Sep 30, 2026
📝 The Green Impact Report
Quick take: The future of high-performance buildings isn’t necessarily about adding more technology — it’s about making smarter decisions. Mechanical engineering leader Dale Garfield breaks down why fundamentals, heat pumps, renewable-ready infrastructure, and owner-focused design...
Sep 23, 2026
🌎 The Green Impact Report
Quick take: What happens when AI adoption runs headfirst into energy constraints? Josh Rainbow sees technology, infrastructure, power, and sustainability becoming increasingly interconnected — and believes the winners will be the people who can turn emerging technology into measurable...
Sep 16, 2026
💟 The Green Impact Report
Quick take: Sustainability targets are easy to announce. Making buildings actually perform against them?
That’s where things get complicated. Etrit Demaj makes the case that the next phase of green building will be powered by real-time operational data, interoperable building systems, and...
Building for the Next 100 Years with Timber, Wood Fiber, Already Embedded Carbon with Jonathan Orpin
Sep 9, 2026
✅ The Green Impact Report
Quick take: What if the greenest building innovation isn’t waiting around the corner — it’s already here?
New Energy Works founder Jonathan Orpin makes the case for building better now, using durable timber structures, wood-fiber insulation, off-site construction, and mass timber...
Sep 2, 2026
✅ The Green Impact Report
Quick take:
David Gottfried co-founded USGBC, wrote the first white paper proposing a US rating system, and lit the fuse on what became LEED. Now, 30+ years and 30 billion square feet later, he's back with a bigger question: if we can green every building on Earth and still miss the climate...