GREEN BEERS

In the sixth episode, Charlie and Mike are joined by friend of RENEW, Bill Davis, Founder and Portfolio Manager of Stance Capital. Both RENEW and Stance Capital were formed on the premise that you can make profitable investments in support of climate change mitigation.

The group drinks a "Green" beer! Specifically the Green IPA from Treehouse Brewing in Massachusetts. They discuss Bill's sustainability career, including the founding of Stance Capital, which has a ten-year record of providing the opportunity to invest in a truly sustainable portfolio with a competitive return.

Listen in and you will also learn about Bill's favorite beer, his first beer, and which historical figure he would choose to sit down and have a drink with.

New episodes coming every other Thursday.

In the fifth episode, Charlie, Mike, and Nathan are joined by friend of RENEW, and Charlie's former student, Katie Cava, Sustainability Program Manager at Weyerhaueser.

The group drinks the Sculpin IPA from Ballast Point Brewing and discuss the duties of sustainability managers, as well as the close relationship between mitigating climate change, environmental conservation, and fostering equity across human communities.

Listen in and you will also learn about Katie's favorite beer, her first beer, and which historical figure she would choose to sit down and have a drink with.

New episodes coming every other Thursday.

In the fourth episode, Charlie, Mike, and Nathan are joined by friend of RENEW, Matt Wolfe, VP of Business Development for Icetec Energy Services.

The group drinks an IPA from Boston-based Trillium Brewing Company and discuss how RENEW and Icetec are working together to decarbonize buildings and manufacturing facilities across multiple industries.

Icetec has developed world class technology that uses A.I. to optimize energy assets using home-grown predictive analytics to reduce a site's energy and carbon as well as bid both distributed and utility scale assets in certain regions.

Because of their partnership and shared values, RENEW has implemented Ictec's technology for various clients in the form of battery storage (BESS), combined heat and power (CHP), and a software platform that dispatches on-site assets to lower GHG emissions.

Listen in and you will also learn about Matt's favorite beer, his first beer, which historical figure he would choose to sit down and have a drink with, as well as his favorite book about said historical figure.

New episodes coming every other Thursday.

In the third episode, Charlie, Mike, and Nathan are joined by entrepreneur and sustainability expert, Deirdre Lord, who happens to be Charlie's sister! The episode centers around how energy data informs decarbonization and the sibling banter is exceptional.

The group compares two beers, an IPA from Destination Unknown Beer Company in Long Island, and Windrow, a New York State Corn Lager from Hudson Valley Brewery. They discuss Deirdre's career, including her multiple roles heading up startups that have changed the landscape of the energy industry.

Listen in and you will also learn about Deirdre’s favorite beverage, which historical figure she would choose to sit down and have a drink with, and a few fun stories about growing up with Charlie. One of the beers might even make our top five list!

New episodes coming every other Thursday.

For this season, the RENEW team will be interviewing friends and colleagues throughout the energy industry in order to learn from their expertise and to get their perspectives on how to collaboratively build a sustainable future.

In the second episode, Charlie, Mike, and Nathan are joined by Charlie's good friend Avi Garbow, a seasoned environmental lawyer with a long history of climate advocacy and plenty of experience creating and promoting legislation to regulate carbon and mitigate climate change.

The group drinks an IPA from Stone Brewing while discussing Avi's career, including his position as general counsel for the Obama administration, his work with the EPA, and his role as environmental advocate for the company Patagonia.

Listen in and you will also learn about Avi's favorite brew, his first beer, as well as which historical figure he would choose to sit down and have a drink with.

New episodes coming every other Thursday!

Season 3 of Green Beers is here! For this season, the RENEW team will be interviewing friends and colleagues throughout the energy industry in order to learn from their expertise and to get their perspectives on how to collaboratively build a sustainable future.

For this first episode, Charlie and Mike interviewed Martin Chilcott, CEO and founder of Manufacture2030. Martin is a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for climate change mitigation and we were thrilled to get the opportunity to sit down with him face-to-face during Climate Week NYC 2023.

The group drinks an American Pale Ale from The Bronx Brewery while discussing Martin's journey into Cleantech, decarbonizing supply chains for large companies, and M2030's collaborative relationship with RENEW. Listen in and you will also learn about Martin's favorite brew, as well as which historical figure he would choose to have a beer with.

Stay tuned for more episodes in 2024!

The Green Beers summer draught is over! Charlie, Mike, and Nathan reflect on highlights from the most recent season of the podcast. Charlie and Mike make their contributions to the GBP Beer Garden. Stay tuned because Season 3 is just around the corner!

Mike, Charlie, and Nathan are joined by Aurora Fernandez, RENEW's newest business development associate and marketing expert. They share some crisp brews from Lagunitas and discuss Aurora's experience getting an MS in sustainability at American University.

Aurora also tells the team about her first entrepreneurial project in the sustainability field: building ecobutacas in Venezuela. What are ecobutacas you ask? Listen to find out!

The team is joined by RENEW's lead Project Engineer in Utah, Carter Kupchella. While living the "High Life", they discuss large scale retrofits that large companies like Molson Coors desperately need in order to decarbonize effectively and meet increasingly strict emissions regulations. If you choose to listen further, you will learn about a very unique building that multiple members of RENEW have visited; a palace made completely of corn.

Charlie, Mike, and Nathan are joined by RENEW's talented Business Development Lead in the northeast, Alexandra Carroll. This episode features beer from Allagash Brewing Company in Maine and focuses on the concept of resiliency and how it plays into designing decarbonization projects.

How does Allagash Brewing rank compared to beers we have tried so far? How is resiliency defined and how does it relate to buildings? Who in history would Alexandra like to have a beer with? Listen to find out.