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The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Do green buildings matter to you? This podcast fuels your fire with inspiring interviews from industry and nonprofit leaders across the built environment. Not sure if green building matters? Listen to the personal stories of our guests and let Charlie"s passion help convince you why green buildings are essential to our shared future. Each episode illustrates a unique journey through sustainability and towards resilience. Charlie explores the challenges and celebrations of the movers and shakers in

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A More Sustainable and Resilient City with Mike Hess

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti ·

2019/06/05

A More Sustainable and Resilient City with Mike Hess Mike Hess is the Smart City Project Director in Orlando, Florida. He was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin. He graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Mike spent most of his life in Wisconsin and then was recruited by an engineering company in Orlando and focused on mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering for buildings. “My background is in mechanical engineering but I quickly switched to an energy and sustainability focus

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The Importance of Sustainability with Susan Kaplan

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2019/05/29

BuildingWrx is a firm founded by Susan Kaplan for the purpose of providing collaborative solutions for greening buildings, sites, cities and businesses, and finding more equitable solutions for all design, planning and community endeavors. Clients have included GSA, Community Environmental Center, Perkins Eastman Architects, NYSERDA (via Sustainable Performance Consulting, Inc.), Federal Reserve Bank and The RockefellerGroup. Susan Kaplan - Get To Know Susan Before her company went all-in on

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Sustainability & Interior Design with Susan El-Naggar

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2019/05/22

Susan El-Naggar is a LEED Green Associate and WELL AP and along with her husband, Tarik, AIA both are principals at Healing Environments. Susan has over 20 years of experience as an interior designer. She received her education for interior design at The International Academy of Design & Technology in Chicago and completed additional studies in Portugal, Egypt, Israel, and Montreal. She has worked on a variety of projects in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and California. Susan is an NCIDQ certified

Leveraging Lighting and Sustainable Design with Mark...

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti ·

2019/05/15

Mark Loeffler is a professional member of the International Association of Lighting Designers and a LEED Fellow and has practiced lighting and sustainable design consulting for more than 30 years. Based in the New Haven area, Mark enjoys working with innumerable architects, engineers, organizations, and institutions across the Northeast US on a wide range of ambitious and notable projects of every type and scale. Mark collaborates with architects, engineers, planners, and facility managers to help