Nov 5, 2025
📌 The Green Impact Report
Quick take:
Architect-turned-tech CEO Benjamin Glunz is reshaping the AEC industry by tackling inefficiency, waste, and legacy workflows. In this episode, he shares how platforms like BIMsmith® and Swatchbox® are making sustainability the standard — not the exception.
🤝 Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion
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Benjamin Glunz is the Founder and CEO of Anguleris, the company behind BIMsmith® and Swatchbox®. An architect by training, Ben is driven by a mission to simplify specification, reduce material waste, and empower the next generation of AEC pros with smarter tools.
🌱 Breaking Ground on Better Building
🧠 Key Insight #1: Circular Sampling with Second Life
- The Challenge: Architectural material samples often end up in landfills after projects end.
- The Solution: Swatchbox’s Second Life initiative collects, recirculates, and redistributes unused samples.
- ROI: 50,000+ samples diverted from landfills, reducing demand for net new sample production.
🧠 Key Insight #2: Turbocharging Sustainability Through Product Selection
- The Challenge: Architects waste critical hours shuffling paperwork instead of making high-impact material decisions.
- The Solution: BIMsmith® streamlines product research and specification with architect-built tools.
- ROI: Faster, more informed decisions that increase sustainability and reduce project waste.
🧠 Key Insight #3: Moving from Time-Based to Value-Based Architecture
- The Challenge: AEC firms are locked into a billable-hours model that disincentivizes innovation.
- The Solution: Ben advocates for shifting to value-based pricing and tech-integrated workflows.
- ROI: Increased profitability, better design quality, and accelerated project timelines.
💬 Sustainable Soundbite
"Helping architects make better product decisions is the fastest way to scale sustainability across projects.” – Benjamin Glunz
📈 Your Green Building Action Plan
Transform your next project with these steps:
- This Week:
Audit how your firm manages material samples — can any be returned, reused, or recirculated? - This Quarter: Test BIMsmith® or similar tools to reduce friction in product specification.
- This Year: Champion circular practices internally and pitch one initiative to your leadership team.
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