Episodes

Theresa Backhus, Director of The Building Innovation Hub in Washington, D.C., discusses the neighborhood, city, state, and regional scales of making better buildings and transforming neighborhoods to positively impact the people living, working, and playing in them. This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building...

Katie Kaluzny, Director of The Building Energy Hub in Illinois, discusses her decades-long career in nonprofit education and her current role growing a one-stop-shop resource center for building owners in the state to comply with green building laws and improve the efficiency of their buildings. This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership (BPP), engaging regional stakehold...

German-born lighting design expert Thomas Mnich, Sales Manager at Lutron, joins Radio BE-Ex in this special Daylight Hour episode to discuss all things lighting: the dynamic between electric light and daylight, the extraordinary impact lighting can have on the human experience, and the power of the dimmer. Hear about the future of lighting design and the role that it plays in advancing sustainability in the built environment.

Malachi Rein shares the experiences that led him to the role of Director of Building Energy Exchange St. Louis (BE-Ex STL) and the need to engage with various groups in the community to help make buildings in St. Louis healthy, resilient, and energy efficient.This season, Radio BE-Ex is spotlighting high-performance building resource centers that are members of a growing national network, the Building Performance Partnership, engaging regional stakeholders to advance local building energy effici...