Episode 8: Sustainable & Equitable Buildings with Nicole Isle- CSO/ Glumac
Today is a special episode. We talk about how we can bring about improved social equality in buildings and how bringing nature into buildings improves peoples wellbeing. I talked with Nicole Isle, a Chief Sustainability Officer with a Glumac. A engineering consulting firm in the building industry.
This episode was originally recorded in the weeks after the George Floyd protests in June. I decided to aire this now to circle back to the topic of social equality and the role that the built environment plays in that. We must continue to strive for a more just built environment that benefits all.
We also discuss how you can use creative design and teamwork to solve sustainable challenges and how potential negatives in a building design can be reformed into positive highlights in the space through challenging existing concepts
Main Topics: What does a Chief Sustainability Officer do? What is Biophilia and Biomimicry and how can we incorporate it into our buildings? Making the built environment more socially equitable. And tips for getting into the field you want.
Nicole's tips at the end of the episode are truly insightful. So listen to the end for those.
You can connect with Nicole on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-isle-4547ba16/
You can check out Glumac and the work they do here: https://www.glumac.com
