{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Ambitions Podcast","title":"Big plans for tackling non-residential retrofit, with Nick Taylor and Olga Khroustaleva (Building Atlas)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5119,"description":"We're joined by our new friends from Building Atlas, Nick Taylor and Olga Khroustaleva, who join us for a conversation about commercial retrofit—the non-residential kind. \n\nThey’ve got a data driven business Building Atlas that helps commercial asset owners to plan pragmatic retrofit pathways for commercial real estate.\n\nThis isn’t just important because of how much energy the non-residential sector consumes, it’s also because 70% of non-residential building assets are on course to become stranded assets because of their EPC rating and MEES regulation.\n\nThey are simplifying a complex problem into something that’s comprehensible—aggregating experience (and data) to give broad brush stroke direction that's useful. \n\nThey’ve also published a paper about retrofit strategy for commercial buildings: The Beauty in Boring Buildings: The Business Case for Retrofit Beyond Flagship Assets.\n\nNotes from the show\nNick Taylor on LinkedIn \nOlga Khroustaleva on LinkedIn \nThe Building Atlas website \nTheir recent paper — The Beauty in Boring Buildings: The Business Case for Retrofit Beyond Flagship Assets\nUK Government MEES guidance — Non-domestic private rented property: minimum energy efficiency standard - landlord guidance\n**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**\nWe don't actually earn anything from this podcast, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.\nFollow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a proper website)\nJeff and Dan about Zero Ambitions Partners (the consultancy) for help with positioning and communications strategy, customer/user research and engagement strategy, carbon calculations and EPDs – we're up to all sorts\nSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)\nCheck Lloyd Alter's Substack: Carbon Upfront\nJoin ACAN\nJoin the AECB \nJoin the IGBC\nCheck out Her Retrofit Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women\n\n**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/imp-PGTK0p-Yir06lCKyRzcHa9UWxL7NtYiXEdkSiXw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2NDY5LzE2OTYy/ODc4ODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}