Episodes
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Panel Henry Fenby-Taylor, Sonya Dancheva, Matthew Jackson and Johnathan Munkley
Our reaction and response to the election results over in the USA. Importantly after our personal reflection - how does this effect construction? What happens to the low carbon and sustainability movement in our industry? What happens to the Paris agreement? And more...
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Published 11/09/24
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Panel Lydia McGuinness, Poppy Harrison, Matthew Jackson and Johnathan Munkley
We led an exciting panel discussion on why we’ve had some standards for so long but yet as an industry can argue have made small gains. These global organisations have created standards such as IFC and LEED but have these helped move the industry forward?
Do we use these standards? Are they fit for purpose?...
Published 10/24/24
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Digital Construction Week is one of those conferences that the whos who of industry attends. We catch up with the conference, each other and what the big talking points are.
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This is the ZERO Carbon Construction podcast, the podcast dedicated to bringing you insights and expertise from professionals around the world on how we can reduce carbon in the built environment.
Hosted by Matthew...
Published 10/07/24
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Episode guest: Marc Munier from DitchCarbon
THAT LINKEDIN POST
John caught up with Marc who had just returned disappointed at what was supposed to be a leading innovation event where he accused it of being greenwashed. He posted a picture of his badge torn in half and the response to his LinkedIn post was amazing.
The discussion moves...
Published 06/13/24
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Another episode of the ZERO Diaries where we reflect on the amazing ZERO Con Virtual event. A 24hr live stream in our own virtual space where we created an auditorium, a networking space, exhibition and a digital John and Sonya!
We look at the pros and cons of the event, if we'll do another and the challenges of orchestrating this monumental...
Published 05/17/24
Episode guests: Alison Watson from Class Of Your Own
Episode sponsor: ZEROcon Virtual
How do we get more future leaders into all areas on construction and how do we bring the right skills into the industry?
Lets be honest - right now construction isn't attracting the talent needed but what if we get young people interested earlier?
Alison CEO of Class of your Own has an answer, a really great answer to this challenge!
This episode is from a...
Published 04/02/24
Episode guests: Michael Schwartz from RIB Software, Ole Berard from Molio, Teemu Lehtinen from KIRAHub
Episode sponsor: AEC Hackathon and BLOXHUB
The AEC Hackathons are an amazing event over different weekends in different countries. Over the first weekend of March we took an opportunity to get stuck in and record a panel debate and more content.
Last minute we decided to run a panel around a key question which had no prep time! But the outcome was excellent...
Published 03/08/24
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Bringing you a change to our regular programming: we are going to bring some more internal thoughts from ZERO. The ZERO Diaries will be conversations with ZERO's thought leaders on the why, what and how of ZERO with some subject debates along the way.
In this first episode the co-founders of ZERO discuss how it all began, the journey so far and where it is going.
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Published 02/12/24
Episode guests: Gavin J Gallagher
Episode sponsor: Behind the Facade Podcast (Spotify, Apple, YouTube)
Happy New Year!
The start 2024 we explore the world of how the finance around commercial real estate works and has a direct effect on the carbon emissions of the construction industry.
Explore this episode where we understand Gavin's story as he navigates the amazing highs and catastrophic lows of the real estate world and how he is focusing on making his assets...
Published 01/30/24
Episode guests: Lydia McGuinness from Wates Construction and Olayemi Usman from Soben.
Episode sponsor: Rapid by Sterling RCS and XYZ Reality
Another COP has come and gone, this one (version 28) threw up its fair share on controversies. BUT, we wanted to look beyond the headlines to see what the wins were.
We had a closer look into how the decisions at COP28 will have a direct effect of the built environment and there has been some...
Published 12/20/23
Episode guests: Eamonn Sheils from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Chris Jackson from esri, Archie O'Donnell and Ross Griffin from KOSMOS.
Episode sponsor: BIMCoordinators Summit by BIM Hero and ArcDox
ZERO hosted the ZERO Carbon stage at BIM Coordinators Summit in Dublin, September 2023. We hosted two great panel sessions and this is the second of two.
How does construction pay to decarbonise is a fascinating question which I hear...
Published 12/08/23
Episode guests: Eamonn Sheils from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Chris Jackson from esri, Archie O'Donnell from KOSMOS.
Episode sponsor: BIMCoordinators Summit by BIM Hero and ArcDox
ZERO hosted the ZERO Carbon stage at BIM Coordinators Summit in Dublin, September 2023. We hosted two great panel sessions and this is the first of two.
Counting carbon like we do cost is something we should have been doing for years, but we don't! Why is this and how can we...
Published 11/06/23
Episode guest: Harlene Gill from Buro Happold, Matthew Osment from Sterling, Johnathan Munkley (Co-Founder of ZERO) and Henry Fenby Taylor.
Episode sponsor: XYZ Reality (on LinkedIn)
This final episode (4 of 4) from Digital Construction Week (DCW) is split into two parts. First we join Harlene and Matthew to talk about the importance of carbon literacy and engagement in a conference setting. Then we catch up with Johnathan and Henry to discuss the two days and what...
Published 09/19/23
Episode guest: Sarah Saxton from Preoptima
Episode sponsor: Sterling RCS (on LinkedIn)
In this penultimate episode (3 of 4) from Digital Construction Week (DCW); John and I catch up with Sarah from Preoptima to geek out on not just digital twins but carbon twins. The discussion about how we record the data behind the understanding of the carbon impacts project have throughout their lifecycle. We also discuss her involvement in the ZERO community and how you can get more...
Published 08/24/23
Episode guest: Stacy Smedley from Building Transparency
Episode sponsor: Sterling RCS (on LinkedIn)
Today we welcome the guru, the jedi master of embodied carbon; Stacy Smedley from Building Transparency. We'll discuss the 101 of what embodied carbon is, how it needs to be measured across a global industry and the challenges that produces.
In the bonus episode we talk about Girl Scouts of America talk carbon, buying cheap secondhand designer fashion, ESG with Scope 1, 2 & 3...
Published 06/29/23
This is part 2 of 4 episodes recorded LIVE at Digital Construction Week. In this episode Henry is joined by Owen and Tasha our future leaders from the ZERO Next organisation where we give a little insight into what the new generations of people expect from the industry.
At a conference there is a lot of background noise so we have tried to reduce it as best we can without making the podcasters sound too robotic!
Today's episode is sponsored by XYZ Reality, we really recommend going to...
Published 06/06/23
This is part 1 of 4 episodes recorded LIVE at Digital Construction Week. In this episode John and myself are joined by Henry where we give a little insight into some big news we announced at the conference. In the second part John and Henry are joined by Rachel from GS1 where they discuss the existing data standards out there and why construction is trying to re-invent the wheel. At a conference there is a lot of background noise so we have tried to reduce it as best we can without making the...
Published 05/30/23
I am joined by fellow ZERO Co-Founder Johnathan Munkley where we will discuss how bad construction performs on the global scale of the climate crisis and why we think ZERO can be part of the solution.
Welcome to the ZERO Carbon Construction podcast, the podcast dedicated to bringing you insights and expertise from professionals around the world on how we can reduce carbon in the built environment.
Find out more about ZERO and join our community today.
Thank you to our community...
Published 05/22/23
Welcome to the preview of the ZERO Carbon Construction podcast, the podcast dedicated to bringing you insights and expertise from professionals around the world on how we can reduce carbon in the built environment. Get an insight into what to expect, the topics and the community.
Find out more about ZERO and join our community today.
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Published 04/23/23