Timestamps 

• 0:48 - Meet Lindsay Baker
• 5:59 - Lindsay’s work on the LEED rating system
• 11:40 - From Berkeley and Google to WeWork and ILFI
• 15:32 - Lessons learned while working on LEED
• 21:03 - What is The Living Building Challenge?
• 26:05 - ILFI “Red List”
• 30:15 - The Seven Petals of The Living Building Challenge and Neutral’s focus on the Beauty petal
• 35:35 - Regenerative buildings
• 39:00 - The regenerative and circular loops of sustainable buildings and materials
• 45:27 - Carbon Accounting

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Episode Summary 

In this episode, we sit down with Lindsay Baker, CEO of International Living Future Institute (ILFI), to explore her fascinating work in regenerative building design and certification. Starting with her work on the LEED rating system as an early member of U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Lindsay discusses the lessons she learned there and her history at Google and WeWork before she started her tenure at at ILFI. Listen as Lindsay sheds light on the future of regenerative buildings, explaining how sustainable architecture can create regenerative and circular systems that benefit both people and the environment.

Resources 

• About Lindsay Baker
• About The Living Building Challenge
• About PFAS chemicals
• The “Red List” chemicals‍
• “Carbon Accounting” by Lindsay Baker