Ecofactory Podcast

Dagmar Epsten is the founder and president of the Epsten Group, a design and consulting firm for high performance buildings. In her session at Green Building Focus, she will address envelope building incentives through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). ARRA will make billions of dollars available for commercial and residential building envelope improvements. Over 75 percent of federal building space and more than ...

As Executive Director of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) of Atlanta, Jeff DuFresne’s membership organization serves as an educational think tank focusing on global land use and sustainability. In his session at Green Building Focus entitled “The City in 2050: The Strategic Role of Green,” DuFresne will address the future of the collective “city”. According to DuFresne, ULI has been tracking where we’re headed as a nation and planet.

In this interview Douglas Pierson and Christopher Mercier, Partners and Design Principals of Form Environment Research (fer) Studio discuss their recent rehabilitation and greening of a 100-year-old building in Louisville, Kentucky. Their session at Green Building Focus will use this project as a case study for the incorporation of environment into building design. Listen as Pierson and Mercier discuss their experience modernizing ...

For the last 13 years, David Eisenberg’s focus has been on applying sustainable context to building regulations. As the director of DCAT, his organization’s mission is to preserve the long term health of the planet and communities. In his Green Building Focus session entitled “Not Your Father’s Building Codes,” Eisenberg will discuss the unincorporated set of regulatory structures and codes to meet our larger needs. Listen as he di...

As the managing principle of a strategic management firm, Coyne and his team take a holistic approach to improve his clients’ market share. Coyne’s business methodology is an unapologetically profit driven sustainable business model addressing environmental and social stewardship which, he says leads to better profits for his clients. Coyne notes that by not considering the larger environmental issues, as a business, core strategie...

On this week's fair trade coffee break, we don't talk about Michael Jackson.

We do talk about the climate bill being postponed in the Senate, the practicality of owning a hybrid, and the controversial Gray Wolf hunt. We touch on the differences between the seal hunts of Namibia and Canada, and speculate on why the Cape Fur Seals receive less attention.