Sustainability Street: How Trammell Crow Is Cutting Carbon

With a $30 billion development pipeline, the Trammell Crow Co. is in a position to innovate on sustainable construction, building electrification, and energy efficiency—both here and abroad. James Murray-Coleman has been tackling that challenge head-on since becoming Director of Sustainability 10 months ago. Welcome back to Sustainability Street, our podcast on the intersection of commercial real estate and the world we live in. For this episode, CPE Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviewed Murray-Coleman about how the company is tackling the challenges of embodied carbon, operational carbon and onsite renewables. Here's a sample of the topics covered: Next-level green buildings (1:35) Counting carbon in construction  (4:21) Mass timber construction (5:48) Trammell Crow and solar (7:20) Building electrification (9:52) Europe-U.S. idea exchange (12:52) The role of certifications (15:49) Energy-star equipment (17:45)