The transportation sector is one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. But in our globalized economy, the need for safe, fast and reliable transportation isn’t going away. Any path toward carbon neutrality has to include a strategy that enables people to move freely without compromising the environment. It needs to make transportation more accessible, efficient and sustainable.  This episode features Emma Head, Technical Service Delivery Director at HS2; Alexander Ståhle,...

How can cities prepare for the impact of climate change in ways that also improve social equity? In this episode of Shaping Sustainable Places, we discuss what cities are doing to become more resilient.  This episode features Sabrina Bornstein, Principal and Head of Climate Resilience at Buro Happold; Christopher Westley, Senior Vice President of Strategic Services at Skanska USA Commercial Development; and Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston. The guests discuss how they are...

This episode features Clay Nesler, Founder and CEO of The Nesler Group, LLC, Rune Stene, Managing Director at Powerhouse and Business Developer at Skanska Norway, and Tony Hans, Vice President at CMTA. Each guest offers their perspective on how currently available resources and technologies can be important assets to save energy and  decarbonize  the built environment. - Clay describes what he calls the “Four Good Deeds” of building that can carve a path toward net-zero carbon by 2050. -...

This episode features Shan Arora, Director of the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Institute of Technology and Jimmy Mitchell, Senior Director Business Development at Skanska.  Our guests discuss how the Kendeda Building was developed to meet one of the world’s most ambitious building performance standards — the Living Building Challenge. -  Shan offers insights into the operations of a sustainable building and the impact it has on students and staff on...

This episode features Guillaume Charny-Brunet, Co-Founder and Head of Ventures at SPACE10, Mark Watts, Executive Director at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and Morten Kjer Jeppesen, Director and Team Lead at Gehl - Making Cities for People.  Our guests give their insights into what makes up a sustainable city and examples of projects on the ground that are bringing ideas to life: - Guillaume lists five principles for a sustainable city, sharing what Copenhagen is doing as an...

This episode features Lena Hök, EVP of Sustainability and Innovation at Skanska, Emmanuel Normant, VP for Sustainable Development at Saint-Gobain, and Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Holcim. All of our guests discuss the various technological innovations that are helping to make construction more sustainable and less carbon-intensive: - Lena discusses the development of low carbon/near-zero asphalt, the first of its kind in the world, and Skanska’s approach to...

Shaping Sustainable Places is a podcast about climate-smart built environments, the construction and development industry and their impact on the places we live. In each episode, we’ll be speaking with industry leaders and climate experts to explore real challenges, innovative solutions and the leaders championing change. This podcast is brought to you by Skanska. We are a world-leading project development and construction group, using knowledge and foresight to shape the way we live. From...