Interview w/ Amber Richane (City of Santa Monica)

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/