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The Ask ME podcast is brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric's Living Environment Systems Team. Join your hosts as they speak with a range of fantastic guests, discussing a range of topics, including sustainability in the built environment, the decarbonisation of public sector buildings, indoor air quality and the importance of building ventilation, and the industry changes that are needed to achieve NetZero.
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Consultant Focus Let’s Talk: Large Scale Commercial Projects
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Rob Conway is joined by Richard Venga, Business Manager – Engineering Solutions at Mitsubishi Electric, for a discussion on the challenges facing HVAC Consultants and Specifiers when designing heating, cooling and ventilation solutions for large commercial buildings. Richard discusses the legislation and initiatives driving the changes in the way w…
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Ask ME | About the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
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The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, as discussed by David Partridge in this podcast, marks a significant milestone in sustainable building in the UK. This initiative, which David chairs, aims to unify the concept of sustainability in the building industry by providing a clear, measurable standard for sustainable practices. It addresses the u…
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Join Dan Smith, National Sustainability & Construction Manager, and Chris Newman, Zero Carbon Design Manager from Mitsubishi Electric, along with Bradley Bennett, Mike Linehan, and Paul Sullivan from ISG, the Global Construction Company. The conversation focuses on the challenges that construction firms face in the retrofit sector as we move toward…
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Mission Zero – Step by Step with Mitsubishi Electric and BESA
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In the first episode in our Net Zero Series, in collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric and BESA, we are joined by Chris Skidmore OBE, Chair of Independent Government Review on Net Zero. His ‘Mission Zero’ review, which was published in January, made 129 recommendations for delivering a prosperous UK ‘green economy.’ These included speeding up decis…
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Ask ME | About sustainability at The Wave
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Join Dan Smtih, National Sustainability & Construction Manager, and Martin Fahey, Head of Sustainability, as they talk to Nick Hounsfield, Founder, and Chief Vision Officer at The Wave. The conversation covers Nick's vision for Blue Health and his triple-bottom-line approach to business.By Mitsubishi Electric
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Ask ME | With Future Leap Sustainable Business Network
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Curious about what truly constitutes a "sustainable workspace" from both environmental and commercial perspectives? We were too! That's why Dan Smith and Martin Fahey from Mitsubishi Electric had an engaging conversation with Fenna Leake and Katherine Piper MSc from Future Leap Sustainable Business Hubs. We gained valuable insights into one of the …
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Ask Me | With the Supply Chain Sustainability School
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Join Dan Smith, Martin Fahey, and guest Holly Hansen-Maughan from the Supply Chain Sustainability School as they discuss the school's impact on companies working in the built environment and the challenges the Industry faces in meeting sustainability targets.By Mitsubishi Electric
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Consultant Focus Let’s Talk: City Multi R32 VRF and Hybrid VRF
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Rob Conway welcomes Mark Grayston, Product Strategy & Delivery Manager and Jobin Varghese, City Multi Product Manager, to provide their expert insights into City Multi. Simplicity, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness have always been central to product design at Mitsubishi Electric. From embodied carbon, tough government regulations, stringent envi…
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In this episode, we talk with James Smurthwaite, founder of Green Net Zero, a consultancy practice set up to help businesses that are starting out on their zero-carbon strategy and looking to reduce their impact on the climate.By Mitsubishi Electric
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Stranded Assets | What can we do about it?
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What knowledge do business leaders need to tackle the retrofit challenge amongst their building estates? In this episode, Richard Venga, Dan Smith, and Chris Newman discuss the steps building owners and corporate landlords need to take in order to avoid falling into the trap of stranded assets within their portfolios…
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Stranded Assets | Don't let your building get left behind
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Join Dan Smith, Martin Fahey, Chris Newman, and Mark Grayston as they discuss the problem of stranded assets in the built environment and how companies & building owners can avoid the impending pitfalls.By Mitsubishi Electric
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The Decarbonisation Journey with Martin Fahey
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In this episode, Mike Egan and James Harman are joined by Marin Fahey, Head of Sustainability for Mitsubishi Electric UK & Ireland to discuss the topic of decarbonisation. They discuss Mitsubishi Electric own developments in this area and its Decarbonisation pledge and how other companies can kick start their decarbonisation journeys. Mike Egan 00:…
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Discussing NetZero with Greener Energy Futures' Simon Pyne
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In this episode, Mitsubishi Electric's James Smurthwaite was joined by Simon Pyne, Founder, and Director of Greener Energy Futures, to discuss how businesses can take the first steps on their NetZero journey. Together they discuss the changes, both big and small, that businesses can take to ensure their practices are helping towards NetZero targets…
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Discussing NetZero with Mitsubishi Electric's Martin Fahey
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In this episode, James Smurthwaite is joined by Martin Fahey, Mitsubishi Electric's Head of Sustainability. Together they take an internal look at Mitsubishi Electric's own NetZero and sustainability journey, and discuss the ways that the goals and targets have changed in the 17 years that Martin has been at the company. They also talk about the le…
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Introducing NetZero and Sustainability with Mitsubishi Electric's Corporate Solutions Team
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To kick off the second mini-series of the Ask ME podcast, Mitsubishi Electric's corporate solutions team discuss all things sustainability, NetZero, and the decarbonisation of the built environment. Together they look at the small changes they make in their home lives, to the increased awareness and huge changes they are seeing take place within th…
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Embodied Carbon with Mitsubishi Electric's Mark Grayston
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In this episode, Mitsubishi Electric's James Smurthwaite is joined by colleague Mark Grayston, Product Marketing Manager, to talk about embodied carbon. Together they discuss what embodied carbon actually is, how it's calculated, and what it means for companies on the NetZero journey.By Mitsubishi Electric
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Indoor Air Quality with AirRated's Francesca Brady and Adam Taylor
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In this episode, Mitsubishi Electric's James Smurthwaite and Kevin Pocock continue to look at Indoor Air Quality and are joined by Francesca Brady and Adam Taylor from AirRated. Together they discuss how air quality is measured, what qualifies as 'good' air quality and what impacts it. Plus what commercial building owners and tenants should be doin…
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Indoor Air Quality with BESA's Nathan Wood Pt.2
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In this episode, Mitsubishi Electric's James Smurthwaite and Kevin Pocock are joined for a second time by Nathan Wood, managing director of Farmwood M&E, Chairman of BESA, and Chairman of the IEQ Clean Air Taskforce at GCP Europe. In this follow-up episode Nathan, James and Kevin look again at Indoor Air Quality and delve into ways that it can be i…
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Indoor Air Quality with BESA's Nathan Wood Pt.1
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In this episode, Mitsubishi Electric's James Smurthwaite and Kevin Pocock are joined by Nathan Wood, managing director of Farmwood M&E, Chairman of BESA, and Chairman of the IEQ Clean Air Taskforce at GCP Europe. As part of the first episode of the Indoor Air Quality mini-series, the trio discusses exactly what good indoor air quality means, what i…
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Meet the Mitsubishi Electric Corporate Solutions Team - Dan Smith & Kevin Pocock
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Meet the other half of the Mitsubishi Electric Corporate Solutions team, Dan Smith and Kevin Pocock. They explain the steps that they are individually taking to improve their own carbon footprint, from using bamboo toothbrushes to switching to renewable energy providers. They also discuss the shift to sustainability and building decarbonisation tha…
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Meet the Mitsubishi Electric Corporate Solutions Team - Thomas Hall & James Smurthwaite
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To kick off the new Mitsubishi Electric Ask ME podcast, we meet Tom Hall and James Smurthwaite; two members of the Corporate Solutions Team. Together they discuss the challenges the last 12 months have created, both for individuals and for businesses. They also share the ways that they've been adapting to the new normal of home working and how they…
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