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Ensuring we achieve a sustainable future is a team effort. But it's not just the citizens of today that need to work together - it's those of tomorrow, too. So how can we leverage a team approach to support the next generation of climate innovators?

In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, Deidra Parrish Williams, Global Corporate Citizenship Leader at Trane Technologies; Alyssa Sharpe, CEO of DigiBridge; and Tyler, Texas science teacher Courtney Clague join us for a conversation about corporate citizenship, innovative education, and the importance of connecting future generations with real-world sustainability challenges and action, in their classrooms and their communities.

Listen to the full episode to learn more about how meaningful partnerships are equipping today’s students with the literacy, pathways and inspiration they need to become tomorrow’s climate innovators.

Episode guests

Deidra Parrish Williams, Global Corporate Citizenship Leader at Trane Technologies

Alyssa Sharpe, CEO of Digi-Bridge

Courtney Clague, 8th grade science teacher, Tyler Independent School District, Texas 

How are you building healthy spaces in your organization or community? Share your story with us and learn more about the Healthy Spaces podcast. 

Globally, 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food loss and waste. A significant portion of that loss happens during transport. So how can innovative climate tech help reduce both food waste and carbon emissions? By creating a smarter and more efficient cold chain, from farm to fork.

In this episode of the Healthy Spaces podcast, Trane Technologies Marketing Leader Dominique Silva sits down with Claudio Zanframundo, President of Thermo King EMEA, and Renier Du Preez, CEO at Digistics and Chair of the Global Cold Chain Alliance – Africa, to discuss how innovative technologies like kinetic energy recovery systems are making significant strides in decarbonizing the long-haul transport sector -- while also improving food security.

Listen to the full episode to learn more about how climate technology and a more holistic approach to logistics are helping to mitigate food loss and create a more sustainable cold chain.

Episode guests

Claudio Zanframundo, President, Thermo King EMEA

Renier Du Preez, CEO, Digistics

This summer, record-setting heat waves have impacted life and work around the globe. And although drought and wildfires are visible results of climate change, the most dangerous threat to humans is heatstroke.

As extreme heat conditions become more widespread and frequent, how can climate technology help people stay safe and healthy?

Listen in and learn from two climate innovators who are rapidly implementing climate solutions that help protect people – and their livelihoods – from extreme heat.

Learn more about Extreme Heat Initiatives at the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.

Learn more about Operation Possible at Trane Technologies.

Guests:

Kurt Schickman, Director of Extreme Heat Initiatives at the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Rohith BL, Director of Innovation at Trane Technologies

As climate change continues to negatively impact the health of our planet and its people, medical research is continuously producing new and more effective life-saving treatments.

What does this mean for climate tech? Whether helping transport life-saving treatments or monitoring ventilation in indoor spaces, climate technology plays a role in helping us get better, faster – and in making our built spaces healthier to begin with.

Listen in and learn from two innovators who are leading the way to ensure that climate technologies are working to support more resilient healthcare systems.

Thanks to the iAIR Institute and Allergy Standards (ASL), the iAIR Academy Healthier Buildings Awareness Program is available to Healthy Spaces listeners for just $47 – a generous discount of $110, thanks to our partners. To benefit from the discount, visit https://www.iair.academy/healthier-buildings-awareness-with-the-iair-academy-trane and use the coupon code HBA-TRANE-70 at checkout. 

Guests:

Holly Paeper, President of Life Science Solutions for Trane Technologies

Dr. John McKeon, CEO of iAir Institute and Allergy Standards

Host: Dominique Silva, Innovation Initiatives Leader, Trane Technologies

References:

• Impact of climate change on human pathogenic diseases subject of new study by UH researchers: Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by greenhouse gas emissions -- ScienceDaily
• Climate change, emerging infections and blood donations | Journal of Travel Medicine | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Did you know that high-tech greenhouses are making it possible to grow tomatoes in the desert? And that innovative solutions adopted by food transporters are helping to reduce food loss and pollution in cities? Climate technology helps to play role in making food systems more sustainable and resilient.

Listen in and learn from business leaders who are reimagining the way we grow and move food in ways that enhance access to healthy food, while reducing environmental impact. From electrification to big data and AI, our guests reflect on how technology and innovation are helping food supply systems to become more efficient, less wasteful and more resilient.

Guests:

• Majed Halawi, VP Engineering & Construction, Pure Harvest Smart Farms
• Adnan Javed, General Manager, Trane Commercial HVAC EMEA, Trane Technologies
• Mtu Pugh, VP Strategic Marketing, Thermo King Americas, Trane Technologies
• Raluca Radu, Portfolio Leader, Thermo King EMEA, Trane Technologies
• Host: Dominique Silva, Innovation Initiatives Leader, Trane Technologies

We like to think of our homes as a place of refuge and comfort from the outside world - but how is technology reducing the impact that homes have on our environment - while helping us thrive inside of them?

Listen in and learn from three different sustainable home innovators who are redefining green building, combining energy efficiency and artificial intelligence to make climate technology smarter, and advancing the home experience for families and the planet.

Guests:

Brandon Weiss, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Dvele Homes

Katie Davis, Vice President of Engineering, Trane Residential

Joel Gouker, Innovation Director, Trane Technologies

Host: Dominique Silva, Innovation Initiatives Leader, Trane Technologies

[Note: This episode was recorded before the wildfires in Canada spread out of control and reminds us how much human and planetary health are connected. We want to acknowledge the impact this event is having on the people of Canada and eastern U.S. and hope that everyone is staying safe. We believe that continued advancement in sustainable climate technologies will bring clearer skies for us all.]

Scientists, doctors, and policymakers all agree that cleaner air means better outcomes for people and the planet. But is it possible to reduce air pollution without compromising energy efficiency?

And with humans spending more and more time indoors, what role do our built spaces play in the overall quest to clear the air?

Listen in and learn from three different clean air innovators who are disrupting the status quo, building coalitions across industries, letting data drive strategy, and making our world healthier, inside and out.

Guests:
Pierre Dornier, Founder, Chercheurs d’Air (“Air Seekers”)
Sara Karerat, Managing Director, Center for Active Design
Jeff Wiseman, Vertical Market Growth Director, Trane Technologies
Host: Dominique Silva, Innovation Initiatives Leader, Trane Technologies

Did you know that 99% of the global population is breathing unhealthy air? What if it didn’t have to be that way? We believe that the relationship between human health and planetary health is so intertwined that it's impossible to talk about one without the other. 

Welcome to Season 3 of the Healthy Spaces podcast, where we’re exploring how technology and innovation are transforming the spaces where we live, work and play. From building sustainable homes to growing and moving healthy food, we’re connecting the dots for listeners between climate tech and healthier spaces for people and the planet. We’ll talk to engineers, homebuilders, food growers and business leaders about the innovations they’re developing not only to improve comfort and health for people, but also to reduce the carbon footprint of the ecosystems we all depend on to live.

Join us to listen, learn and get inspired to create healthier spaces in your community.

Are we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water, and food are available to all? Where economies are focused on health and wellbeing, where cities are livable, and people have control over their health and the health of the planet?

These are the questions being asked by the World Health Organization to focus attention on the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy. 

In this special episode celebrating World Health Day, host Rasha Hasaneen speaks with Trane Technologies’ Sustainability leader, Scott Tew, to explore the link between indoor environments and the great outdoors, and what we can all do to make them better. Because it’s clear - the relationship between human health and planetary health is so intertwined, it's impossible to talk about one without the other.

Throughout our podcast series we have explored the link between indoor air quality and quality of life. In this episode, we dive deeper into how some strategies for improving indoor air quality can have a taxing effect on building efficiency, and how innovation and technology is evolving to address it.

Manish Sharma, Vice President and Chief Technology and Product Officer at Honeywell Building Technologies, joins us to talk about how the pandemic has accelerated innovation and technology in this space. And, how building owners and engineers are engaging on the topic and recognizing the value of monitoring other parameters of indoor air quality, beyond carbon dioxide.