New Research, Buildings Reinvented – Erin McLaughlin, The Conference Board

Electric Ladies Podcast

“I think we are really at an inflection point for a couple different reasons, the first being climate change and the fact that buildings are the cause of so much carbon emissions…(T)he second one, as you sort of referred to is the pandemic, and our intersection with how we use our residential and commercial buildings is different…(and) we also have to acknowledge the expense and the financing costs around some of the changes that we are seeing underway and what that may mean.” Erin McLaughlin on Electric Ladies Podcast

Multiple forces are transforming our buildings at once: how and where we work, climate change, reporting and financing structures, and even the materials we use to build those homes and commercial buildings. So, where are we?

Listen to Erin McLaughlin, Senior Economist at The Conference Board, explain the trends from their recent research in this fascinating discussion with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson. She also shares insightful career advice.

You’ll hear about:

• The inflection point that our buildings and homes face today, and why it’s unique in history.
• What is changing as a result of these dynamics, in every aspect of buildings, from materials, to processes, to financing, to who uses them and how.
• The key role that mitigating climate change plays in where we live, play and work.
• Plus, insightful career advice, such as…

“Careers don't always go up, right? You shouldn't necessarily think of your career as, oh, I got promoted to the next position up and now I manage more people, or I manage a bigger budget. You should think of them like climbing a, a rock wall. Like sometimes you have to go sideways in order to go up… and to deepen your skillset and, also watch the trends and watch the policies and…thinking about how they'll impact your career.” Erin McLaughlin on Electric Ladies Podcast

Read Joan’s Forbes articles here.

You'll also like:

• Katie McGinty, Chief Sustainability Officer, Johnson Controls, on the power of building.
• Anna Siefken, Deputy Director, Federal Energy Management Program, Dept. of Energy, on how the federal government reduces the energy use and carbon footprint of its 350,000 buildings.
• Rachel McCleery, Senior Advisor, Treasury Dept. Inflation Reduction Act Program, on how to leverage the IRA to save money reducing a building or business’s energy use and carbon footprint.
• Rachel Frazin, Environment & Energy Reporter at The Hill, on Project 2025 and climate change.
• Laura Busse Dolan, CEO, Applied Imagination, which designs and builds miniature buildings from plants and botanicals.

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