Real Estate Carbon

Zach Shelin

Decarbonization needs data. Here, we tell the stories of the people and the work behind the data.

Episodes

  1. 04/29/2025

    Episode 4: YG Leboeuf

    I chat with Yves-Gabriel (YG) Leboeuf, cofounder and CEO at Deck (https://www.deck.co/). We talk about how Deck is using AI to solve the challenges of collecting and centralizing first utility data, then any data, that sits behind online user credentials. We talk about the many pivots YG and cofounder Fred went through prior to founding Deck, and how YG first started a business using Alibaba in 2011. We cover YG's advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, what's wrong with the startup scene in Montreal, and how he built mental and physical toughness through an Ironman Triathlon.

  2. 02/18/2025

    Episode 3: John Lord

    On episode 3 of Real Estate Carbon, I talk to John Lord, Energy Management Coordinator at Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia.  John tells his fascinating story of going from energy manager in rural rural Amelia County School District in Virginia, moving to Loudoun County with a well established and respected energy management program (where his work was profiled by the Washington Post), to cleaning up an energy management program gone wrong upon moving to Fairfax County Schools.  Along the way John shares his team building work across custodial staff, students, and teachers. He talks through areas where confrontations flare up around energy management, how he manages energy at home, and much more.  Fairfax County Schools Get2Green: https://get2green.fcps.edu/ Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/loudoun-schools-flipping-the-switches-for-summer-energy-savings/2013/06/21/db501232-d4bd-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html

  3. 12/18/2024

    Episode 2: Gabor Imre

    Gabor Imre talks about going from 0 to 60 on building sustainability, the hardest part of improving building operations, jumping from the US to the European market, and the major differences between the two.

  4. 12/03/2024

    Episode 1: Sara Greenwood

    The Real Estate Carbon podcast's inaugural episode features an interview with Sara Greenwood telling her story of building early greenhouse gas tracking standards to founding her own business and leading projects ranging from professional sports stadiums to zoos to an aquarium.

  • 4 Episodes

About

Decarbonization needs data. Here, we tell the stories of the people and the work behind the data.

Information

  • Creator
    Zach Shelin
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024
  • Show Website
    Real Estate Carbon