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POE and its value to retrofit, and what does a Head of Sustainability do? With Loreana Padron (ECD Architects)

POE and its value to retrofit, and what does a Head of Sustainability do? With Loreana Padron (ECD Architects)

FromZero Ambitions Podcast


POE and its value to retrofit, and what does a Head of Sustainability do? With Loreana Padron (ECD Architects)

FromZero Ambitions Podcast

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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are joined by Loreana Padron to talk about what it is that a Head of Sustainability does and, more broadly, the value of post occupancy evaluation (POE) to all the stakeholders in a retrofit project.Loreana tells us about the path she's taken to becoming Head of Sustainability at Architecture firm ECD, a leading sustainability-focused practice, and takes time revisit the Wilmcote House project which we featured way back in 2021. This time, we're more focused on the POE aspect, in part, driven by the inclusion of the Wilmcote House project in Marion Baeli's 10 retrofits revisited project which we featured back in April.Some listeners may want to go back to episode, 23 EnerPHit at Scale with James Traynor of ECD Architects. It's a very old one, so please bear in mind that as badly produced as this podcast may be now (still) we've got a lot better. The content is excellent still though because James is brilliant and it's an amazing project. Listen out for news about the retrofit design course she's been editing and the 'secret' group of heads of sustainability, something that should be a much more common model for sharing knowledge, providing an opportunity for bigger practices who are able to invest in research to share it with smaller practices in order to further the cause.Mea culpa: embarrassingly, I got Loreana's name wrong when I introduce her. Apologies. I don't know how, but II have done worse.Notes from the show
Loreana Padron on LinkedIn
Wilmcote House on ZAP in 2021 (e23): EnerPHit at Scale with James Traynor of ECD Architects

ECD's page on Wilmcote House
Passive House Plus on Wilmcote House
That canary air monitor that Jeff mentions: Canairi

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Released:
Dec 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Zero Ambitions is a podcast about sustainability, the built environment, and zero-carbon goals. We talk about how sustainability applies to the built environment, to draw attention to the achievability of it all, wherever there is the will to make a difference. It's not easy, but it is possible. Hosted by Jeff Colley (Passive House Plus), Dan Hyde (Everything is User Experience) and Alex Blondin (Everything is User Experience) Zero ambitions is a hub for sharing good practices, advice, stories about the importance of sustainable building, retrofit, performance, efficiency, new materials, strategies, and whatever needs to be done in order to meet the collective challenges that lie ahead.