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Our guest this episode is Jerry Yudelson talking about his new book and life as the “Godfather of Green”.

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For more information on Jerry:

Website: https://jerryyudelson.net/

Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP, is one of the America’s leading experts on green buildings and is the Principal of Yudelson Associates.

Jerry is a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon, and a USGBC LEED AP since 2001. Jerry has an MBA from the University of Oregon, engaged in PhD studies in Environmental Engineering Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and in Graduate Studies as a Rotary Foundation Fellow in Civil Engineering, Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany. Jerry has an MS in Environmental Engineering from Harvard University, and a BS in Civil Engineering from Caltech.

Jerry is author of 15 books* on green building, green development, green homes and water conservation. He served on the national board of the USGBC and was named by the U.S. Green Building Council to the inaugural group of 34 LEED Fellows. In 2011, Wired magazine named him the “Godfather of Green”. As a keynote speaker, Jerry Yudelson has addressed nearly 100 green building, sustainable development and water efficiency conferences in 12 countries since 2006.

As one of the original 10 LEED national faculty members, from 2001 to 2008, Jerry trained more than 3,500 people in the LEED rating system. For the U.S. Green Building Council, from 2004 through 2009, he chaired Greenbuild, the country’s largest green building conference. In 2006, the U.S. General Services Administration named him a “National Peer Professional.”

Jerry is an expert in the LEED green building rating system and provides his clients with expert guidance on creating, developing, designing and certifying green development projects and corporate sustainability programs. He has more than 25 years of experience with renewable energy systems, green building design, environmental remediation and water conservation.

Jerry Yudelson’s Books:

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Our guest this episode is Rochelle Ade, Green Building consultant and PhD candidate talking about applying date and critical thinking to “green building”.

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochelle-ade-1b130116/

Bio

Rochelle is an engineering graduate and has worked on construction projects both in New Zealand and around the world, primarily as a project manager. Rochelle’s interest in Green Building was sparked at the same time as the formation of the New Zealand Green Building Council in 2007. Rochelle took this passion to the Middle East where she was involved with the establishment of the Emirates Green Building Council while head of sustainability for Bovis Lend Lease (BLL).

Rochelle has been engaged with the Green Building movement for over ten years, both in New Zealand and around the world. During that time she has gathered accreditations in LEED, BREEAM, Green Star, Green Star NZ, Passive House and Homestar. Rochelle has a Master’s Degree on the subject of green building, specifically studying if there is any additional cost premium for Green Star certified buildings in Auckland, New Zealand.

Rochelle has worked closely with the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) helping them develop and implement many green building rating tools, including Homestar, NABERS and BASE. Rochelle helped the NZGBC develop and implement the Homestar residential green building rating tool.

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Our guests this episode are Eliot Benor and James Fish of Building Envelop Testing LLC talking about building envelop commissioning.

“If you build it, we will come……then we will spray water on it for 15 mins!”

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/building-envelope-testing-llc-bb826a111

Website http://bet-na.net/

Eliot Benor Bio

Eliot founded Building Envelope Testing LLC (BET), a NYC based façade testing lab with a full fenestration and building envelope testing facility in Roselle Park, NJ, USA. BET is also a calibrating lab; which means BET build and calibrate their own equipment and instruments to NIST or other nationally traceable standards. Façade and façade component testing is BET’s only business.

BET’s services include:

Prior to founding BET, Eliot was a senior consultant at Israel Berger and associates NYC and has 30 years of fenestration and construction experience. Eliot is a voting member of ASTM Committees D01, E05, E6 and E36 and a member of AAMA. Eliot is also a member of the NYC Department of Buildings advisory committee’s for Chapter 17, NYC ECC and FISP

James Fish Bio

James is a licensed professional engineer and head engineer at BET, responsible for research & development into energy efficiency and thermal analysis of buildings. James designs and builds testing, measuring, and monitoring equipment for use both in the lab and in the field. James is also responsible for quality management, ensuring compliance with standards organizations, accreditation authorities, and building codes.

Related Post Regarding NYC

#194 – Existing Buildings, the Elephant in the Room (about NYC’s recent legislation relating to existing buildings) https://bldwhisperer.com/existing-buildings-the-elephant-in-the-room/

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Our guest this episode is Jennifer Veitch, principal research officer for the National Research Council Canada.

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For more information on Jennifer and her work

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferveitch/

Website: https://nrc.canada.ca/en

Website: https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2009/06/veitch

Google Scholar webpage: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=rOE_EKwAAAAJ

Twitter @JenniferVeitch1

Bio

Dr. Jennifer Veitch is a Principal Research Officer in NRC Construction, where since 1992 she has led research into the effects of indoor environmental conditions, particularly lighting, on health and behaviour. Her projects are sponsored by a variety of industry, non-profit foundation, and governmental clients. She is known internationally for a model of lighting quality which has influenced recommendations and standards in North American and Europe; furthermore, she has demonstrated that better-quality lighting can both reduce energy use and improve organizational effectiveness if it is designed with individual needs in mind.

Dr. Veitch is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Association of Applied Psychology, and the IES. In 2011 she received the Waldram Gold Pin for Applied Illuminating Engineering from the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) and in 2018 she received the IES Medal Award. She is a member of the editorial advisory boards for seven scholarly journals, including the Journal of Environmental Psychology. Among other leadership positions in both the lighting and psychology communities, she currently serves the CIE as Vice- President, Technical, and chairs the Canadian mirror committee to ISO/TC 274 – Light and Lighting.

Our guest this episode is Adam Bartman founder of Reed, a market leading firm for building water damage and waste prevention.

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For more information on Adam and his work

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bartman-07889944/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reedwater/

Website: https://reedwater.io/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reedwater.io/

Bio

Adam is a second generation plumber and tech entrepreneur who designed a solution for smarter water management in commercial properties. He is the owner of a mid-size service plumbing company serving the Greater Toronto Area, Canada (PowerJet Plumbing), with over 15 years of experience in designing smart plumbing solutions (leak detection, electric valve control, meter data) that are connected, scalable and affordable.

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Our guest this episode is Scott Ringlein, president and founding partner of The Energy Alliance Group of North America.

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For more information on Scott and his work

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sringlein/

Website  https://energyalliancegroup.org/

Twitter https://twitter.com/NRGAllianceGrp

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Our guest this episode is international keynote speaker Henry Gordon-Smith talking about Urban Agriculture and the built environment.

As founder of @agritecture, Henry guides entrepreneurs, cities, and companies on triple-bottom-line #localagriculture #urbanag #verticalfarmingsolutions.

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For more information on Henry and his work:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hgordonsmith/

Bio

In 2011, Henry started Agritecture.com, a leading media platform covering the news, business, and design of how agriculture integrates with the built environment.

In 2013, Henry co-founded the Association for Vertical Farming, which grew to have approximately 50 business members including several multinational companies. The AVF has since hosted its annual Summit in Beijing (2015), Amsterdam (2016), and Washington DC (2017). Henry resigned from his role at the AVF in 2017.

In 2014, Henry started Agritecture Consulting (Formerly Blue Planet Consulting), the premier urban agriculture consultancy assisting a global portfolio of projects. Agritecture Consulting has provided expert guidance to over 86 clients in 21 countries including entrepreneurs, multinational companies, architecture firms, municipalities, and educational institutions.

In 2017 Henry co-founded Agtech-X a Brooklyn-based urban agriculture incubator.

Whatever project Henry is working on, his primary motivations are the triple-bottom line: people, planet, profit.

You are welcome to contact Henry if you are interested in consulting, press interviews, speaking opportunities: [email protected]

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This is a special “ask us anything” episode. We have picked 10 listener questions and tried to answer them in a respectful and thoughtful manner… ; )

Many thinks to all our listeners and especially those who sent in questions, we really appreciate your time.

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In this episode Robert gets excited about Greta Thunberg and we answer questions on:

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For more information on Robert & Adam:

Robert website: https://www.healthyheating.com

Adam website: https://www.bldwhisperer.com

Our guest this episode is Dr. Steven Fawkes talking about finance and energy efficiency.

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Bio

1. Inform: providing targeted information to guide decision making

2. Incubate: providing early stage support for transformative technologies and business models

3. Innovate: deploying new business models and accessing investment to address business opportunity

4. Invest: identifying investment opportunities, managing the investment process and delivering the investment case.

Like the rest of the EnergyPro team, Steven is interested in working with people who see the massive changes in energy and sustainability as positive developments, and producing real value for organisations looking to improve energy productivity, looking for growth opportunities in the new energy economy and those looking to develop new business models and ventures. As well as deep sector knowledge and leading edge thinking Steven brings strategic vision, extensive global contacts in industry and finance, experience of raising capital, and a real commitment to implementing good governance based on a strong belief in the importance of ensuring ethics in business. Steven has board level experience in private and public companies and direct experience of resolving governance issues and restructuring in a public company.

Our guest this episode is Bill Gnerre talking about why it takes so long to set up building controls systems and what can be done about it.

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PDF Presentation Download: Why does it take sooo long, with sooo much effort, to get your control system running to your satisfaction?

Bio

Bill has a BSME from Northeastern University and is CEO and Cofounder of Interval Data Systems Inc (IDS). Since its founding in 2003 Bill has kept IDS focused on one vision “to operate buildings in conformance with comfort and health/safety standards, at the lowest operating cost.” To achieve this solution, IDS developed one of the first enterprise energy management platforms (EnergyWitness), incorporated operational analysis services, and most recently began offering BAS programming services based upon ASHRAE Guideline 36P.

IDS was recently selected by DOE’s Smart Energy Analytics Campaign as 2017’s Outstanding Monitor Based Commissioning provider. IDS have a project in Kentucky tracking energy usage on 1,125 buildings, across 10 state agencies, from 120 separate utilities companies. Over 188,000 BAS trends come in daily from seven different BAS manufactures across 140 buildings. IDS’ operational analysis services have evaluated over 80 buildings and generated 700 energy savings actions that are also tracked by the system.

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