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Building Better
by Jared Silliker
Host Jared Silliker connects with sustainability leaders to explore their stories in transforming the built environment. Building Better tracks many interwoven perspectives—climate change, healthy materials, resource conservation, renewable energy, and much more.
Episodes
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Episode 10: Sustainable Forestry with Brad Kahn and Terry Campbell
Building on Episode 9, we continue our focus on wood as a climate solution. But not all wood is created equal. In fact, most lumber extraction leads to a degraded environment. So in order to deliver on wood’s carbon storage promises, we need to push for sustainable forestry practices. Brad Kahn…
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Episode 9: Susan Jones - Mass Timber Goes High with Wood and Low on Carbon
Concrete and steel are responsible for significant carbon emissions within the built environment—especially when you consider the short time frame to address our climate emergency. But what about wood? Sustainably harvested wood is a low-carbon alternative, and mass timber—a collection of...
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Episode 8: Danielle Wright and John Gaines - Staying Cool with Natural Refrigerants
Project Drawdown ranks commercial refrigeration as the #1 opportunity to reduce emissions and combat our climate crisis. So we've got two guests on the show to discuss how grocery operators are exploring natural refrigerants to reduce potent greenhouse gas emissions. Danielle Wright is the...
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Episode 7: Jason Lear - Density Drives Climate Progress
Jason Lear joins Building Better to discuss how density can amplify and enable a variety of positive climate outcomes. Jason owns and operates a high performance design-build shop in Seattle, and has great perspective about how homeowners think about density in their city. We touch on shared...
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Episode 6: Kira Gould & Lindsay Baker - Design the Future Podcast Review
Kira Gould and Lindsay Baker host a sort of cousin podcast to this one. It’s called Design the Future and it chronicles women leaders who are doing great sustainability work within the built environment. They've produced more than 20 episodes in 2020, and their guest list is a rock star roster....
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Episode 5: Molly Freed - Can You Do That With Water?
Molly Freed is the Manager of Buildings and Water at the International Living Future Institute. We take a deep dive into water codes and permitting, in the context of using and reusing water more efficiently. Molly offers anecdotes from around the country to help us understand the intersection of...
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Episode 4: Sloan Ritchie - Delivering Fresh Air and a Return on Energy Efficiency
Sloan Ritchie’s firm Cascade Built has delivered around 100 units of comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient multi-family buildings in Seattle, and has 200 more in their pipeline. Sloan talks about learning through mistakes and his journey to combining energy efficiency, financial returns, and...
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Episode 3: Margaret Montgomery - Reframing Design Excellence
Margaret Montgomery is the Global Sustainable Design Leader at NBBJ, and she covers a lot of ground in this episode. From her Mom reading Rachel Carson when Margaret was young to large building projects that won’t open until 2030, she offers great perspective. We talk about her recent work with…
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Episode 2: Myer Harrell - Growing the Living Building Challenge in Seattle
Myer Harrell is the Director of Sustainability at Weber Thompson, a multidisciplinary design firm. We review Weber Thompson’s growing experience with the Living Building Challenge and debate how the City of Seattle’s zoning incentive is helping to spur more LBC projects. Also … I challenge Myer…
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Episode 1: Vincent Martinez - The Time Value of Carbon
Vincent Martinez is Chief Operating Officer at Architecture 2030, which is a non-profit dedicated to aggressive carbon reductions in buildings. Vince and I explore many topics including the time value of carbon, low-carbon product innovations, and building electrification. Other fascinating...
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Host Jared Silliker connects with sustainability leaders to explore their stories in transforming the built environment. Building Better tracks many interwoven perspectives—climate change, healthy materials, resource conservation, renewable energy, and much more.
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Host Jared Silliker connects with sustainability leaders to explore their stories in transforming the built environment. Building Better tracks many interwoven perspectives—climate change, healthy materials, resource conservation, renewable energy, and much more.
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Building Better is created and hosted by Jared Silliker.
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