City Rising

Alex Dews, Director of Green Building United, joins us to talk about the Philadelphia 2030 District, with goals including 50% reductions in energy use, water consumption, and transportation emissions (below baselines) by the year 2030. Find out how cities are combating climate change is changing the buildings we work, live and use every day. In this episode, you'll learn: Where buildings use the most energy How Philadelphia joined the 2030 District Initiatives Key (and surprising!) stakeholders in the Philadelphia 2030 initiative How Philadelphia learned from other cities in the 2030 district What is the largest building in the PHL signed on to the 2030 initiative? Challenges for building owners and Philadelphia to be energy efficient Philadelphia's energy benchmarking program What drives participants to join the initiative. How a local government works on sustainability when the federal government talks about pulling out of Paris Climate Accord This is episode 2 of the 2030 districts. If you haven't liste