The construction industry is tough to navigate, and having the appropriate information is essential in this industry. Join us as we talk with industry experts who have enthusiastic viewpoints on innovation and guidance for encompassing a growth mindset. I am your host, Patricia Bonilla, President of Lunacon Construction Group, a woman-owned general contractor that only began in the garage in 2007. Our mission is to provide you the best resources that would result in turning your construction business into a money-making profitable machine that perfectly works for you!
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Building Resilience and Sustainability: Understanding the Concepts with Alexa Stone
Our guest in this episode, Ms. Alexa Stone, President, and CEO of ecoPreserve, emphasizes the importance of long-term relationships in achieving success. Her company, ecoPreserve, focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through sustainable building practices.
Alexa explains that sustainability and resiliency are closely related, focusing on using resources in a way that can be sustained over time, and resiliency refers to the ability to respond to climate events. Though it's complicated, she says that Individuals can contribute to sustainability by using LED lights, recycling waste, walking or using hybrid/electric vehicles, limiting the number of pets and children, and being mindful of the products they purchase and use.
She also calls for manufacturers to take responsibility for reducing packaging waste and using more sustainable materials.
"We need to work on it a lot more. Yes, I agree with you it is getting a little bit better. People are at least aware that they need to have the facade of equity, but it's still not equal. Women still don't make the same as men, and blacks and Hispanics also don't make the same it is not fair yet, but it's getting better." – Alexa Stone – President and CEO, ecoPreserve LLC.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode:
· The difference between resiliency and sustainability and how they work together to create a more sustainable future.
· The LEED certification process and what it means for a building to be LEED certified.
· The necessary components for a community to be considered resilient and how to implement them.
· Quick and effective ways to mitigate the damage caused by climate change in a building.
· The comparison between retirees and baby boomers in terms of needs and priorities.
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