RAIC Podcast on Architecture S01E04

In the fourth and final episode of this season’s RAIC Podcast on Architecture, RAIC Congress on Architecture Steering Committee member Joanne Perdue talks with World Green Building Council CEO, Cristina Gamboa about how the World Green Building Council’s network is taking action to deliver a net-zero carbon, healthy, resilient, and equitable built environment.

 

Cristina Gamboa
CEO, World Green Building Council

Cristina Gamboa is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) — a global action network comprised of 70 Green Building Councils, catalyzing the uptake of sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere. An influential and inspirational leader in the field of sustainability, Cristina is passionate about radical cross-sector collaboration to bolster systemic change and make this the decade for net-zero emissions. She practices a holistic approach to sustainability, focusing on the social and economic benefits as well as environmental impacts. Cristina leads WorldGBC's coordination of the monumental Cities and Built Environment Day at COP26.

Joanne Perdue
Associate Vice President, Sustainability at the University of Calgary

Joanne Perdue is a Canada Clean50 honoree, former Board member of the Canada Green Building Council, a member of the RAIC Committee on Regenerative Environments and the RAIC Congress Steering Committee and is a licensed architect with the Alberta Association of Architects. Joanne is currently the Associate Vice President, Sustainability at the University of Calgary, she has been instrumental in advancing the university’s Climate Action Plan and sustainable buildings practice in concert with advancing the broader Institutional Sustainability Strategy.