BUILDINGS Podcast

Is your building connected? If not, Trevor Palmer from Acuity Brands talks with Janelle Penny about what happens when it is. He sheds light on the evolution of the connected building, growing from just energy savings and comfort to the occupant journey and experience in your facility. He shares three steps you can take to move forward. *This podcast was created in partnership with Acuity Brands. -...

BUILDINGS staff writer Sarah Kloepple chats with Bill Gagnon, vice president of sales and marketing with Excel Dryers , about all things hand dryers—including maintenance, ADA compliance, misconceptions and new innovations in recent years. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Move from a respond-and-react to a predict-and-prevent type of scenario using artificial intelligence to notice trends and stay ahead of the issues that might occur at your building site. I met with Brian Wilson and Lindsay King from Allied Universal about their new product featured at BOMA 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Architectural and interior design and strategic planning firm Oculus recently worked on renovating the St. Louis Arc Office and Community Center. Ron Reim, executive vice president and co-founder of Oculus talks about the limitations and challenges nonprofits face when renovating their spaces. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

How clean is your building? Deb Mazzuca, an expert from Essity , explains why tenants are more aware of hygiene in public spaces—and how you can improve cleanliness in your facility. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Manage your water irrigation system from your phone using weather data to more accurately determine how much water to use. Some property managers have cut costs by about 35%. Christoph Trappe talks with Jake Bryan from Smart Rain about the many benefits of their water consumption solution. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Water efficiency expert Mike Orlando from T&S Brass shares tips on how to be green and efficient with water use. He shares some eye-opening stats about water usage and what each building can do to help sustain this crucial-to-life natural resource. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Showcased at NeoCon 2019, Relaxing Floors collection from Mohawk is a kind of experiment between art, science and human-centered design based on these fractal patterns they uncovered in nature that have been identified to draw in the human eye. It has a significant impact on stress reduction. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Christoph Trappe chats with Scandinavian Spaces about how they use color to inspire productivity at NeoCon 2019. Plus, check out the 360 degree VR video of their showroom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Straight from the NeoCon 2019 showroom, Christoph Trappe chats with Cia Mooney from Watson about their open office floor plan overhaul, which birthed the idea of the bending rail desk system. Make your furniture choices be flexible to support your company growth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Christoph Trappe sat down with NCARB CEO Michael Armstrong at AIA in Las Vegas 2019 and got an update on what’s happening in the industry, the history of architectural codes and education as well as who the key players are and what actually goes into licensing architects. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Everyone loves the look and feel of real wood. But wood is not without its issues. Christoph Trappe speaks with Lisa Thornton from Egger Wood Products at the AIA Conference about the many benefits of using laminate materials for items like desks and doors, including cost-effectiveness, lighter weight and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/supp...

Security is one of the top items on the minds of facility managers and owners—and your occupants. Christoph Trappe talks to Adrienne Reitz from Cornell Cookson about the latest security trends in parking garages, retail and schools. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

SaaS subscriptions tend to be month-to-month and if it lapses, designers and architects lose access to their projects. Go from concept to completion all in one BIM software with Vectorworks and keep what’s yours. Christoph Trappe speaks with industry expert Sarah Barrett about their perpetual license that allows users to keep the software permanently. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s...

Christoph Trappe spoke with Mark Brink from VELUX about their skylight products. During this conversation, they chat about the multi-level benefits for including or retrofitting a skylight in your facility. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

CertainTeed created an acoustical solution that enables architects to create aesthetically pleasing, functional designs that can be tailored to suit colors, shapes, and other customized elements needed for schools, hospitals and more. Christoph Trappe chats with Chris Bourque on the AIA Conference floor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

In this podcast from the AIA conference in Las Vegas, Christoph Trappe speaks with Ron Schumacher of LG Electronics about their new air condition unit used in commercial buildings that is functional and also has the look. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Janelle Penny chats about trending smart building innovative products, such as wayfinding apps, occupant-centered technology, sensors, access control and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

In this podcast, Christoph Trappe chats with David Antar , president at IPVideo , about how the company’s product— Halo Smart Sensors —helps with building security. It uses sensors to catch: vapes, fires, aggression, glass breaking and gunshots. They discuss the security impact and dive into what it means to privacy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podca...

At LIGHTFAIR International 2019 in Philadelphia, PA, Sarah Kloepple spoke with David Korow, senior lighting specialist with Current by GE about the evolution of the technology behind lighting’s ability to disinfect spaces. He also touches on the installation process and what facilities managers need to know. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/suppor...

Preventative maintenance is a crucial component to your facilities systems. Taking this one step further is prescriptive maintenance—or RxM. Joel Wheatley from C&W Services speaks with Janelle Penny about how this next generation option builds upon current maintenance strategies to provide an innovative solution before the equipment fails. *Podcast was created in partnership with C&W Servi...

Vegetated roofs aren’t just beautiful—they’re valuable tools for managing stormwater, reducing the urban heat island effect, and providing more usable space for building occupants. In the second installation of the Carlisle Roofing Series, BUILDINGS editor-in-chief Janelle Penny chats with Chris Kann, roof garden product manager for Carlisle , about best practices for green roof projects. Check ou...

Resilience starts with a roof you can trust to protect your building. Ron Goodman, EPDM product manager for Carlisle SynTec Systems , and BUILDINGS editor-in-chief Janelle Penny discuss EPDM’s resistance against weathering, heat damage and hail. Don't miss the next episodes of this roofing series: #2: Roof Gardens #3: Alternative Attachment Methods *This podcast was created in partnership with Car...

Valerie Dennis Craven speaks with Gabe Clark, principal for data centers with Corgan . They discuss the changing relationship between people and data centers, looking at edge data centers and those in an urban footprint. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/buildings-podcast/support

Christoph Trappe usually likes it quiet in his work space. One day a meeting was interrupted by loud external noise and he thought: What a great starting point to learn about noise reductions in commercial buildings. In this episode, Christoph chats with three professionals about the topic: Stan Gatland, John Hauenstein and Alex Morales. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod...