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Hopefully, this episode will charge you up ⚡️ 🚗 🔌 ! (we do love puns). Welcome back to another episode of the show. Today we are discussing EV Charging and a lot of the topics surrounding it with Zak Lefevre CEO and Founder of ChargeLab.

Charge Lab is an EV Charging company that is primarily a software to manage EV charging in an efficient way that helps avoid large charges for breaking energy demand as well as other features to even off charging time during heavy usage. In addition, they are a marketplace for EV charging equipment.

In this conversation, we discussed many things (as usual) from regulation to EV adoption, to the future of EV charging, to education.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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Welcome to the 49th episode of the CleanTechies Podcast. Today we are joined by Michael Beckerman the founder and CEO of CRETECH and CRETECH Climate. Michael, while relatively new to ClimateTech, has been quick to jump in and become a clear leader inside of Clean Real Estate Tech Space.

In today's show, we go through a lot. From the general landscape of the real estate industry at present. What it can be. The tech out there to solve the problems. The talent shortage. Education. The role of government. And Local Law 97.

I thoroughly enjoyed today's conversation with Michael and I hope you do too!

Main Talking Points:

• Intro to Michael
• His evolution into ClimateTech <> Real Estate
• How he made the leap from media to technology
• Carbon Emissions Impact of Real Estate
• Michael has faith in Technology
  • Concrete
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Heat Pumps
  • Sustainable Steel/Materials
  • 3D Printed Buildings
  • Emissions Tracking
• The integration challenge
• We need activists
• The Talent Issue
• The inequity of the Education System
• NYC <> RE Tech
• Local Law 97 / Regulation
• Leading Cities
• Role of Government
• Do your part
• Wrap up

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• CRETECH Website: https://www.cretech.com/
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Hello again! 👋 and welcome to the final episode in our ESG mini-series on the CleanTechies Podcast

Today we are joined by Fulya Kocak Gin the SVP of ESG at Nareit (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts)

Fulya is an industry leader in the ESG<>Real Estate space as she has been helping pull together and publish research for the members of Nareit. This work alone has had an incredible impact on the industry no doubt.

In today's conversation, we had the chance to go into detail with her about how ESG plays a role in the Real Estate space. Specifically, we went into what is a REIT, how does ESG effect design, the standard objections, ESG reporting for RE Owners, and much more.

As always, it was a pleasure to connect with an industry leader and it's an even greater pleasure to share it with you! We hope you enjoy this production.

Main Talking Points:

• Intro to Fulya
• How did she end up in the space
• A bit about her book
• What is a REIT
• ESG <> Real Estate
• Design <> ESG
• Common objections
• Biggest challenges
• Standardization
• Current and Future Regulations
• What is driving ESG Reporting
• What is ESG Reporting
• The future of ESG
• Innovation in the space
• ESG and Sustainability Defined
• Education <> ESG

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

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• Fulya's book:
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Other resources shared by Fulya:

• https://www.nareitphotolibrary.com/m/3ed5cf114b91ad7e/original/NareitPracticalReferenceforESGAugust2021v2-pdf.pdf
• https://www.reit.com/investing/reits-sustainability/2021-reit-esg-report
• https://www.reit.com/investing/reits-sustainability/reit-esg-dashboard

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This is the first part of our ESG Mini-Series. We are kicking things off with Ryan Kemp the founder of Pueo Consulting.

Today's show was highly interesting and enjoyable for me as we asked, pondered, and discussed some of the really tough questions about ESG that have been on my mind lately.

Main Talking Points:

• Intro to Ryan
• Basic Principles of ESG
• Deep dive into Social
• The benefits of S
• Supply chain and S
• Behavioral change to create true change
• Disconnectedness from the supply chain
• Deep dive into Governance
• The future of profit maximization / how ethical are these practices
• Expanding the definition of capital
• Time and Lifespan
• Instant gratification
• Harmony driven careers
• ESG & Education
• Unschooling

We hope you enjoy today's episode - please reach out with any specific questions or discussion points. If you're interested in being a show sponsor you can reach me at [email protected]

• Pueo Consulting Website: pueo.consulting/
• Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanjkemp/
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Hope you are feeling curious today! We have an episode today about one of my favorite topics - the Grid. And joining us today is a grid expert, Bhaskar Ray. Bhaskar is someone that I've known for a while and who has always helped me to learn how the grid works throughout my recruitment work.

In today's discussion, we go over...

• the history of the grid
• basics about how the grid works
• the major challenges facing the grid currently
• some of the potential solutions going forward
• Bhaskar's predictions on what will happen
• the potential role of bitcoin mining with the grid
• the future of energy storage
• innovation in the utility space

And a whole lot more.

We hope you enjoy today's episode as it is a super informative one if you're seeking to understand the basics of how the US power grid works.

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Reach out to Goodwin Law today; the law firm of choice for hundreds of ClimateTech Entrepreneurs worldwide. They have you covered from funding docs to offtake contracts to IPO and M&A support. GoodwinLaw.com (and tell them CleanTechies sent you!)