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Early LEED and Living Building Influencer Marni Jade Evans
FromThe Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti
Early LEED and Living Building Influencer Marni Jade Evans
FromThe Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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About the Episode In this episode, we have Green Building professional Marni Jade Evans. Marni is a LEED Fellow. We will explore the early days around LEED when she was an Associate Green Building Consultant at Paladino and Company. Additionally, Marni will talk about early influences on the Living Building Challenge. Marni is a proud Canadian with dual citizenship. Tune in to this episode to hear more about Marni Jade Evan’s journey. Key Talking Points Getting to know Marni Marni’s inspiration First experience with Green projects Gaining insight from the Greenbuild Conference Starting a new company Proudest Achievements USGBC update What does the future hold Bucket List Marni’s Advice Key Milestones of the Episode [01:43] Intro to Marni Jade Evans [02:30] Early Exposure to Architecture [04:58] Marni’s mentors [06:36] Paladino and Green Projects [10:55] Greenbuild Conference [13:20] Starting a new company [18:34] Update on US Green Buildings Council [24:56] Trends in the future of green building [34:32] Marni’s Bucket List [39:42] Final Words of Encouragement Key Quotes from the Episode “Tom Paladino had to be the best mentor, hands down.” “One of the big highlights in my life was deciding in 2008 to start my own Green Building Consulting Firm in the heat of a recession.” “I’m really lucky, I get to work from home while still being a part of the DC office.” “My intuition is telling me the entire building industry is about to be completely disrupted by buildings that are mobile, that are temporary, that are fast built, that are inexpensive and technological.” Key Resources Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo trim tab blog Learn More about Marni Jade Evans As a Green Building Specialist, I serve as a technical subject matter expert for all USGBC and GBCI published guidance related to LEED, SITES, WELL and EDGE certification. Drawing on cutting-edge knowledge of, and direct experience with, the suite of LEED Rating Systems and SITES, I assist teams in the design, construction and real estate industry and serve as a resource and problem-solver for technical issues. My role is focused primarily on improving customer service through direct customer engagement. LinkedIn Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2019 GBES
Released:
Nov 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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