Electrifying Buildings: March Green Jobs Report + Net Zero Cities
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Overview
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Live show
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Join our monthly Green Jobs Report for a regular update on how the ongoing health and economic environment is impacting the workplace and the role that green jobs and a green new deal can play in helping to rebuild stronger, more resilient, more inclusive economies.
This month, in addition to our regular green jobs report, we'll look in detail at the opportunities and challenges of decarbonizing our buildings and cities, considering technical and commercial perspectives, as well as the important associated issues of ensuring equity and inclusion as the energy revolution unfolds. We'll explore questions such as:
As always, this episode will be live and interactive, with a particular focus on practical actions that businesses, governments and individuals can take -- and the economic and ecological benefits of doing so.
This month, in addition to our regular green jobs report, we'll look in detail at the opportunities and challenges of decarbonizing our buildings and cities, considering technical and commercial perspectives, as well as the important associated issues of ensuring equity and inclusion as the energy revolution unfolds. We'll explore questions such as:
- What are the challenges with electrifying old and new buildings?
- Where can cities help to drive this change?
- How can we ensure the benefits are fairly distributed across society?
- Ryan Gardner from Rincon Consulting and
- Katie van Dyke, Chief Resilience Officer / Climate Action Program Manager at the City of Berkeley, California
- Chartered Engineer Patricia Pino, amongst other things co-host of the MMT Podcast
- Dr. Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University, and President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
- Dr. Scott Fullwiler, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Missouri at Kansas City
- Amir Khaleghi, PhD candidate in Economics, University of Missouri at Kansas City
As always, this episode will be live and interactive, with a particular focus on practical actions that businesses, governments and individuals can take -- and the economic and ecological benefits of doing so.
