Special Episode: How I Built This | Charlie Cichetti & Drew Shula Talk Green Building Entrepreneurship

<p><strong><em>This is a special podcast episode where Charlie & Drew actually interview each other about how they built their green building consulting businesses. It has a style similar to NPR’s How I Built This. Enjoy!</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Drew Shula</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is Founder & Principal at</span> <a href= "https://verdicalgroup.com/"><strong>Verdical Group</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a leading Los Angeles-based full-service green building consulting firm specializing in certification project management, net zero, commissioning, energy modeling, and program management. Verdical Group is a certified B Corporation and 1% for the Planet member company. In addition to managing some of the highest profile green building projects in California, including LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge projects (such as the first Energy Petal certified project in California), Verdical Group hosts the world’s largest annual Net Zero Conference. Shula is a Founding Steering Committee member of the Living Building Challenge Los Angeles Collaborative and a frequent speaker on net zero and high performance buildings including at Cornell University, The 2 Degrees Symposium on Climate Change, and the Living Future unConference. Shula has appeared in USA Today, Forbes, USGBC+ Magazine, and the International Living Future Institute’s Trim Tab. He holds a 5-year professional degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame.</span></p> <p><strong>Charlie Cichetti</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the CEO of several small giants in the Green Building industry:</span> <strong>Sustainable Investment Group (SIG), Green Building Education Services (GBES), Blue Ocean Sustainability,</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <strong>Aetos Imaging.</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Over the course of his career Charlie has personally taught and trained over 10,000+ professionals in-person about LEED, the green building movement, and how to pas