Episode 4: Building Electrification: a climate solution with a built-in public health benefit

Everyday Climate Champions

In this episode, we talk to Sean Armstrong from Redwood Energy, a leading building energy design firm in the Bay Area. With over 25 years of experience working in building electrification and decarbonization, Sean walks us through where we started, where we’re going, and what we can do as individuals to help us get there. Discover how a combination of regulation, financial incentives, and will power will reduce building fossil fuel consumption.

Sean shared: "Attaching ourselves to those wild horses of commerce in Wall Street is how we're going to more rapidly electrify our country. We can't just do it as a cultural movement."

Host: George Dy

Transcript

Recap blog post: https://bit.ly/3OUz5nW

Related Websites

• Building Decarbonization Coalition: This organization unites building industry stakeholders with energy providers, environmental organizations and local governments to power our nation's homes and workspaces with clean energy
• BayREN - The Bay Area authority on financial incentives, rebates, and other local government regulation to aid in the transition to all-electric
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) - Building Electrification: Research and reports on building electrification solutions and impacts
• Project Drawdown: Building Retrofitting: A detailed, technical explanation of building retrofits and the impact on total emissions
• Redwood Energy: Sean Armstrong’s company website

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Podcast Production Team: Executive Producer: Dalya Massachi; Sound Designers: Dennis Hysom, Trevor Skerbe; Co-Hosts/Researchers: George Dy, Ellisa Feinstein, Sean Mendelson, Lex Schrader, Alex Williams; Logo Designer: Gabriela Vargas

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