As Grids Get Cleaner, Building Materials Become the Real Climate Problem
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This episode discusses the impact of building materials on climate change, featuring architect Alexander Sexsmith.
Get in touch - leave me a message Concrete alone accounts for around 7-8% of global emissions. So what happens when the real climate problem in buildings is no longer just energy, but the materials themselves? In this episode of Climate Confident, I’m joined by Alexander Sexsmith, architect and founder of Sexsmith Architects, to unpack what regenerative architecture means when stripped of the fluff. We look at the climate challenge hiding in plain sight across the built environment: embodied ...
People in this episode
Host: Tom Raftery
Guest: Alexander Sexsmith
Topics covered
- climate change
- building materials
- regenerative architecture
- embodied carbon
- energy efficiency
Keywords
- concrete
- global emissions
- climate problem
- built environment
- sustainability
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sexsmith Architects
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