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The Weekly show, Feb 4, 2021: The rise of healthy buildings and human performance

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The Weekly show, Feb 4, 2021: The rise of healthy buildings and human performance

The February 4 episode of BD+C's The Weekly is available for viewing on demand. 


By BD+C Staff | February 4, 2021
The Weekly show, Feb 4, 2021: The rise of healthy buildings and human performance sponsored by Sierra Pacific
The Weekly show, Feb 4, 2021: The rise of healthy buildings and human performance sponsored by Sierra Pacific

This week on The Weekly show, BD+C editors speak with AEC industry leaders from Brookfield Properties, NBBJ, and UL about: 
• Healthy buildings certification 
• Improving human performance through research-based design

 

 

THE WEEKLY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 4, 2021

BD+C's Group Director Tony Mancini runs down the highlights from this week's show.

 

 

 

SEGMENT #1

Make your buildings healthier
BD+C Executive Editor Rob Cassidy engages with Robert Cushman and Brian Pagac of Brookfield Properties, and Sean McCrady of UL IEQ Testing + Advisory Services, on the why and how of Brookfield's involvement with UL's "Verified Healthy Buildings" certification program.

 

 

 

SEGMENT #2

Better human performance through research-based design
BD+C Senior Editor John Caulfield interviews Kelly Farrell, the former president and CEO of CallisonRTKL, who recently joined New York-based NBBJ as Corporate and Commercial Practice Director. Farrell talks about her decision to make a high-profile job switch, and about her new firm's commitment to creating healthy environments and its expansion plans for the East Coast.

 

 

 

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