Carbon Cli-MATES

Howdy All! Happy to say the 3rd episode of Season 2 Carbon climates is officially published! This is officially the third episode of Season 2, bringing in a new season of climate career content! This episode I have on Ryan Collins from New Paradigm Consulting Ryan has worked within many industries and sectors across the UK, ROI and America. As New Paradigm Consulting's Principal Consultant, Ryan s...

Howdy All, Happy to say Episode 2 of Season 2 of Carbon Cli-Mates is officially published. This episode we had on Gareth McCrudden, a Mechanical Building Services engineer who works throughout Belfast. Gareth shared insight into his journey gaining his qualifications and we also delve into the father of mechanical engineering James Watt. We also talk about the value of apprenticeships within the e...

Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-Third episode of Carbon climates is officially published! This is officially the first episode of Season 2, bringing in a new season of climate career content! This episode I have on Adam Magill from A&L Goodbody Adam Magill joined the carbon cli-mates podcast to shed light on his work in environmental and energy law. He discussed his role in wind energy proj...

Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-Second episode of Carbon climates is officially published This episode I have on Conor Gallagher from Mott MacDonald Belfast. This episode focuses on Conor's role as a Principal Mechanical Building services engineer. Conor discloses what he loves most about his job, his experience to date and emphasises the crucial need for more individuals to join the Building s...

Howdy All! Happy to say the Twenty-first episode of the podcast is officially published. The title is 'Lets get Amped: Watts Current for Energy Transmission?'. This episode I have on the Brilliant Margaret Taggart who is a Design Transmission Engineer for NIE Networks. Margaret talks about the inspirations at the start of her career as well as what she loves most about her job. Margaret is also Ch...

Howdy All, Happy to say the 20th episode of Carbon climates is officially here. I had the pleasure of speaking with Orla Kearney, a Sustainability Engineer at ARUP, and it was an absolute honor. Orla shared an insightful overview of her career journey, starting from her role at a local newspaper's picture desk to studying civil engineering at Trinity College Dublin. She also discussed how she land...

Howdy All! Happy to say the nineteenth episode of Carbon climates is officially published This episode she is back by popular demand, Hannah Ireland from Waterman Group in London. Hannah takes us through the process of obtaining her Low Carbon Energy Assessment qualification with CIBSE and the process of completing here Low Carbon consulting exam, as well as stressing the importance of CPD hours t...

Howdy All! Happy to say the eighteenth episode of Carbon climates is officially published This episode I have on Max McCone from Mott MacDonald Belfast. Max talks in detail about his career, his role as a Mechanical Building services engineer and his activities as CIBSE Northern Ireland Young engineers Chair. Max is also the CIBSE Global YEN Vice chair and shares his impressive insight into the ro...

Howdy All! Happy to say the Seventeenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is released. Today I have Adrienne Gorman on the podcast. Adrienne is an electrical engineer on Belfast and also part of the CIBSE YEN committee, STEM Ambassador and WIBSE representative in Northern Ireland. Adrienne gives great insight into our career so far and we discuss the joys of navigating Design meetings the power of Self...

Howdy All, Happy to say the Sixteenth Episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is officially published. In this episode my guest Catherine McGinn, a Digital communications officer from the Carbon Literacy Project. I first met Catherine on Keep Northern Ireland's Beautiful scheme 3o under 3o climate change makers. In this episode we discuss the importance of being carbon literate and all the great work the Carb...

Howdy all, the Fifteenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATEs is officially published. This episode I had Shane Brady who is Chief Operating Officer of Smart Work Plus, a software company at the forefront of creating sensor and reporting technology. Shane goes into detail about his career path, the type of work he does and the benefit of studying a Masters in IOT at Queens University Belfast. Links below t...

Howdy All!. Happy to say the Fourteenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is officially uploaded. Today I have on the podcast Taniya Thakre. Taniya is a BIM engineer at Caldwell Consulting and had her own company called Dot BIM. This episode involves talking about Revit and the practicalities of using it with Buildings. Links below to items discussed in today podcast: Revit - Complete Tutorial for Begin...

Well Howdy y'all! Happy to say the thirteenth episode of Carbon Cli-MATES is officially published. This episode I have on Bailie Wilson. Bailie is a PhD researcher at @ulsteruni with her research focusing on low carbon buildings and Passiv Haus. We dive into Bailie's work so far and her experience working with real life Passiv Haus buildings. As always plenty of puns along the way! Links below to...

Howdy, Welcome to the Twelfth episode of Carbon Climates. Today my guest is Ansu Mary Alex, a Concrete Technologist and KTP associate with Moore Concrete Products and Queens university Belfast. We talk about Ansus' amazing experience so far in the world of Science and Technology and both our experiences at the 30 under 30 climate changemakers Northern Ireland scheme operated by Keep Northern Irela...

Howdy! Welcome to the Eleventh Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates. Today I'm joined by a Vibhuti Bhambri. We discuss her life as a Sustainability Engineer and Assessor of BREEAM and her experience with undertaking Life Cycle and Costing assessments for Materials. As always, plenty of puns thrown in along the way Links below to items discussed: BRE Home - BRE Gr...

Howdy! Welcome to the Tenth Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates. Today I'm joined by a familiar face, Hydrogen Export Ralph Lavery, who was previously on episode four. We discuss more of the inner workings of hydrogen technology, his role at catagen and the future development planned for the use of this gas. As always, plenty of puns thrown in along the way Link...

Howdy! Welcome to the Ninth Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates. Today I have Peter McElhinney, a sustainability engineer at BPP Energy and founder of Core Energy NI. We talk through his extensive list of accreditations achieved and the importance of retro-fitting and what we think the future holds. As always, plenty of puns thrown in along the way Useful links...

Howdy! Welcome to the Eighth Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates. Ill start out with a joke. 'A mechanical engineer walks on site saying 'lets keep it civil', the response being 'they aren't on site today'....work with me here. Today I have Kristen Dalton and David Tennant (not tardis David Tennant) as cli-mates and we talk through their respective jobs as mecha...

Howdy! Welcome to the Seventh Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates This episode title is called "The Evidence is Concrete". Today I'm joined by Catherine Campbell from Business in the Community Northern Ireland . I first met Catherine on our Environmental Engineering MSc course at Queens University, Belfast. Not only do i treasure her friendship but i find her an...

Howdy! Welcome to the Sixth Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates Today I'm joined by Mark Clements, Sustainability Assessor from BPP Energy. We discuss his role as a BREEAM assessor, his insight into how to compose as assessments and his opinion and take on other energy accreditation schemes available. As always, there is plenty of puns along the way. Following l...

Howdy! Fifth Episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates Today I'm joined by Hannah Ireland, Sustainability Engineer from BPP Energy who's a dear friend and co-worker. We discuss her career starting out in the world of energy, opinions on renewable technologies and the importance of composing energy statement for construction projects. Following links mentioned in today...

Howdy! Welcome to the fourth episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates My Carbon Cli-mate and Co-host today is Ralph Lavery. Ralph is a Net Zero Applications engineer from Catagen. In this episode we dive into a typical (or untypical) work day, the processes of creating hydrogen and of course as always try to see how many puns can be made along the way. Music by Ciana...

Howdy! Welcome to the third episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates My carbon climate and co host today is Alison, Associate at BPP Energy who started out as a Visualisation specialist. Today's discussion gives an overview and discussion and what it's like to work in the BIM/CAD field and the humble beginnings of CAD and how it contributes towards energy efficiency...

Howdy! Second episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates Today I have Alan Geddis, Director of BPP Energy, an energy assessment and sustainability company (and the best place to work-bias opinion) on the podcast. We discuss how the energy industry has changed in recent years, public perception on renewables and what sort of technologies/energy saving techniques can con...

Well howdy, First episode of Carbon Climates podcasts. Instagram handle: @carbon_climates We are a podcast dedicated to talk about all things Carbon, Sustainability and what's getting hot, aside from our planet. Today I'm joined by sustainability engineer Louise Wray to discuss the creation of EPCs Music by Ciana O' Muireadhaigh Following links mentioned in the Episode: Find an energy certificate...