GBMS With Brenda Martens

<p><strong>Light House Building Centre’s Brenda Martens</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About the Episode</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we visit with Brenda Martens.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Brenda has worked in the building industry for over 25 years. She is a practitioner, educator, and advocate in the field of green building and sustainability. She is also the Director of Research and Collaboration for Light House Sustainable Building Centre. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She has served on the Board of Directors of the Cascadia Green Building Council, is a past faculty member of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the University of British Columbia Continuing Studies, and is a co-founder of Recollective Consulting and the Open Green Building Society, an organization that open sources information about green buildings. She currently teaches green building and sustainability for BCIT.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tune in to this episode to hear more about Brenda’s journey.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Key Talking Points</strong></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Getting to know Brenda</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Brenda’s start in sustainability </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">First experience with Green projects</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Exposure to Mentors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LEED Fellow</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cascadia</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Projects during Brenda’s Career</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What does the future hold</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-w