Kicking off Season 2 with Amber Richane, Senior Design Manager for the City of Santa Monica and the now-complete City Hall East - recently dubbed the "greenest" building in the world!!!
We discuss the ins and outs of designing and building the first municipal "Living Building" in Southern California, including on-site water & energy systems, how to make a building "breathe", edible landscape design, and a deep dive into how sanitary foam-flush toilets can be!
Episode Sponsor: www.sustainablehomesofthefuture.com
Contact Host: info@shfbuild.com
About Amber:
Amber is a Senior Design Manager for the City of Santa Monica in the Architecture Services division of Public Works. She has over 20 years of experience in sustainability, wellness, and deep green projects. Currently she is the Project Manager for the City Services Building in Santa Monica that is seeking full Living Building Challenge certification with construction completed in April of this year. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and empowering women in the green building industry to reach new heights as well as designing and creating spaces that are beautiful and biophilic.
Show Notes:
Virtual Tour of SaMo City Hall East - https://youtu.be/W2Fvnyu6_PY
International Living Future Institute - https://living-future.org/
Urban Land Institute - https://uli.org/
Building Electrification: Existing Building Retrofits
Building Electrification: A Climate-Forward Solution
Mass Timber: The Future of Wood Construction
Interview w/ Matt DiBara (The Undercover Contractor)
Interview w/ Susan Inglis (Sustainable Furnishings Council)
Interview w/ John Semmelhack (Think Little)
Interview w/ Jesse Russell (Hiatus Homes)
Interview w/ Chris Kempel (Rockefeller Kempel Architects)
Interview w/ Erin Rank & Darrell Simien (Habitat LA)
Interview w/ Nate Adams (Energy Smart Ohio)
Why Embodied Carbon Matters (A Lot!)
What is Sustainability? (Revisited)
Interview w/ Brett Little (GreenHome Institute)
Designing a Single-Family "Home of the Future"
Interview w/ Aly Daly (Aly Daly Design)
Building Certification & "Human-Centered" Design
Interview w/ Angie Brooks (Brooks + Scarpa)
Sustainable Materials: Keeping People & Planet Healthy
Interview w/ Josh Finkler (Community Action Opportunities)
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