About this episode

Kristy Walson and Sarah Gudeman discuss their careers and the importance of collaboration in advancing decarbonization.

For our latest episode, we spoke with Kristy Walson and Sarah Gudeman of BranchPattern. It was a fun moment to catch them, right after Greenbuild, and we talked about their careers and also how partnerships and friends are important in this work. Kristy is a mechanical engineer and she is a Principal and Building Science Practice Lead at BranchPattern. Based in Orlando, Florida, Kristy is dedicated to advancing sustainable design and decarbonization and collaborates to deliver building ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lindsay Baker, Kira Gould

Guests: Kristy Walson, Sarah Gudeman

Topics covered

• collaboration
• decarbonization
• sustainable design
• engineering
• partnerships

Keywords

• decarbonization
• sustainable design
• collaboration
• engineering
• BranchPattern

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BranchPattern

Places: Orlando, Florida

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