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piper: decoding healthy & regenerative design

Piper explores the diverse stories of the designers, architects, builders, brands and wellness experts working to make the built environment healthier and more sustainable for people and planet. Each episode aims to decode the complexities of healthy and regenerative design to make it more accessible to designers of all backgrounds.

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22:08

Five innovators from Greenbuild '25

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2026/01/01

What do a battery-operated induction range, hemp insulation, a straw-based structural insulated panel (SIP), a whole-life carbon visualization tool, and product transparency software have in common? Well, for starters, they were all at this year's Greenbuild conference. But more importantly, they're all key pieces of the puzzle when it comes to reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment––and making it healthier and more resilient. From the products and solutions on the expo floor to the

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12:27

Understanding materials through the lens of data with...

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2025/12/11

In 2009, the American Institute of Architects launched the AIA 2030 Commitment, a strategy and framework that takes direct aim at reaching net-zero emissions in the built environment. Naturally, design and building materials are bedrock to achieving that goal. And so, in 2018, the AIA introduced the Architecture & Design (A&D) Materials Pledge and formally adopted it in 2020. Since then, more than 300 firms have committed to improving their material selection process across the pledge's five impact

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20:30

LEED v5: The path to building product transparency

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2025/11/14

Responsible material selection and procurement is keystone to lowering the environmental impact of the built environment and improving occupant health over the entire life cycle of the building. In recognizing this, most green building certifying bodies are continuously evaluating how to rate and measure materials, and how to reward projects for prioritizing the use of those that are multi-attribute––in other words, materials that address carbon, ecosystem and human health, equity and circularity.

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50:58

From Story to Seed to Shelter: A Library Emerges from...

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2025/10/31

The badlands of North Dakota, much like a library, are rich with story. The layers of mineral deposits visible in the buttes and hoodoos that make up the region are like raconteurs of the ancient inland seas, floodplains and volcanic ash that once covered the area 28 to 75 million years ago. But while the badlands are now cherished for their beauty and history, they were given that name long ago for a reason. They're rigid, arid and harsh––a beautiful place to visit, a difficult place to traverse

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56:12

Reimagining buildings as circular systems with Marcus...

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2025/10/23

Can buildings be circular systems? Unlocking overlooked opportunity If we were to think of buildings as living beings, how might that change the way we approach their design? Rather than thinking of them as static objects, they might become dynamic, responsive and adaptive systems––designed to continuously evolve and regenerate. They might have metabolisms in which their resources are reused in a closed-loop system rather than introducing a constant stream of new materials. They might be designed

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01:09:05

Turning to history to decarbonize the future with...

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2025/10/16

Are we too quick to turn to technology and novelty to solve today’s most pressing challenges? Perhaps history and nature hold the answers to modern-day dilemmas––particularly those related to environmental degradation. That is the stance architect, past AIA president and now author, Carl Elefante takes. Though he’s been preaching that message for more than a decade now, he didn’t begin his architectural career with that mentality. In fact, it was about midway through his career that an important

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46:37

Carbon smart: Is all wood good? with Jason Grant

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2025/10/09

We need forests. They’re the lungs of the earth. They’re also home to more plants and animals than any other terrestrial biome. They protect watersheds and mitigate flooding. Provide us humans with recreation, inspiration and well-being. And, of course, they contain vast amounts of carbon and the ability to draw down much of the carbon currently in the atmosphere. And it’s because of this carbon-sequestering quality that wood products––particularly those in the building industry––have come to be

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24:31

Taking calculated risk to drive circularity with...

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2025/10/03

Andrew Ellsworth seems to have an incessant appetite for risk. But dig a little deeper and you see that that appetite is fueled by a profound desire to drive the positive changes that will support environmental health. And he’s using the built environment as the entry point to create that change. In addition to launching Doors Unhinged, the first US company to reclaim and resell commercial door systems, Andrew also co-founded the All For Reuse initiative to strengthen the demand for reclaimed

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26:28

Building from the urban mine with Felix Heisel

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2025/09/25

It’s difficult to capture all that the multi-hyphenate Felix Heisel has achieved and created in the world of circular architecture in the past 15 years. Since graduating from architecture school in Germany, circular construction has been a central focus of his career. He’s authored numerous books and papers on the topic, created and now directs the Circular Construction Lab at Cornell University, and has led countless circular construction exhibitions and research projects around the world,

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20:01

Reducing the embodied carbon of structural systems...

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2025/09/18

In the structural engineering of buildings, concrete and steel are among the most widely used materials. Concrete is actually the most abundant manufactured material on earth. But for all of the tremendous qualities these commonly used structural materials provide, they come with high environmental costs in the form of embodied carbon. And many structural engineers are starting to take note...and do something about it. One such engineer is Luke Lombardi, a senior sustainability consultant at the

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27:02

The critical role of contractors in circular...

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2025/09/11

Michael Orbank began his career as an environmental field technician, sampling soil and water to better understand the implications of petroleum contamination. But through conversations with subcontractors while on various job sites, Michael began to see an alternative pathway that could position him to make a bigger impact in the world of sustainability. So, he went back to school, earned a master’s in civil engineering and initially entered the field as a project manager at a construction firm

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50:11

Riding the wave of curiosity to low-carbon interior...

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2025/09/04

The seemingly benign act of curiosity actually has a very bold undercurrent. It has the power to conquer fear, challenge the status quo, propel innovation, and cultivate solutions. Curiosity is what drove Albert Einstein to revolutionize modern physics, and Walt Disney to produce the first feature-length animated film, which forever changed the industry. And curiosity is what has led interior designer Jenn Chen, a former partner at LMN Architects, deep into the world of circularity and

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01:10:05

Using data and curiosity to decarbonize

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2025/08/29

Over the course of his 35-year career as a structural engineer and as the past-president of the Seattle-based MKA Structural Engineers, Don Davies has guided the construction of numerous high-rise buildings around the world. But nearly 15 years ago, his focus started to shift after realizing how important structural engineers were to lowering the carbon impact of the built environment, yet they often weren’t included in the conversation. So, Don got curious. And that curiosity, in relative short

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01:02:03

Proving the economics of deconstruction

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2025/08/21

In the world of deconstruction and circularity, nearly all roads lead back to a handful of industry vanguards. One of whom is Dave Bennink, more commonly known as Deconstruction Dave. Dave has been working to shepherd deconstruction and reuse into the mainstream for the better part of three decades. He brought a reuse innovation center to Bellingham, Washington and is now developing one in New York City. He founded the Building Deconstruction Institute, has led countless deconstruction efforts in

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14:00

Finding sustainable material solutions in the urban mine

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2025/08/14

It’s estimated that more than 12 million tons of wood is landfilled every year in the US. And this figure doesn’t even take into account the 46 million metric tons of urban lumber that is either landfilled, chipped or burned. In both scenarios, this is wood that still has tremendous economic and environmental value. And often, it’s wood that is rich with history and story. Luckily, there are some intrepid entrepreneurs working to extend the life of this valuable wood by rescuing and processing it,

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16:12

The economy of circular design

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2025/07/29

In the race to reduce the carbon impact of the built environment, and address planetary health and human health, circularity has become a key strategy. But, until more recently, circularity was almost like that one missing Lego piece needed to complete the build. And, as it turns out, that piece was actually sitting right in front of you the whole time…you just didn’t recognize it. Still, even with the prospect of this piece getting you closer to completion, it’s not always as simple as clicking it

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38:17

Designing in a material world

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2025/06/27

Take a moment to look around your current environment. Have you ever noticed just how many materials went into the makeup of your immediate surroundings? Materials are everywhere and in everything we come into contact with. As such, they have a massive impact on us and the planet. And there’s a level of complexity in understanding that impact that drew architect Simona Fischer to study them. Today, Simona is the director of sustainable practice at MSR Design based in Minneapolis. And with the

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26:25

Reimagining suburban architecture to commune with nature

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2025/06/11

Is it possible to feel like you are genuinely rooted in nature while living in the middle of suburbia? That was the hypothesis architects Matthew and Maria Salenger of coLAB studio set out to test––and they used their 1950s Cedar Street suburban tract home as the test ground. In fact, they embarked on a study of sorts. A study that would span several years and evolve into something much larger than either likely imagined. As they began to rethink the way one could live in suburbia, they unearthed

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52:15

Architecting wellbeing: How designers impact human...

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2025/05/15

Dr. Esther Sternberg may not have predicted she would author several books on the built environment’s impact on human health. After all, until 2012, she was working as a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) studying the brain-immune connection. But a chance encounter in 2000 with the then-research director for the US General Services Administration (GSA) would forever change the trajectory of her research work––and it started with one question, “Can we measure the impact of a

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49:51

Designing to Mitigate Chronic Disease and Promote...

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2025/05/02

Have you ever met one of those people who seems like they’ve already lived a thousand lives in just a matter of decades? Well, Dr. Gautam Gulati (or Dr. G as he prefers) is one of the humans…or rather super humans. He’s earned multiple degrees, from medical to business to design, launched several successful ventures, and speaks around the world...and that's the short list. And the golden thread through each of these endeavors? Changing people’s lives. Of course, Dr. G. also doesn’t shy away from

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