than 90% of our time indoors. Therefore, a better indoor environment becomes increasingly important. Green building standards have been around for a long time. The first one, Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), was established in 1990 in the UK. Today’s discussion is all about the built environment and how we can think about human health, wellbeing, and restoring the planet through the built environment. Listen along as I give you an explanation of the various features that the WELL Building Standards consider when evaluating the environmental impact and sustainability of a building, with particular focus on office spaces. Key Points from This Episode:• Several reasons why sustainability is relevant in how we construct our buildings. • Learn about BREEAM, the world’s first and leading sustainability assessment method. • The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. • The Green Globes standard: a practical and easy-to-implement framework. • Examples of the kind of infrastructural components evaluated by these standards. • The origin of the WELL Building Standard, what the programme entails, and its accreditation. • The prevalent concerns around the sick building syndrome that emerged in the 1980s. • Shifting thoughts about building energy-efficient buildings while still protecting the wellbeing of their occupants. • Unpacking the condition of “nature deficit disorder” and its plethora of repercussions. • The levels of certification and the preconditions for projects to be certified. • Why green buildings and sustainability are also in the best interest of employers. Quotables: “I do believe that how we build our infrastructure plays an enormous role in how we live our lives and how we interact with the world that sustains us.” — Kristina Hunter [0:38:47] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Kristina HunterInternational WELL Building InstituteBREEAMThe U.S. Green Building CouncilGreen Globes BOMA BESTWorld Health OrganizationLast Child in the Woods Richard LouvFitwelLiving Building Challenge

Jeroen van der Toolen has been living in Poland for over 21 years now. How does a Dutch guy find his way to our country in the 90’s? And what course of events led him to be the head of Ghelamco in the CEE region? His “baby” - the Warsaw Spire, stands tall and proud. It is one of the most prominent buildings in Warsaw. Join us for an episode of real estate development talk, spiced up by some great anecdotes and backpacking stories. Guest bioJeroen van der Toolen is an acknowledged expert in the field of commercial and residential real estate. Currently he holds a position of the head of Ghelamco in the CEE region. He joined Ghelamco in 2003 as a Managing Director for Poland and 3 years later was appointed Managing Director for CEE. Since its launch on Polish market Ghelamco has delivered over 630 000 sq m of modern office and warehouse surface. As the Managing Director, Jeroen van der Toolen is responsible for Ghelamco’s commercial success. Between 2003-2018 Ghelamco Poland under his management has sold 23 commercial projects worth 1 billion 608.9 million euro. Jeroen van der Toolen brought bold vision and innovative strategy to company’s operations and expanded Ghelamco’s field of activity to new market sectors. Creating functional urban tissue that serves the local community and benefits for the city became one of Jeroen van der Toolen priorities. For this purpose „Sztuka w Mieście” Foundation was founded which goal is to improve the quality of urban space through cultural and artistic events. The flagship example of this strategy is the Warsaw Spire office complex with a unique arrangement of its surrounding. Ghelamco nowadays is an unquestionable leader in sustainable development in Poland, with the highest number of BREEAM-certified office schemes, as well as the first certificate at Excellent level for a completed office building and many design and development awards. In 2017 Ghelamco flagship project - Warsaw Spire was awarded the title of the best office building in the world by the MIPIM Awards.In this episode: - you will get Jeroen’s perspective on the changing landscape of Warsaw throughout the years- Jeroen shares the process, as well as the good and bad of the rise of one of the tallest buildings in Warsaw - the Warsaw Spire- you will understand the importance of forward thinking in the business of real estate development- starting in the development business in Poland - a professional perspective- our guest talks about his backpacking adventures Episode notesJeroen has been living in Poland for over 21 years now. To get to know his story better and understand how he got here in the first place, we must go back to his university years. While studying economy in Amsterdam, he decided to go abroad. The plan was to travel to Asia. As most of us know, plans are one thing, reality is another. So instead of going to Asia, our guest found himself in Moscow, doing a traineeship for Unilever and preparing a country proposal report for Rabobank in Ukraine. After finishing his studies, Jeroen started work in Holland. There he received a proposal to go to Poland, which was the consequence of his experience gained in Eastern Europe. Our guest got settled in Warsaw, even though the beginnings were not that great. He recalls that it took some time to understand the city and find its advantages. At that time he was working for DTZ - one of the largest real estate consulting companies at the time. After three years there, he requested to be moved to another county. There was one person that made this transfer impossible - it was the owner of Ghelamco - Jeroens’s largest client. He requested that Jeroen stays and joins the company as Managing Director. Our guest was 29 at the time.Through the years Jeroen observed not only the changing landscape of Warsaw. He also understood how the commercial real estate business evolved throughout the years. Facing change is never easy but it is important to grow with the business, be open to the new and resilient when it comes to bureaucracy. Jeroen describes his vision for the city from a ten year perspective. What is more, he goes into the topic of evolving needs of customers and how developers adjust to fulfill those needs. He notices that the organisations present in Poland are big international companies that have a lot of requirements when it comes to commercial spaces. It is the developers goal to understand those needs and provide an outstanding product. Concluding, our guest would like you to remember to find and pursue your passion. This, combined with hard work can really get you where you want to be.Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel as well as on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Every Thursday we bring you interesting and inspiring episodes with compelling guests. 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Emre is from Istanbul, Turkey. After graduating from Bogazici University Civil Engineering Department, Emre completed Master of Science program in Engineering Management at University of New Orleans in He also has M.A. degrees in Financial Economics and Statistics. He is currently working on his Ph.D. Dissertation and he is a part-time faculty in Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture-Construction Sciences program. Emre has 14 years of experience working in several sectors, including Construction, Real Estate, Transportation and Sustainability Services as an engineer, project manager and consultant. Through his professional life, he has been involved in many projects located in different countries including Turkey, Hungary, Jordan, Mozambique, Djibouti, Uganda, UAE, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhistan and USA.   In 2008, he founded Altensis, the leading company in Turkey, specialized in Sustainability Management and Engineering services. Since then, Altensis has been providing consultancy and project management services for Green Building Certification, Sustainable Urban Regeneration, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy applications in the built environment. By the end of 2019, Emre and his team completed more than 200 Green Building Projects in several countries. As managing partner of Altensis , he received the leading solution provider award in GreenBuild Europe 2018. Mr. Ilicali is a LEED Fellow, LEED AP, LEED for Homes Green Rater, BREEAM International Assessor, and IFC Edge Auditor. He is also an accredited Real Estate Appraiser. He is the Education Coordinator of Altensis, developing Green Building and Energy Efficiency Expert Training programs for interested parties.   Show Highlights Leading the green building movement in Turkey The value of LEED certification Differences in LEED and BREEAM projects Why office buildings and high rise residential properties are going LEED The pros and cons of green building projects in developing countries   Show Resources Emre on 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 © 2020 GBES

Een van die initiatieven om de vastgoedsector duurzamer te krijgen is meeteenheid Paris Proof, ontwikkeld door Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC). Ronnie Overgoor gaat hierover in gesprek met Arjen de Snoo (advocaat bij DLA Piper) en Petran van Heel (ABN AMRO).DGBC is een vastgoednetwerkorganisatie met als missie: het verduurzamen van de gebouwde omgeving. Deze organisatie heeft Paris Proof ontwikkeld om in Nederland de doelen van het Parijse Klimaatakkoord te halen. Daarvoor moet het energieverbruik van vastgoed met twee derde omlaag ten opzichte van het huidige gemiddelde. De Snoo: ‘Paris Proof geeft aan wat er moet gebeuren om de doelstellingen van het Parijse Klimaatakkoord te halen. Van Heel: ‘Paris Proof is een simpele meeteenheid: het gaat om het verbruik per vierkante meter. DGBC heeft ook een duurzaamheidscertificaat ontwikkeld: BREEAM. Dit certificaat wordt uitgegeven voor verschillende gebouwen: van kantoren tot winkels. Het is meer dan een energielabel, want je moet naast energie ook rekening houden met materialen, grondstoffen en management.’Verduurzaming gebouwen De Snoo: ‘Het is niet te vraag of, maar wanneer eigenaren en huurders hun gebouwen gaan verduurzamen. Hierbij is het belangrijk dat het juiste moment gekozen wordt.’ Van Heel: ‘Zo’n moment is bijvoorbeeld de overgang van de ene huurder naar de andere huurder. Wij kijken ook naar natuurlijke renovatiemomenten om een gebouw te verduurzamen. Gebouwen vragen, net als auto’s, ook om onderhoud. Dat is hét moment om een verduurzamingsslag te maken.’Duurzaamheidsstrategie ABN AMRO Van Heel: ‘We willen dat al het vastgoed waarin wij als bank investeren in 2030 energielabel A heeft. We moeten zorgen dat onze klanten toekomstig bestendig zijn. Daarnaast zien we dat heel de wereld focus krijgt op duurzaamheid. Het Parijse Klimaatakkoord gaat écht impact hebben op de ondernemers die wij financieren. Daar willen wij bij helpen, maar we willen zelf ook ons vastgoed Paris Proof maken. Op die manier laten we zien hoe wij het hebben gedaan en daar kunnen onze klanten van leren.’ De Snoo: ‘Met een duurzaamheidsagenda zoals bij ABN AMRO ben je als bank voorbereid op de toekomst en ben je de klimaatregels van de overheid voor.’ Van Heel: ‘We hebben een pro-actieve facility-afdeling die jaren in onze eigen gebouwen bezig is met verbetering met betrekking tot duurzaamheid en circulaire economie. Dit is wezenlijk onderdeel van onze duurzaamheidsstrategie.’Deze video is tot stand gekomen in samenwerking met DLA Piper, één van de grootste zakelijke juridische dienstverleners wereldwijd.  

Podcast 5 – Zielone biuroCo kryje się pod hasłem „zielonego biura”? Nie do końca chodzi o ekologię, a bardziej o środowisko… miejsca pracy. To jak się czujemy w biurze, czym oddychamy i jaka panuje atmosfera bardzo wpływa na naszą efektywność. Dzisiaj przewietrzymy, ustawimy odpowiednią temperaturę i dobierzemy najlepszy dla nas sprzęt w biurze marzeń. A wszystko to w oparciu o trendy w zarządzaniu nieruchomościami.Pytania, na które znajdziesz odpowiedzi:• Ile procent czasu spędzamy w biurze i jaki ma to wpływ na nas? • Co oznacza “zielone biuro”?• Jak zadbać o komfort i zdrowie eliminując LZO?• Jak temperatura, oświetlenie wpływa na samopoczucie oraz efektywność pracownika?• Co mówią o biurze certyfikaty BREEAM, LEED oraz WELL?• Czy o zielony certyfikat można się starać wyłącznie na etapie projektowania biura, czy w już istniejącym?• Jak dbać o biuro z certyfikatem?Swoją wiedzą dzielą się Jonathan Cohen, Senior Partner, Dyrektor w Dziale Doradztwa Budowlanego oraz Andrzej Gutowski, Associate Director w Dziale Doradztwa Budowlanego Colliers International.

On today’s episode of Glass is in Session, we brought Ben Kraft, also known as the 'Glass Man Extraordinaire,' into the studio. Kraft, an A&D sales representative for Clarus, gives his sales and manufacturing insight on the reasons for and the impacts of green design on company-client relationships. Kraft helps answer these questions as we unpack the customers in Clarus' three key industries (healthcare, higher education, and corporate America), and what is pushing them to buy green. Is it because the common culture is really becoming more interested in saving the environment, or is it from motivation to take advantage of green initiatives like LEED, BREEAM, and the Living Building Challenge? Are certifications like declare labels or environmental product declarations just a simple requirement for these customers, or do they just prefer to choose from sustainable products? Kraft thinks the two biggest motivators are wellness and price points. Health, wellness and safety are major factors, especially within fields like healthcare and education, considering the people in those buildings are near these materials every day for extensive periods of time. Same things goes for the back end; B2B clients want to know that the products they're purchasing promote the wellness and safety of the designers and manufacturers creating them. But it's difficult to deny price point is a big motivator. Budgets are always tight, and finding a lower cost solution is always appealing. What Kraft points out, though, is that a high quality sustainable product won't come cheap, and customers aren't being dissuaded by the price. How do we convince the client-side of the AEC industry to keep using sustainable products, how does educating the end user encourage more B2B sales, and where do Clarus’ Glassboards fit into all of this? We discuss the certifications that these products have, what they mean to the companies that employ them, and what this means for our future on this episode of Glass is in Session. For more episodes of Glass is in Session, head to Clarus' site.

Matt Grace is currently a Sustainable Buildings and Communities consultant in Canada and served in the same capacity in the UK from 1995 to 2007.  He has over 25 years of experience and has excellent experience in net zero energy buildings, LEED of all types, Built Green, Living Building Challenge, WELL and many other aspects of sustainability.  His professional goal is to work with project teams to make more of the construction industry more sustainable. Matt Specializes in Green Building Rating systems such as LEED (BD+C, ID+C, ND), BREEAM and BuiltGreen.   Matt Grace – Enthusiasm Nurtured Matt was only 15 years old when he became interested in energy and everything going on with the climate.  He went into engineering at The University of Manchester and specialized in Aeronautical Engineering. Matt then went to Cranfield University for one year of intensive coursework in Energy Conservation and The Environment, Sustainable Development.  Matt wanted to solve the world's energy crisis by building wind turbines. "You can't be a good engineer without having that creative zest as well, it's not just about the science.” – Matt Grace   Proudest Moment Matt is very proud of what they have done at Mission Green Buildings.  He has a great team and loves to watch the interactions they have with clients.   "I am very pleased that I have been able to arrange my life so I have pretty low environmental impact; I've been able to bike to work and most meetings and I can reduce my own personal environmental footprint." – Matt Grace   Recommended Books/Routines/Rituals Over the years, Matt has read many books regarding the industry.  He recommends the following books to our listeners. How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture  by Edward Allen Building Revolutions: Applying the Circular Economy to the Built Environment by Dave Cheshire Zugunruhe: The Inner Migration to Profound Environmental Change by Jason F. McLellan In addition, Matt shares what routines/rituals make him successful. Have Fun Biking to work-avoid driving or taking transit Guided Meditation Have a stand up meeting with the whole team 10-15 everyday-best thing he has ever started.   Matt's Advice and Words of Encouragement Matt earned his Professional Engineer License and advises that engineers log the hours and take the test.  This gives engineers the confidence, logic and rigor behind decisions being made. “I would encourage anybody going down that path of coding to pursue a Professional Engineering designation.  It's really a good backstop for any career.” – Matt Grace To hear more about Matt's success, download and listen to the episode!   Learn more about Matt Grace:   LinkedIn Website   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   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 © 2018 GBES

A huge focus has been placed on making buildings more energy efficient and eco-friendly. From the materials used to construct skyscrapers down to the amount of natural light they receive, LEED and BREEAM certified buildings are changing the game, and not just in the US! Countries all around the world are working hard to create a green cradle to grave construction projects. Engineering green structures don't just stop at large buildings, though. There are some ways that you can turn your home into an environmentally friendly house. Although the upfront cost might be a bit high, often the investments such as solar panels, led lights, and wind turbines pay for themselves. In this episode, we'll walk you through how to turn your house into the greenest home in the neighborhood and the costs associated with it. We'll also give you examples of some of the best in class structures out there when it comes to LEED certification.

Két érdekes üzletember, Barnum és Rhodes alakját idézzük fel születésnapjuk alkalmából. Aztán gyors tőzsdei összefoglaló és lapszemle. Mi mással kezdhetnénk ma reggel, mint a Nagy Bomba Kiemeléssel, amely miatt megbénult Budapest belvárosának közlekedése. No de mire fel ez a nagy haccacáré? Púza András egykori tűzszerésszel beszélgetünk. Négyzetméter ingatlan rovatunkban a BREEAM minősítést dekódolja Turányi Bence (T2.a Építésziroda) a Danubio építésze. Egész szexi célárat adott meg az Appeninn részvényekre. Hogyhogy? Gál Gellért (Concorde Értékpapír Zrt.) elmagyarázza.

What's so green about skyscrapers? What are the top three best ways to "green them up"? How long until owners recoup their investment in green retrofits? Find out with green building guru, Barry Giles, CEO of BREEAMUSA. Barry is the CEO of BREEAM USA and BuildingWise, as well as a LEED Fellow and a BREEAM Fellow with over 35 years in construction and facilities maintenance. He is a past member of the GBCI’s Credentialing Steering Committee and a past member of the Materials & Resources TAG and the LEED Curriculum Committee. Barry has consulted on or is currently working with 150 high performance existing buildings, along withLEED® and BREEAM® services, and has provided operations efficiency training, energy audits, and carbon footprint analysis, to government agencies, major commercial and institutional projects. As one of the founding members of the LEED-EB Core Committee, Barry assisted the USGBC’s education department in developing the LEED-EB training workshop that debuted in late 2003. A Senior LEED-EB USGBC Faculty, he has delivered all aspects of the workshop to over 5,000 individuals.USGBC Faculty are the official instructors of USGBC's instructor-led workshops working with USGBC's education delivery partners.

In this episode 52 of the AEC Business podcast I interview Barry Giles, CEO of BREEAM USA. We talk about BREEAM In-Use, a sustainability rating system for existing buildings. It has entered the American marketplace as a localized version, BREAAM USA In-Use. Here’s how BREEAM USA describes BREEAM In-Use: “In 2009, BRE Global developed BREEAM In-Use (BiU), […] The post BREEAM USA – Interview with Barry Giles appeared first on AEC Business.

This podcast episode is a recording of a presentation titled The Future of Sustainable Building. It was given by Martin Townsend, Director of BREEAM, BRE Global at Granlund Energy Seminar 2014 on June 5, 2014. Download the slides. Watch the video recording. Listen to the audio recording (also on iTunes) The post Energy Seminar 2014 – Martin Townsend, Director of BREEAM appeared first on AEC Business.

BuildingDesignExpert Podcast – BREEAM pt.2 First published Monday 22 April 2013 The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, or BREEAM, has been developed as a best practice scorecard for the construction of ‘Green’ buildings of all types. Assessment is made on the perceived lifecycle of the building from inception to the potential and ultimate building... Read more »

BuildingDesignExpert Podcast – BREEAM pt.1 First published Monday 15 April 2013 The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, or BREEAM, has been developed as a best practice scorecard for the construction of ‘Green’ buildings of all types. Assessment is made on the perceived lifecycle of the building from inception to the potential and ultimate building... Read more »