Zero Ambitions Podcast
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Zero Ambitions is a podcast about sustainability and the built environment. There is no single solution to fixing the built environment, so we're talking our way through as much of it as we can.
We find interesting guests who know what they're talking about and speak with them about sustainability, good practice, and how to make a difference because the challenges are massive and the problems complex.
You can also find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/91573716.
Hosted by Jeff Colley (Passive House Plus), Dan Hyde (Everything is User Experience) and Alex Blondin (Everything is User Experience).
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Building with straw on a continental scale and experiencing retrofit as a resident. With Cypren Edmunds (European Straw Building Association)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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The energy performance of buildings matters, to me and EU and everyone you know, with Ciarán Cuffe (MEP)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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A new way to measure performance, negative energy use, and learning from disaster zones, with Kate Crawford (KLH Sustainability)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Designing for deconstruction using natural building materials. With Chloe Donovan (Natural Building Systems)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Monitoring will make your buildings be worth more money, Utopi has proved it, with Falk Bleyl (CTO at Utopi)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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“Use less stuff”: embodied carbon, value chains and the potential for change in the Declaration de Chaillot. With Lloyd Alter (Carbon Upfront), Kelly Alvarez Doran (Ha/f Climate Design), and Will Arnold (The Institution of Structural Engineers)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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What do we do about ‘the office’? A retrofit challenge we don't speak about enough. With Harry Browne and Séamus Guidera (RKD)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Fundamental problems in building design and how we manage thermal comfort, with Susan Roaf (Heriot-Watt; ICARB)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Fabric fifth: rethinking the hierarchy of retrofit, with Nigel Banks (Octopus Energy)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Retrofit: "We need to tackle low hanging fruit first", so what does that mean? With Fionn Stevenson
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Natural materials, healthier homes, and the culture of sustainable building, with Will Kirkman (Ecomerchant)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Engineering low-impact buildings and advice from self build, with Tara Fraser (Build Collective)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Shady business #2: shading for housing in a changing climate, with Tom Dollard (Pollard Thomas Edwards)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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A view from COP28, and relearning how to be an architect for after the Oil Age, with Kelly Alvarez Doran (Half Climate Design; Architecture 2030 Senior Fellow)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Conservation-led retrofit and energy efficiency for working buildings, with with Heidi Hopper-Duffy and David Hughes (Iarnród Éireann)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The cost of sustainability, accounting for language, and the taxonomy, with Archie O'Donnell (KOSMOS)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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PH+ Revisited: that archive building in Hereford, the one that uses passive house preservation, with Nick Grant and Alan Clarke
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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How to normalise low-energy heating without radiators: an overnight success story that's fifteen years in the making, with Ethan Wadsworth (ThermaSkirt)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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PH+ revisited: Seeing the wood for the trees (part two), with Andy Simmonds (AECB) and Lenny Antonelli (PH+)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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PH+ revisited: Seeing the wood for the trees (part one), with Andy Simmonds (AECB) and Lenny Antonelli (PH+)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Shady business #1 – overheating, and Camden: we should think about solar gain all year round, with Zoe De Grussa (BBSA)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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POE and its value to retrofit, and what does a Head of Sustainability do? With Loreana Padron (ECD Architects)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Standards and specifications, and why they don't always work like we want them to, with Sarah Price, the author of PAS2035/2030 (Retrofitting dwellings for improved energy efficiency)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Roadmaps for fuel poverty and retrofit: we know what needs to be done so why can’t we do it? With Tania Jennings (Chair of the Association of Local Energy Officers, London)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Driving change in building design and the things that inspire you to do better, with Cedric Burgers (Burgers Architecture)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Biogenic building, whole life carbon, and natural fibre insulation. With Sam Baumber (IndiNature)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Can you have a zero carbon building? The answer is “no”. With John Butler (Sustainable Build Consultancy; CAT)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Construction's embodied carbon problem: how do we incentivise retrofit over 'demolish and rebuild', with Joseph Kilroy (CIOB)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Getting real about energy research and making heat pumps chic, with Mike Fell (UCL; pump:chic)
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Stranded assets, financing sustainability, and carbon as a risk factor, with Alexandra Hedesiu (EnerSave Capital)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Thermal comfort in building design: thinking ahead and taking lessons from East Africa, with Huda Elsherif (calfordsedan) and Andy Simmonds (AECB)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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A schism in building standards: promoting passive house and high performance building in the USA, with Zack Semke (Passive House Accelerator)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Building a place for women in retrofit, with Ellora Coupe (Her Own Space)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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The benefits of energy efficient building are much more than energy efficiency, with Marion Jammet (Irish Green Building Council)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Retail perspectives on retrofit and high performance building, with Andy Mitchell (Green Building Store)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Get your heat from the streets: Kensa Utilities' plans for geothermal district heating, with Lisa Tresedar (Kensa Utilities)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Scaling high performance buildings AKA EnerPHit is no more expensive than retrofit, with Mel Reynolds
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Viability of heat networks: why consider them, where's best, and what do you need to make one work? With Dave Pearson (Star Refrigeration)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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PH+ revisited: Let's get decarbonisation done, with Toby Cambray (UCL, Greengauge Building Energy Consultants)
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Finance is the easy part: place-based innovation can catalyse mass-scale retrofit, with Rufus Grantham (Living Places)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Regional energy, local heat, and mass decarbonisation: a new model on the River Clyde, with Duncan Smith and Richard Orr (River Clyde Homes)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Fabric second, not fabric first: impact, heritage, retrofit, and strategy, with Kit Knowles (Ecospheric)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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PH+ revisited: 'Cold Truths' about heating and energy in Britain, with Kate de Selincourt
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Air quality matters: health, ventilation, and (obviously) retrofit, with Simon Jones (Air Quality Matters)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The Buildings Action Coalition: collective action to accelerate progress in all areas of the built environment, with Scott Foster and Barbara-Ann Murphy
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Influencing retrofit policy and the things you need to make it work, with Gillian Campbell (Policy Lead at Existing Homes Alliance Scotland)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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How do we build better? Advice and training for low energy building, with Peter Warm and Sally Godber (Warm and Coaction)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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A structural engineer who 'gets' green building: managing risk, climate, and the future, with Beth Williams (Build Collective)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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An outsider's view on green building in UK and Ireland, AKA 'Lloyd loves wood now', with Lloyd Alter (Upfront Carbon; Passive House Accelerator)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Meeting the skills gap: one-stop-shop training, an Irish approach to education, with Lis O'Brien and Benny McDonagh (TUS)
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May 29, 2023 |
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Architects don't need to solve every problem with a building, with Charlie Luxton
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May 22, 2023 |
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Retrofit - Who do you trust? With Dr. Peter Rickaby
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May 15, 2023 |
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How should we calculate carbon and how long should a building last? With Dr Oliver Kinnane and Dr Richard O'Hegarty of University College Dublin
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May 08, 2023 |
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MMC is value engineering that should benefit everyone, with Emma Elston and Amandeep Singh Kalra of Be First Regeneration
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May 01, 2023 |
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Informed architects will want to do more: convincing clients to do better and Michelin stars for building performance, with James Woodall (Sustainability Lead at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Retrofit, risk, and reward: how energy efficiency is set to increasingly affect the value of property, with John Baguley (Director of Technical, Risk and Compliance, Countrywide Surveying Services)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Unsustainable ambition and the absence of content
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Learning from our mistakes? Looking back at ten retrofits, ten years later, with retrofit pioneer Marion Baeli (PDP, Passivhaus Trust)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Systems design for passive houses, radon research as a proxy for ventilation, and some further education. With Dr. Barry MCarron (PHAI, CREST)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Passive house can lead to more than just houses: community engagement, control pathologies. and propagating systemic change. With Helena Fitzgerald (Department of Economics at the University of Limerick)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Unconventional approaches to space heating: infra red, ceramics, and the necessity for good design. With John Morehead (Wain Morehead Architects)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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EPCs are just a ritual (pt. 2): what could we be doing in order to do better, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (UsableBuildings.co.uk)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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EPCs are just a ritual (pt. 1): fundamental flaws in how we assess energy performance and how we got here, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (UsableBuildings.co.uk)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Retrofit, energy ratings, and improving Europe's energy performance, with Ciarán Cuffe MEP
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Passive house doesn't cost more to build, with Dr. Shane Colclough (UCD, Ulster University, Passive House Association of Ireland)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Industrialising retrofit: how do you say Energiesprong and what's it all about? With Ele and Emily from Energiesprong UK.
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Reflections of a Treehugger: talking green building with Lloyd Alter
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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What motivates retrofitters? With retrofit researcher Dr Kate Simpson (Imperial College)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Lazy thinking and unsustainable myths: how expensive is low-carbon construction? A conversation with the authors of 'Building for 2050: low cost, low carbon homes' Alison Crompton (AECOM) and Tom Dollard (Pollard Thomas Edwards)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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More bridges than the River Clyde: unpicking the quality of a retrofit and RIP Paul Doran
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Hybrid heating: a place for fossil fuels alongside renewables? (Stephen Kelly, OYA Energy)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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'Incompetence still reigns supreme' in energy ratings: DPE certification, EPCs, BERs, and a little bit of ESG
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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New year, old us: looking back on 20 years in green building (Passive House Plus, Construct Ireland, and Everything is User Experience)
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Talking turkey: the perils of life in a passive house, with Ross Cremin (Cremin Surveying)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Revealing opportunity with thermal imaging, a chat with Stewart Little of IRT Surveys
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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The man who said 'heat pumps are not the answer', with Ryan Philp (Daikin)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Meeting Muyiwa Oki, talking impact and sustainability with RIBA's incoming president
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Leading sustainability in Scottish architecture, with Chris Stewart, President of RIAS
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep05 - Funding the decarbonisation of the build environment, with Eddie McAvinchey (Scottish National Investment Bank)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep04 - Disrupting the industry to achieve net zero, with Christina Gaiger (former RIAS President)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep03 - A contractor's perspective on the challenges holding back procurement, with Jennifer Phin (A.C. Whyte & Co.)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep02 - Aiming for sustainability at speed and scale?
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep01 - Net zero needs more ambition, with Chris Stark (CEO of the Climate Change Committee) and Stephen Good (BE-ST)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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BE-ST Fest 2022 (a short intro to our ZAP mini series)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Getting sustainability into new-build housing, with Robbie McGrath, Head of Sustainability at D/RES Properties
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Burnout, bureaucracy, Energiesprong and Ealing (part two), with Tania Jennings Principal Domestic Energy Officer at Ealing Council
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Burnout, bureaucracy, Energiesprong and Ealing (part one), with Tania Jennings Principal Domestic Energy Officer at Ealing Council
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Hydrogen, Alex's passivshed, a practical approach to retrofit, and some social housing chat
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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‘Dream house’ sustainability and environmental activism in Hollywood with Ed Begley Jr (Better Call Saul, St Elsewhere, Six Feet Under)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Retrofitting for heritage, as well as the future with Dr Marina Topouzi (Environmental Change Institute) and Nigel Griffiths (Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Talking Carbon with a Tier One Contractor, a Conversation with Allan Smith, Low Carbon Manager for Morrison Construction
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Part 2 - Housing Policy with Gavin Smart & Callum Chomczuk of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Bonus Episode - United Nations Centres of Excellence for High Performance Buildings with Scott Foster & Jenna Crammer
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Part 1 - Housing Policy with Gavin Smart & Callum Chomczuk of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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BONUS EP #2 ZAP x CIH from Scotland's Festival of Housing 2022 - the UK private rental sector
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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BONUS EP #1 ZAP x CIH from Scotland's Festival of Housing 2022 - the right to a home
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Re-up: The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 2), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Retrofit, procurement, contracting, and preparing for the future: a conversation with Jennifer Phin from A.C. Whyte
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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The state of retrofit – with Russell Smith of Parity Projects and Retrofit works
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Retrofit Reimagined mash up, with Charlotte Bailey of Civic Square
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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A contractor's right to reply, but without any contractors, just Dan, Duncan, Jeff, and Sara
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Overheating: design and build for heatwaves and a warming world, with Nick Grant, Alan Clarke, and Kate de Selincourt
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 2), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 1), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Retrofit Reimagined with Immy Kaur of Civic Square and Jack Minchella of Dark Matter Labs
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Commercial sustainability, doing it right and making it pay, with Gary Wilburn (EP Projects', AECB)
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Dr Peter Rickaby (part 2) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Dr Peter Rickaby (part 1) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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EnerPhit in Action with John Gilbert Architects, Dr Ken Gibb, and Yogini Patel of The Passivhaus Trust
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May 31, 2022 |
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The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 2) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
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May 26, 2022 |
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The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 1) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
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May 24, 2022 |
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Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), with Stephen Good and Douglas Morrison
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May 17, 2022 |
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Reissue #1 The UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson (ep #3)
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May 10, 2022 |
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Collective Purchasing with Chris Clarke at Scape Group - The power of procurement frameworks to change the dynamic
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May 03, 2022 |
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BetaTalk meets Zero Ambitions: we need to do better with our heating, and for our heating engineers
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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ZAP's Good Friday late-night roundtable: should we be building new homes at all?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Central heating problems: systemic issues in design, accessibility, and economics
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Helping Retrofit Reach a Wider Audience, with author and influencer Laura de Barra
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Social Justice in Retrofit, with Tara Gbolade and Marianne Heaslip
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Training for a just transition, with Caitriona Jordan of BE-ST
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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How We Actually Use Buildings, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (usablebuildings.co.uk)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Ireland's National Retrofitting Scheme, with Eamon Ryan (TD)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Driving the EU to Net Zero, with Ciarán Cuffe MEP
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings Patrick Harvie - "No Pathway to tackling Climate Change without More Ambition"
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Demand reduction, heat networks and healing our homes
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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What makes for a successful retrofit? Evaluating what really matters with Lisa Pasquale
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Campaigning for Retrofit with ACAN and the NEF
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Putting People Front and Centre with Jon Daley of Magenta Living Housing Association
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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EnerPHit at Scale with James Traynor of ECD Architects
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Financing Retrofit with Rufus Grantham of Bankers without Boundaries (BwB)
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Putting Retrofit Publications into Action with Barbara Lantschner
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Embodied Carbon and the COP26 House
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Fuel Poverty and a Just Transition with Alex Warren of The Wise Group
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Smart Homes and the Internet of Things with Dane Ralston of IoPT
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) with Sara Edmonds
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The Value of Communicating Well, with Dan and Alex from Everything is User Experience
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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West Dunbartonshire District Heating and the Queens Quay Project with Morten Duedahl
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Climate Change and Democracy with Kevin Albertson
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Low Carbon Heat Networks and Clean Air with Dave Pearson
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Financing Retrofit at Scale, Green Neighbourhoods as a Service - Rufus Grantham at Bankers Without Boundaries
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Climate Change and the Decade of Disruption with Kevin Albertson Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Build Once for the Future - President of the RIAS Christina Gaiger
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Redefining Productivity with Kevin Albertson Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) with Dr Jan Rosenow
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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CoP26 C& The Race to Zero with Bex Porter the Built Environment Lead in the High Level Champions Team
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Danish District Heating with Morten Jordt Duedahl at the Danish Board of District Heating
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Passivhaus - Setting the Standard with Michael Jones at City of York Council
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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The Anthropocene Architecture School with Scott McAulay
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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The UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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The Retrofit Challenge and PAS 2035 with Dr Peter Rickaby
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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CoP 26 - Climate Change and the Built Environment - United Nations Centre of Excellence with Scott Foster and Jenna Cramer
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Sep 17, 2021 |