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Healthy Spaces

Trane Technologies

Welcome to the Healthy Spaces podcast, where we explore how climate technology and innovation are transforming the spaces where we live, work, learn, and play. This season, we’ll explore how technology and AI can drive business growth, and help the planet breathe a little bit easier.

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30:34

Spilling the Tea: Inside the Conversations Powering...

Healthy Spaces ·

2025/11/11

At Climate Week NYC 2025, the message was clear: progress on sustainability happens when industries come together. From data to construction to commercial real estate, collaboration and innovation are turning ambition into action. In this special episode, recorded live at Trane Technologies’ “Spilling the Tea” panel discussion during Climate Week NYC, we sit down with three leaders driving real change: Holly Paeper, President, Commercial HVAC Americas at Trane Technologies; Julia Gisewite,

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35:31

Rebuilding The Future: The New Circular Blueprint

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2025/10/28

The world is waking up to a new reality: recycling alone won’t fix our waste problem. To build a truly sustainable future, we need to go circular - rethinking how we design, use, and recover the materials that shape our lives. We can beat the endless downcycle by designing smarter, innovating materials, and even dreaming up new consumption models. This isn’t recycling 2.0. It’s the blueprint for a new economy, one that preserves value, reduces strain on natural resources, and transforms

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29:59

Cooling the Cloud: Innovation at the Heart of Data...

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2025/10/14

The digital world is expanding at lightning speed, powered by vast data centers that have become the critical infrastructure of our time. From streaming services to AI breakthroughs, these facilities are the engines of growth and innovation. But with that power come important challenges: massive energy use, complex cooling demands, and the need to rethink sustainability in an industry in continuous evolution. In this episode, we hear from Scott Smith, Director of Mission Critical Offerings

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35:20

Cool Air, Hot Takes - Buildings As Batteries: Demand...

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2025/10/07

Bonus Feed Drop: one of our favorite episodes from our good friends at Trane's Cool Air, Hot Takes podcast!What if your building could act like a battery—and get paid for it?In this episode of Cool Air, Hot Takes, hosts Charlie Jelen and Dan Gentry talk with Adam Scarsella, Director of Sales at Voltus, about how demand response and virtual power plants are transforming energy use. From chillers to controls, they break down how smart buildings are shedding loads, shifting demand, and

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37:58

AI for the Planet: From Tech Labs to Real Life

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2025/09/30

Fighting climate change means juggling a thousand moving parts, from how we power our cities to how insects sustain our ecosystems. Artificial intelligence is uniquely equipped to take on that scale of challenge, analyzing massive data sets, predicting problems before they happen, and unlocking solutions humans alone could never achieve. In this episode, hosts Dominique Silva and guest co-host Rebecca Handfield (BrainBox AI) speak with Jean-Simon Venne, co-founder of BrainBox AI and leader

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33:45

Big Things Are Possible: Scaling Sustainability

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2025/09/16

The journey to a sustainable future is built project by project, idea by idea. That means from small businesses to schools, hospitals, and even skyscrapers with their own zip codes. The lesson is the same: when creativity, collaboration , and courage come together, big things are possible anywhere.In this episode, we speak to Dan Palino, Chief Operating Officer of New Water Street Corporation; Scott Lewin, Energy Services Leader at Trane; Holly Paeper, President of Commercial HVAC Americas

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29:53

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO’s Perspective

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2025/09/02

The intersection of finance and sustainability is dynamic and full of opportunity. Far from existing in separate lanes, the two are increasingly intertwined, working together to fuel growth, spark innovation and create lasting value. At its core, sustainability isn’t a trade-off against profitability; it’s a powerful driver of it. With the right investments, businesses can strengthen their bottom line while delivering benefits that extend to shareholders, society and the planet. In this

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30:53

Connecting The Dots: Unlocking Innovation with...

Healthy Spaces ·

2025/08/19

Break down those barriers and shake off that siloed thinking: sustainability, technology, and innovation have never been more aligned. All it takes is a change in perspective! Pioneering leaders around the world are now viewing sustainability not just as a requirement, but as an opportunity. With experienced guidance, cutting-edge initiatives are now thriving in a place where sustainability and growth are tightly intertwined.In this episode, we speak to Mauro J. Atalla, Senior Vice

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34:25

Electrification in Transport: Reducing Carbon...

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2025/08/05

Electric vehicles are growing in popularity – small cars, SUVs, even pickup trucks. But what about electric long-haul tractor trailers?It’s true that, owing to the size of the batteries required, electrification of heavy-hauling trucks is a difficult task. However, disruptive innovators have capitalized on this gap in the sector. Thanks to groundbreaking electrification solutions, one customer was able to drive 265,000 kilometers over two years without ever re-charging his trailer

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37:10

Embodied Carbon: The First Movers of the Built...

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2025/07/22

The cause of global warming isn’t a mystery: we’ve been reliant on burning fossil fuels for centuries. Our carbon emissions are a big problem, but what if carbon could be part of the solution? There are many solutions that can contribute to reducing our emissions footprint, from the transition to renewable energy, to sustainable consumption, production, and building practices. And for the first movers in the sustainability space, the opportunities for innovation are endless. In this

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32:33

Cool Air, Hot Takes: Get The Scoop on Decarbonization

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2025/07/08

Working toward a sustainable tomorrow is a collaborative and mutual effort. We go farther when we go together. Taking a holistic approach to sustainability might mean looking at operations, supply chain, and equipment efficiencies. And linking that up are the engineers who know the market, the technologies, and the systems approach that can magnify impact. In this episode, we speak Charles Jelen, Sales Leader for Sustainable Systems and Dan Gentry, Applications Engineer at Trane. By day,

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33:54

Harnessing Heat: The Tech Solution For Cooler Buildings

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2025/06/24

Buildings are responsible for more than a third of global energy consumption and emissions, with much of that energy use attributed to day-to-day heating and cooling needs. The challenge to meet ambitious sustainability targets means addressing the impact of the buildings. But, could they present the biggest opportunity of all? In this episode, we speak to Jose La Loggia, Group President EMEA at Trane Technologies, and Stan Van Hastenberg, Sustainability Lead at Organon, a global

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2:05

We're Back! - Introducing Healthy Spaces Season 5

Healthy Spaces ·

2025/06/10

Welcome to Season 5 of the Healthy Spaces Podcast by Trane Technologies, the podcast where experts and disruptors explore how climate technology and innovation are transforming the spaces where we live, work, learn and play. This season, hosts Dominique Silva and Scott Tew are bringing you a fresh batch of uplifting stories, featuring inspiring people who are overcoming challenges to drive positive change across multiple industries. We’ll explore how technology and AI can drive business

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29:06

Spilling the Tea on Sustainability

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2024/10/04

Reducing our impact on the climate can seem like an overwhelming task. But the truth is, leaders across sectors and industries are working tirelessly to make a difference – and many of those leaders are women. In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, women sustainability leaders gather for a “Spilling the Tea” panel discussion during Climate Week NYC. The conversation, which was recorded live from the Tea Room of BG Restaurant inside Bergdorf Goodman, explores the collaborations,

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13:11

Building Zero

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2024/09/23

Net-zero is a large-scale ambition: Developing innovative climate technologies is key, but decarbonization also requires vision and implementation across industries and sectors. So how might partnering with future-oriented academic innovators help companies develop transformational, long-term strategies? Trane Technologies VP of Sustainability Scott Tew sits down with Dr. Valerie Karplus, Ph.D. of the Scott Institute for Energy and Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the

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15:49

True Story

Healthy Spaces ·

2024/09/17

As companies work to address the challenge of sustainability, they face a secondary challenge along the way: How do they capture and share that work? Effective communications are essential in transforming sustainability from a buzzword into a movement. In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, host Scott Tew facilitates a conversation between Suzanne Shelton, Founder of Shelton Group and Senior Partner with ERM Shelton, and Carrie Ruddy, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at

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16:27

Climate and Water

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2024/09/09

Sustainability leaders must balance big picture, aspirational goals with practical solutions that meet customers’ needs. Remarkably, one of the most consistent needs from customers is clean, available water. So what role should water play in sustainability strategy? In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, Emilio Tenuta, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer of Ecolab, joins host Scott Tew for a conversation about the impact of climate change on our water, the

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30:10

Sustainable Futures

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2024/08/26

Ensuring we achieve a sustainable future is a team effort. But it's not just the citizens of today that need to work together - it's those of tomorrow, too. So how can we leverage a team approach to support the next generation of climate innovators?In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, Deidra Parrish Williams, Global Corporate Citizenship Leader at Trane Technologies; Alyssa Sharpe, CEO of DigiBridge; and Tyler, Texas science teacher Courtney Clague join us for a conversation about

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29:21

Farm to Fork

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2024/08/19

Globally, 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food loss and waste. A significant portion of that loss happens during transport. So how can innovative climate tech help reduce both food waste and carbon emissions? By creating a smarter and more efficient cold chain, from farm to fork. In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, Trane Technologies Marketing Leader Dominique Silva sits down with Claudio Zanframundo, President of Thermo King EMEA, and Renier Du Preez, CEO at

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34:05

Digital Transformation

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2024/08/12

How can the digital transformation of the built environment and the cold chain impact sustainability? In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, host Oakley Roberts speaks with Riaz Raihan, chief digital officer of Trane Technologies and Bob Irvin and Ryan Rutledge from Joules Accelerator, the largest climate tech incubator in the southeastern U.S. "There's a massive amount of goodness that comes out of this. It's not just about cost, but it's also about greenhouse emissions. It's

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