Public Service Announcement: Sustainability Challenge: Fall 2022

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this week's episode of the Green Building Matters podcast, we've actually taken some of our Sustainability Challenge education and pulled out some hot topics. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, we're going to zoom out and talk about</span> <strong>"State of the Sustainability Union"</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and even some really big mandates from certain countries from all around the world, all the way down to local laws in certain cities. And where we're at with our buildings and their impacts on our overall Greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, we are going to give you some of the latest cliff notes on</span> <strong>LEED, WELL, Fitwel, GRESB, and BREEAM updates</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lastly, we have to continue to revisit the difference between</span> <strong>"Operational Carbon vs. Embodied Carbon"</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We've pulled in a couple of subject matter experts from our team to make sure they can really help clear that up on a high level. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p><strong>State of the Sustainability Union</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Greenhouse gas emissions problems and opportunities.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Energy efficient commercial  buildings increase value for developers, tenants and investors more. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Meet climate standard targets for builders, designers and operators by 2030-2050 timeline. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Global big picture legislation and mandates. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Desi