#65 - David Gottfried: The father of the green building says 'it's not enough' - from LEED to regeneration and from human to humane
About this episode
David Gottfried discusses the limitations of the green building movement and the need for more effective solutions to combat climate change.
What if the system you spent four decades building turned out to not be enough? David Gottfried is the father of the global green building movement. He founded the U.S. Green Building Council and the World Green Building Council, and helped create LEED, the rating system now used across more than 180 countries and tied to a trillion-dollar green economy. And yet he is the first to say it has not bent the curve far enough. Carbon keeps climbing. The ship is still heading for the iceberg, and w...
People in this episode
Host: Peter Marcus Bach
Guest: David Gottfried
Topics covered
- green building
- sustainability
- environment
- carbon emissions
- regeneration
- human impact
Keywords
- green building
- sustainability
- LEED
- carbon emissions
- regeneration
- environmental impact
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: U.S. Green Building Council, World Green Building Council, LEED
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