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EP 66 Valuing Water and Closing the Loop

Dr. Dennis D. Truax joins the Think.Future podcast to share his experiences with over four decades working in water management and a long tenure teaching Water Treatment Systems Design at Mississippi State University. He contributes to the global conversation on water circularity from an engineering perspective with personal hands-on experience in solving water supply and waste water challenges in some of the dryest places on earth.

EP 65 Sustainability and Design Technology

Thesla Collier, Design Technology Manager at HNTB joins the Think.Future podcast and shares her expertise in using technology to design for sustainable outcomes in buildings. Thesla is known as a ‘Cheerleader for Sustainability’ and works in the intersection between Sustainability and Design Technology across Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure Design projects. Listen in to hear Thesla’s approach at the project design phase.

EP 64 A Circular Economy approach to the Business Case

Professor Aldo Ometto and Mr. Sergio Monforte join the Think.Future conversation to talk about a new International Standard for a circular economy driving innovative business opportunities as waste from one form of material is potentially a resource for another. In addition to the usual costs associated with production, they present the idea of generating economic, environmental, and social value from a new 21st-century strategic business model based on the principles of circularity and whole systems thinking.

EP63 A Circular Economy Approach for the Built Environment

Valentina Petrone is WSPs Circular Economy Lead in Australia. Valentina has unique skills combining 16 years’ experience as a trained Architect focused on implementing sustainable and climate resilience practices in the built environment with in-depth knowledge of Circular Economy design principles. She has co-authored the Circular Design Guidelines for the NSW Government to facilitate the transition to a Circular Built Environment and is currently working on pioneering Circular Economy projects in the design and advisory space ranging from master planning & urban design, building design & materials selection through to Government strategies and roadmaps.  She joins the conversation to share the principles of circular design for the construction industry, infrastructure, mining to make sure circular design is embedded across all sectors in the Built Environment.

EP62 San Francisco’s Journey to Zero Waste

James Slattery is a Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Specialist at the San Francisco Department of the Environment. James joins the Think.Future podcast on 6 March to share his strategies on leading resource conservation, debris reduction,  material recovery and taking environmental action in solid waste management. He has worked for the Department of the Environment for the past 12 years and is proud to share his story about his contribution to San Franciscos’s journey to Zero Waste.

EP61 Energy Self-Sufficient with Hydrogen

Two entrepreneurs, Markus Ostermeier of ostermeier H2ydrogen Solutions and his project partner, Joel Vogl of INFENER are thinking future and sharing the inspiring idea of being self-sufficient with decentralized Hydrogen solutions for the Built Environment. They both share an aspiration to become a market leader as a hydrogen producer and supplier on a local level and are expanding into new market opportunities in Europe.

EP60 Game change in the electrification of buildings

David Clark of Positive Zero is a chartered structural and building services engineer with over 30 years of design experience in Australia and the UK. Since 2001 he has specialised in providing sustainable design solutions and strategy in all building sectors and transport infrastructure. David developed the first Green Star rating tool with the Green Building Council of Australia in 2003 and has chaired their Technical Advisory Group for the past nine years. He is the author of What Colour Is Your Building (www.whatcolourisyourbuilding.com) and has recently written industry guidance on the electrification of buildings and precincts in Australia. David joins the Think.Future podcast to share his thoughts on how to electrify buildings and make them more flexible and responsive as the grid shifts rapidly to renewables.

EP59 Designing for a Circular Economy

Jodie Bricout is the Circular Economy Leader at international design, engineering and advisory company, Aurecon. She is a globally recognised sustainability leader with two decades of experience working with industry, research and policymakers in several countries including Australia, New Zealand, France, and Dubai. She is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the University of Adelaide, a Circular Australia Board Member and a member of the CRC Advisory Committee of Industry Innovation and Science Australia and the Victorian government’s Circular Economy Innovation Advisory Committee. Join the conversation with Jodie on Think.Future to understand the principles behind a circular economy, how they relate to the planetary boundaries and why designing for circularity is a powerful lever for sustainable development in the Built Environment.

EP58 Optimising for Sustainable Outcomes

Alexis Davison of Major Road Projects Victoria, joins the Think.Future conversation to tell us about the Victorian Government’s innovative ecologiQ program and Recycled First policy which are focussed on optimising the use of recycled and reused materials on Victorian infrastructure projects. Alexis is an industry leader with extensive experience in all stages of infrastructure delivery and has held key roles on major projects in the public and private sectors in Australia and the UK. Alexis played a key role in establishing the ecologiQ program in recent years which takes a systematic approach to the use of recycled content. Alexis is very passionate about progressing and increasing the use of recycled content used in infrastructure and she is proud of the fact that this program is the first of its kind in Australia.

EP57 Going Full Circle with Steel

Jerusha Beresford, Sustainability Lead at the Australian Steel Institute (ASI) manages the development and implementation of the Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA) certification program, a best practice sustainability assessment scheme for steel companies. Over the past 17 years, Jerusha has gained experience across finance, property and research industries, and endeavors to use her skills in project and operations management, strategic delivery, and communication to promote and progress sustainable development within Australia. Jerusha joins the Think.Future podcast to bring us up to date with leading practices and all things related to steel, such as design for disassembly, circularity, and resource management through all stages including at the end of its life.