The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Dave Lemont, Former CEO at Revit, on Revolutionizing Material Selection in Sustainable Design


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The Green Impact Report Quick take: Legendary software CEO Dave Lemont reveals how Acelab is transforming sustainable building by creating the industry's first comprehensive material decision-making platform, bringing AI-powered intelligence to material selection. Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion Dave Lemont brings to Acelab more than three decades of experience in scaling software companies across various industries. He has held five CEO roles and ten board member positions. Throughout his career, Lemont has launched, grown, and guided numerous software companies from inception through dramatic growth and success. He is an expert in identifying industry-changing ideas and building winning go-to-market strategies.  He was CEO of Revit Technology, leading the company through its successful 2002 acquisition by Autodesk. Architecture practices currently using Acelab's platform include well-known firms such as AECOM, Gensler, and SOM. Acelab's product database boasts over 39,000 products across categories such as windows, doors, cladding, roofing, and insulation. 🌱Breaking Ground on Better Building In this episode, Dave revolutionizes traditional construction approaches: Key Insight #1: The Material Selection Workflow Gap The Challenge: Architects lack a robust workflow for material selection, often recycling old choices despite rapid innovation in sustainable materials The Solution: Acelab's comprehensive platform that organizes materials by aesthetics, performance, sustainability, certifications, and chemistry ROI: More informed material decisions that balance sustainability, performance, and cost—without adding time to the design process Key Insight #2: AI-Powered Material Research The Challenge: Individual architects can't possibly stay current with all the sustainable material innovations in the market The Solution: Acelab's AI-powered search using their "language of materials" taxonomy to find specific products that meet exact performance criteria ROI: Ability to discover innovative sustainable materials that might otherwise be overlooked, revolutionizing how materials are specified Key Insight #3: Firm Standards Libraries in the Cloud The Challenge: Architects' attempts to create material standards libraries often fail because they're difficult to maintain and update The Solution: Cloud-based firm libraries that stay current with manufacturer data and integrate with project workflows ROI: Consistent, up-to-date sustainable material selections across entire firms, making sustainability easier to implement at scale Sustainable Soundbite "Our tagline is 'make material choices that matter.' We're not going to only show materials because manufacturers pay us - we're going to return an honest search transparently—otherwise architects will not trust us. And we want to be the trusted advisor for them." – Dave Lemont Your Green Building Action Plan Transform your next project with these steps: This Week: Assess your current material selection process and identify where you might be recycling old specifications without evaluating newer, more sustainable options This Quarter: Explore how AI tools like Acelab could help improve your material selection process This Year: Develop a strategy to create or update your firm's sustainable material standards library Connect & Learn More 🌿 Access full episode resources: [Link] 🗒️ Read the transcript 🔗 Connect with Dave Lemont: 📷 Check out Dave's photography: Want More Green Building Insights? Newsletter coming soon! Green Building Matters, Inc © 2025 | Good Green Fun.
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