Sustainably bringing Economy back into the built Environment, with Dr. Christine Lemaitre
Channel: Inside Ideas
Date: 2021-04-22

Dr. Christine Lemaitre is my guest on Episode 88 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. 

Christine is a real pioneer in sustainable building. As CEO of the DGNB German Sustainable Building Council, she sets the course for better planning and building culture in Germany for almost a decade. She was born in Gießen, Germany, and studied structural engineering at the University of Stuttgart. After working in the USA, in 2003 she started working at the Institute of Lightweight Structures Design and Construction at the University of Stuttgart. In 2007 she started working at Bilfinger Berger AG as a project manager for R&D. In January 2009 she took on the role of director system of the German Sustainable Building Council and since February 2010 Christine Lemaitre was appointed the CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the World Green Building Council between 2016 and 2020 and Chair of the European Regional Network, making her one of the global forerunners for future-proof building on a global level. She is also a member of the Advisory Council for Baukultur of the State of Baden-Württemberg and of the Sustainability Board of the German Property Federation (ZIA). She is co-initiator of the global initiative Building Sense Now and received the Eco Innovator Award from Global Green Economic Forum in 2019. Christine is a true believer in making a positive contribution to our global challenges through buildings and is a dedicated advocate for more and transparent quality of our built environment.

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00:00 - Sustainably bringing Economy back into the built Environment
00:21 - Introduction of Inside Ideas guest Dr. Christine Lemaitre on Episode 88 with Marc Buckley
03:05 - The built environment for our future
03:28 - How have you weathered this crazy time?
05:28 - How are our Human Zoos working for us?
06:45 - Our time in buildings
08:35 - Shape our built environment
10:05 - Trends during the pandemic
14:27 - Focused on reports
15:30 - Climate positive cities initiative
16:40 - US Green business council in Germany
19:38 - Life cycle approach
21:20 - Embodied carbon and grey emissions
23:39 - Certification for market transformation
27:09 - Collaboration and sharing knowledge
28:56 - DGNB philosophy
35:50 - Made buildings into investment goods 
37:57 - Sustainable quality and future proof
38:55 - Close the gaps for excuses
42:05 - Circular economy bonus system
47:00 - Deconstruction certification
54:35 - Climate and cultural design 
56:10 - Workshop in India 
57:15 - Rethink, understand and learn
59:10 - Master cities projects 
1:00:38 - Think Global but act Local
1:03:22 - Systematic approach and culture on lessons learned
1:06:40 - Sustainable pillars; Ecological Economics, Innovation, Future
1:09:55 - Built environment uses a lot of resources
1:12:00 - The burning question, WTF What is the Future?
1:13:35 - Carbon positive, climate-positive buildings to be scaled up
1:14:36 - Sustainable Takeaway
1:16:08 - What should young innovators in your field think about?
1:18:27 - What I wish I knew from the start