Podcast
Radio BE-Ex
Hosted by Building Energy Exchange · EN
Radio BE-Ex is a live podcast series by Building Energy Exchange that features industry leaders working at the intersection of buildings, energy, and sustainability. Radio BE-Ex is made possible across 2022 through the generous support of National Grid.
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Evolving to Meet Community Needs with Tara Stitzlein
Apr 1500:36:20Tap to summarizeTara Stitzlein, Chief Executive Officer of Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Basalt, Colorado, discusses how CORE has served as the community’s energy advocates for more than three decades, helping to decarbonize the built environment through community solar and eventually electrifying fossil-fuel powered systems. Visit aspencore.org to learn about CORE including their mission, impact, and history.This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building energy efficiency and decarbonization across the nation. Learn more about the BPP: https://buildingperformancepartnership.org/.
Transcribe →Continuously Improving Buildings at Different Scales with Theresa Backhus
Aug 1200:32:15Tap to summarizeTheresa Backhus, Director of The Building Innovation Hub in Washington, D.C., discusses the neighborhood, city, state, and regional scales of making better buildings and transforming neighborhoods to positively impact the people living, working, and playing in them. This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building energy efficiency and decarbonization across the nation. Learn more about the BPP: be-exchange.org/our-network.
Transcribe →Creating a One-Stop-Shop for Illinois Building Owners with Katie Kaluzny
Jul 100:35:51Tap to summarizeKatie Kaluzny, Director of The Building Energy Hub in Illinois, discusses her decades-long career in nonprofit education and her current role growing a one-stop-shop resource center for building owners in the state to comply with green building laws and improve the efficiency of their buildings. This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building energy efficiency and decarbonization across the nation. Learn more about the BPP: be-exchange.org/our-network.
Transcribe →The Lighting Controls Revolution with Thomas Mnich
Jun 1700:38:39Tap to summarizeGerman-born lighting design expert Thomas Mnich, Sales Manager at Lutron, joins Radio BE-Ex in this special Daylight Hour episode to discuss all things lighting: the dynamic between electric light and daylight, the extraordinary impact lighting can have on the human experience, and the power of the dimmer.Hear about the future of lighting design and the role that it plays in advancing sustainability in the built environment.
Transcribe →Making Buildings Healthy in St. Louis and Beyond with Malachi Rein
Apr 22, 202500:35:41Tap to summarizeMalachi Rein shares the experiences that led him to the role of Director of Building Energy Exchange St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) and the need to engage with various groups in the community to help make buildings in St. Louis healthy, resilient, and energy efficient.This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership, engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building energy efficiency and decarbonization across the nation. Learn more: be-exchange.org/our-network.
Transcribe →Creating a Livable and Just NYC with Katie Schmid
Sep 17, 202400:27:05Tap to summarizeKatie Schmid, Deputy Executive Director at the NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, joins Radio BE-Ex for a conversation on the City's efforts to tackle environmental justice (EJ) in the building industry. Hear about the strategies underway to incorporate EJ into building decarbonization and clean energy infrastructure and how the city documents and analyzes EJ in historically disinvested and disenfranchised communities.
Transcribe →The Power of Education with In Cho
May 7, 2024Tap to summarizeIn this episode, BE-Ex Director of Educational Resources Katie Schwamb discusses the importance of education with In Cho, a professor and architect who has started her own non-profit, Passive House for Everyone. Listen for an in-depth conversation on Passive House principles, empowering students, and In's successful career path.
Transcribe →Scaling Climate Innovation with Pat Sapinsley
Feb 27, 202400:44:52Tap to summarizeRadio BE-Ex is kicking off a new season with a conversation with Pat Sapinsley, a BE-Ex board member and Advisor to the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Tune in to hear Pat share her thoughtful insights on the speed of innovation in energy efficiency and architecture, the ability to scale climate tech solutions, and on her storied career with transitions into different fields.
Transcribe →Plugging the Holes in Our Walls
Jul 17, 202300:07:41Tap to summarizeWeatherization is a great first step for building owners to improve efficiency, decrease utility bills, improve occupant comfort, and pave the way for major capital improvements that enable long-term LL97 compliance. BE-Ex's Nicol La Cumbre-Gibbs dives into the what, why, and how of weatherization in this Radio BE-Ex short.
Transcribe →Shining Light on Healthy Buildings with Sara Karerat
May 18, 202300:32:58Tap to summarizeRadio BE-Ex presents a 2022 interview with Sara Karerat, Managing Director at Center for Active Design (CfAD), covering the connection between public health and the built environment, and the expanding body of research that underpins CfAD's Fitwel healthy building certification system.
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