Latest Climate action Podcast Episodes
The Climate Challenge is an Engineering Challenge - Ep171: Dr. Rosemary Barnes
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - July 17, 2024 17:00 - 1 hourThis week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich sits down with mechanical engineer and YouTube creator Dr Rosemary "Rosie" Barnes to discuss the critical role of engineering in addressing climate change. Rosie shares insights from her work developing clean energy technologies and her popular channel...
195: How Passive Buildings Propel the Energy Transition
Passive House Podcast - July 16, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode of the Passive House Podcast Zack Semke welcomes back Lisa White, Associate Director of Phius. A renowned thought leader in the intersection of buildings and the clean energy transition, Lisa shares insights from her work, especially the Architect's Guide to Ultra-Low Energy Buil...
The EV Revolution is Unstoppable - Get Over It! ep170: Ben Nelmes
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - July 10, 2024 17:00 - 59 minutesElectric vehicles are finally becoming more mainstream, but this hasn’t stopped a flood of negative stories and political attempts to scare people away from making the switch to better, more cost efficient vehicles. So is the EV revolution now inevitable? Bryony Worthington sits down with Ben Ne...
The EV Revolution is Unstoppable - Ep170: Ben Nelmes
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - July 10, 2024 17:00 - 59 minutesElectric vehicles are finally becoming more mainstream, but this hasn’t stopped a flood of negative stories and political attempts to scare people away from making the switch to better, more cost efficient vehicles. So is the EV revolution now inevitable? Bryony Worthington sits down with Ben Ne...
194: Closing the Loop - Circular Construction in North America
Passive House Podcast - July 09, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn the final part of our series on circular construction co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy are joined by Felix Heisel, an architect, professor at Cornell University, and director of the Circular Construction Lab. Learn about the principles of circular construction, urban mining, and the sign...
Bonus Episode: Chris Ballard of Passive House Canada (Passive House CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - July 07, 2024 12:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Chris Ballard of Passive House Canada. https://conference.passivehousecanada.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! ...
Bonus Episode: Morgan Wright and Christina Boyer of mcCallumSather (Passive House CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - July 06, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Morgan Wright and Christina Boyer of mcCallumSather. https://www.mccallumsather.com/ https://conference.passivehousecanada.com/ Thank yo...
Bonus Episode: David Claus of UNBC (Passive House CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - July 05, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews David Claus of UNBC. https://www.unbc.ca/ https://conference.passivehousecanada.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcas...
Bonus Episode: Craig Edwards of the City of Vancouver (Passive House CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - July 04, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Craig Edwards of the City of Vancouver. https://conference.passivehousecanada.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast!...
What the UK Election Means for Climate and Energy - Ep169: Dr Simon Evans
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - July 03, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourWith the UK general election tomorrow, the Cleaning Up team sits down with Dr Simon Evans of Carbon Brief to run through each party's manifesto, and what they say about UK climate and energy policy. With Labour widely predicted to win, will the UK's become an international leader on climate once...
What a New UK Government Means for Climate and Energy - Ep169: Dr Simon Evans
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - July 03, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourWith the UK general election tomorrow, the Cleaning Up team sits down with Dr Simon Evans of Carbon Brief to run through each party's manifesto, and what they say about UK climate and energy policy. With Labour widely predicted to win, will the UK's become an international leader on climate once...
Bonus Episode: Patrick Ropple of Evoke Buildings (Passive House CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - July 03, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Patrick Ropple of Evoke Buildings. https://conference.passivehousecanada.com/ https://www.evokebuildings.com/ Thank you for listening t...
193: Urban Mining and Circularity with Anja Rosen
Passive House Podcast - July 02, 2024 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn the second part of our series on circular construction, we explore the intersection of sustainable building practices and carbon reduction. Co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy are joined by special guest Anja Rosen, of the Urban Mining Index based in Germany. Anja shares insights from her wo...
Bonus Episode: Keith Burrows of TAF (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - June 28, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Keith Burrows of The Atmospheric Fund (TAF). https://taf.ca/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passi...
Bonus Episode: Darla Simpson of ZEIC (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - June 27, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Darla Simpson of The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC). https://www.zeic.ca/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To ...
Hot Rocks in Box: The Rise of Thermal Batteries - ep168: Anand Gopal
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - June 26, 2024 17:00 - 57 minutesAs the world transitions away from fossil fuels, one of the biggest challenges is decarbonizing industrial processes that require consistent, reliable sources of energy to produce high-temperatures. Typically these processes run on fossil gas, but now thermal batteries offer a solution by using ...
Bonus Episode: Lorrie Rand of ReCover Initiative (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - June 26, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Lorrie Rand of ReCover Initiative. https://www.recoverinitiative.ca/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more abo...
192: Revolutionizing Material Reuse with Concular
Passive House Podcast - June 25, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn the first of three episodes of our Circular Construction Series co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy sit down with Dominik Campanella, co-founder of Concular. They delve into the innovative practices transforming the construction industry. Dominik shares the inspiring journey of Concular, sta...
Bonus Episode: Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
Passive House Podcast - June 24, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust. https://albertaecotrust.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Pa...
Texas Hold'em: Playing Poker With Methane - Ep167: Grant Swartzwelder
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - June 19, 2024 17:00 - 1 hourDepending on who you ask, methane is either a useful transition fuel to a low-carbon future, or a super polluter. The science of methane says that for natural gas to have a lower climate footprint than other fossil fuels, particularly coal, there can be leakage of no more than 3.2% from end to e...
191: Breaking Out of the Box
Passive House Podcast - June 18, 2024 12:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode of the Passive House Podcast Matthew Cutler Welsh chats with Sue Connor of Gaea Architects based in Sydney, Australia. Sue chatted about her lifelong passion for architecture and sustainability. Sue delves into her work with Passive House standards, emphasizing the importance of...
Ep. 33 Udayan Nair is NYISO’s First Director of Grid Transition
Power Trends: New York ISO Podcast - June 17, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhen we talk about building a more sustainable future, the journey is as important as the destination. Steering the electric grid through these monumental changes requires leadership and creativity. As the NYISO’s Director of Grid Transition, Udayan Nair oversees the integration of new element...
Fake Meat, What’s The Beef? Ep166: Bruce Friedrich
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - June 12, 2024 17:00 - 1 hourHas science cracked the code on mass producing realistic meat substitutes? Or are lab-gown alternative proteins an impossible dream? In this week's episode of Cleaning Up, Baroness Bryony Worthington sits down with president of the Good Food Institute, Bruce Friedrich, to explore the future of f...
190: Australian Leaders at THRIVE 2024
Passive House Podcast - June 11, 2024 13:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, Matthew Cutler Welsh dives into the highlights of the 2024 Thrive Passivhaus Conference, in Melbourne Australia. Matthew chats with: Joe Karten of Built Emilia Lacovino of Detailed Green Kristie Wulf of the Australian Hemp Building Directory Talina Edwards of Envirotecture ...
AI's Impact on Science and Society with Dr. Mike Schäfer
South of 2 Degrees - The Science Behind Climate Change - June 06, 2024 20:00 - 41 minutesExploring AI's Transformative Role in Science Communication with Dr. Mike Schaefer In this episode of South of Two Degrees, host Brian Barnes discusses the urgent issues of climate change and the evolving role of AI in science communication with Dr. Mike Schaefer, a professor at the University ...
Battery Recycling Is Here - But Where Are The Batteries? - Ep165: Hans Eric Melin
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - June 05, 2024 17:00 - 1 hourAs everyone knows, battery prices are plummeting and manufacturing volumes are soaring, whether for EVs or for grid-connected storage. And everyone knows there's a problem: only 5% of lithium-ion batteries are recycled. The rest go to landfill, right? Wrong. This week's guest on Cleaning Up is t...
189: Passive Panels to Scale Decarb, Quantum Passivhaus
Passive House Podcast - June 03, 2024 14:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this episode, co-host Mary James speaks with Angie Horner, co-founder of Quantum Passivhaus, based in Minden, Ontario. Angie shares the inspiring journey of how Quantum started as a husband-and-wife team in 2013, driven by a passion for sustainable building practices and the desire to address...
Bonus Episode: Certifications - All or None?
Passive House Podcast - May 31, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this bonus episode of the Passive House Podcast, co-host Ilka Cassidy is at the Sustainability Symposium hosted by Green Building United. In the first interview Ilka talks with Robert Fleming, Brian Fullen, Carolina Downey and Sarah Harvey of FCA along with Kayla Reddington and Sarah Murphy ...
Bonus Episode: Adapting Row House Neighborhoods for the Future
Passive House Podcast - May 30, 2024 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIn this bonus episode of the Passive House Podcast, co-host Ilka Cassidy is at the Sustainability Symposium hosted by Green Building United. Ilka talks with Paul Thompson of BluPath, Lauren Thomsen & Matt Gindlesparger of Lauren Thomsen Design, Justin Iovenitti & Norm Horn of New Ecology and Dav...
#LightsOn - Live from the Eurelectric Power Summit 2024 in Athens - Ep164: Leonhard Birnbaum
Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change - May 29, 2024 17:00 - 51 minutesLast week the leading lights of Europe's electricity industry gathered for the annual Eurelectric Power Summit at the Lagonissi Beach Resort just outside Athens. The conference - under the hashtag this year of #lights on - lasted two days and covered the key issues facing Europe's and the world'...
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