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Latest Episodes
'Back to the Basics' of Affordable Housing with Les Bluestone
In a city as crowded and expensive as New York City, there is a growing need for access to safe and affordable housing. With this...
Air-Tightness Testing and Building Codes in Australia with Sean Maxwell
Standard construction (both in America and Australia) is sometimes a “race to the bottom” of who can satisfy the building code at the lowest cost....
Transportation in Cities with Zak Accuardi
The transportation sector poses significant opportunities for and challenges to reducing US greenhouse gas emissions as the Country’s highest-emissions sector. As a result of stay-at-home...
Training a Young Workforce to Operate Smart Buildings with Jonathan Spooner from Stacks + Joules
As technology in the built environment increases, the workforce demand for those who can properly operate these buildings also grows. On today’s episode, Kelly talks...
Universal Design and Accessibility in Mexico City with Luis Quintana
On this month’s Buildings + Beyond episode, we interview Luis Quintana to hear more about Universal Design and accessibility in Mexico City. We discuss who Universal Design is meant to help, and how Universal Design principles can allow equal access to...
How Codes Get Made with Gayathri Vijayakumar
In this episode, we learn all about the long and lengthy code development process from SWA’s own Gayathri Vijayakumar.
A Path to Zero Waste with Celeste McMickle
We often address large-scale sustainability issues by focusing on improving building energy use, material use, and accessibility. But what about waste? According to the EPA, the...
Mission Critical: Embodied Carbon in Sustainable Design with Kai Starn and Catherine Paplin
There is an enormous, industry-wide effort underway to incorporate accounting for embodied carbon in construction, because the realization has dawned that you can’t build ‘green’ without it.
The Keys to Commissioning with Kelly Westby
On this episode, Robb interviews co-host, Kelly Westby, who is also SWA's Commissioning Director. Kelly explains the importance of quality control and talks about how commissioning has evolved into a process, rather than a one-off measure.
NYC: A Melting Pot for People of All Abilities with MOPD Commissioner, Victor Calise
Commissioner Calise describes the actions that he and his team have taken to help NYC become one of the most accessible big cities in the US and reminds us that we need to take a human-centered approach, not just to design, but to life.