Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-Third episode of Carbon climates is officially published!

This is officially the first episode of Season 2, bringing in a new season of climate career content!

This episode I have on Adam Magill from A&L Goodbody

Adam Magill joined the carbon cli-mates podcast to shed light on his work in environmental and energy law. He discussed his role in wind energy projects, planning regulations, and renewable initiatives in Northern Ireland—proving that lawyers don’t just deal with hot air, but sometimes a strong breeze too! 🌬️

Throughout the conversation, Adam highlighted key events and engagements involving A&L Goodbody, showcasing the firm's commitment to sustainability and legal frameworks for renewable energy. He also touched on his collaboration with RenewableNI, emphasizing the crucial role of legal expertise in shaping the future of clean energy.

As Always Plenty of Puns along the way

Link below to some items talked about in the episode:

A&L Goodbody LLP | Corporate Law Firm

RenewableNI - The voice of NI's renewable electricity industry

Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-Second episode of Carbon climates is officially published

This episode I have on Conor Gallagher from Mott MacDonald Belfast.

This episode focuses on Conor's role as a Principal Mechanical Building services engineer. Conor discloses what he loves most about his job, his experience to date and emphasises the crucial need for more individuals to join the Building services sector. Conor is also Chair of the Northern Ireland CIBSE committee and responsible for overseeing the organisation of CPDs, Black tie dinners and social meet-up throughout the region.

As always plenty of puns along the way

Link below to some items

Mott MacDonald | Innovative Engineering, Management & Development Solutions | Mott MacDonald

https://www.engc.org.uk/regcheck/

CIBSE Northern Ireland Region

Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-first episode of the podcast is officially published. The title is 'Lets get Amped: Watts Current for Energy Transmission?'. This episode I have on the Brilliant Margaret Taggart who is a Design Transmission Engineer for NIE Networks. Margaret talks about the inspirations at the start of her career as well as what she loves most about her job. Margaret is also Chair of IET's Young professional network hosting a range of wonderful lectures and events throughout the year.

Link below to all items talked about in todays episode:

Information on the Engineering graduate programme | Northern Ireland Electricity Networks

Howdy All, Happy to say the 20th episode of Carbon climates is officially here.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Orla Kearney, a Sustainability Engineer at ARUP, and it was an absolute honor.

Orla shared an insightful overview of her career journey, starting from her role at a local newspaper's picture desk to studying civil engineering at Trinity College Dublin. She also discussed how she landed an industrial placement with ARUP, which led to her becoming a Graduate Structural Engineer.

In this episode, Orla emphasizes the importance of addressing embodied carbon and provides valuable insights into Life Cycle Analysis assessments.

In addition to her work at ARUP, Orla is a former head of Struct IE NI & Ireland and currently serves on the Engineers Ireland committee. She's also a STEM ambassador and advocates for equal representation in the engineering field.

Links below to items talked about in todays episode:

ISE102-00 1..4

STEM Ambassadors

Howdy All! Happy to say the nineteenth episode of Carbon climates is officially published

This episode she is back by popular demand, Hannah Ireland from Waterman Group in London.

Hannah takes us through the process of obtaining her Low Carbon Energy Assessment qualification with CIBSE and the process of completing here Low Carbon consulting exam, as well as stressing the importance of CPD hours towards the application. We also talk about Hannah's exciting new role of joining the CIBSE Young Engineers committee in London. This episode was so much fun to film and Hannah gives excellent advice for anyone starting out in the industry. Since recording time Hannah has been busy obtaining her On Construction Domestic Energy Assessment Accreditation and still remains active in the CIBSE YEN committee.

As always plenty of puns along the way!

Link below to some items

Howdy All! Happy to say the eighteenth episode of Carbon climates is officially published

This episode I have on Max McCone from Mott MacDonald Belfast.

Max talks in detail about his career, his role as a Mechanical Building services engineer and his activities as CIBSE Northern Ireland Young engineers Chair. Max is also the CIBSE Global YEN Vice chair and shares his impressive insight into the route of planning to become a chartered engineer.

As always plenty of puns along the way

Link below to some items

https://www.cibse.org/knowledge-research/knowledge-resources/engineering-guidance/cibse-guides

https://www.engc.org.uk/regcheck/

Howdy All!

Happy to say the Seventeenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is released. Today I have Adrienne Gorman on the podcast. Adrienne is an electrical engineer on Belfast and also part of the CIBSE YEN committee, STEM Ambassador and WIBSE representative in Northern Ireland. Adrienne gives great insight into our career so far and we discuss the joys of navigating Design meetings the power of Self Assurance and motivation.

Link below to all items talked about in today's episode:

Impostor Phenomenon - Women in STEM: Assistance Required - Engineering Discussions - IET EngX - IET EngX (theiet.org)

CIBSE WiBSE

Become a STEM Ambassador

Howdy All, Happy to say the Sixteenth Episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is officially published. In this episode my guest Catherine McGinn, a Digital communications officer from the Carbon Literacy Project. I first met Catherine on Keep Northern Ireland's Beautiful scheme 3o under 3o climate change makers. In this episode we discuss the importance of being carbon literate and all the great work the Carbon Literacy project is doing.

As always, plenty of puns along the way.

PS Apologies some audio issues for the first 5 mins-as I realise not all my mics were on- but the rest of the podcast is smooth listening

Links below to some of the websites talked about in today episode:

Home - The Carbon Literacy Project

WWF Footprint Calculator

Howdy all, the Fifteenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATEs is officially published.

This episode I had Shane Brady who is Chief Operating Officer of Smart Work Plus, a software company at the forefront of creating sensor and reporting technology.

Shane goes into detail about his career path, the type of work he does and the benefit of studying a Masters in IOT at Queens University Belfast.

Links below to times talked about in today episode:

https://www.smartworkplus.com/

https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/iotnative-software-engineering.html

Shanes Rock star band:

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCAR04jiXeFEVtql-Evyp3VQ?si=ycSdoRAsT0nXIhGT

Howdy All!. Happy to say the Fourteenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is officially uploaded. Today I have on the podcast Taniya Thakre. Taniya is a BIM engineer at Caldwell Consulting and had her own company called Dot BIM. This episode involves talking about Revit and the practicalities of using it with Buildings.

Links below to items discussed in today podcast:

Revit - Complete Tutorial for Beginners - Learn to use Revit in 60 minutes - Part 1 (youtube.com)

(1) Dot BIM: Posts | LinkedIn

Revit Quick Start Guide | Autodesk