{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP96 The State of Sustainable Building 2022 with Sara Gutterman","description":"\u201cAnytime we step boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.\u201c -Joyce Meyer   How do you define sustainable home building? What will sustainable home building look like in 2022? Where can you get a handle on data to help drive your decisions in this area? What are the bold steps you can take? RESTALK is pleased to welcome back Sara Gutterman, co-founder and CEO of Green Builder Media to give us insights about the state of sustainable building for 2022.   Sara highlights how over nearly two years, the pandemic has acted like a surprise jolt upon the building industry. She reflects on how this has changed the landscape.   She helps us understand that to create a meaningful impact on runaway Climate Change, we need to set our sights on the full-scale decarbonization of our economy, reaching net zero emissions across all sectors as boldly and quickly as possible.    She highlights this \u201cperfect storm\u201d of limited housing inventory, high material costs and labor shortages which have pushed competent building companies into high demand.    Sara also notes analysts expect the storm to continue in 2022\u2014at first. Economic experts are forecasting early in the year growth in single-family home construction, sales and pricing at a pace that is about 40 percent to 50 percent the levels seen in 2021.    Look toward Green Builder Media\u2019s COGNITION smart data (www.greenbuildermedia.com\/cognition-smart-data) for more depth of detail on the forecasts we discuss.    Sara has also published a blog post on this topic that can be found here: https:\/\/www.greenbuildermedia.com\/blog\/the-state-of-sustainable-building-2022   While the Sustainability Symposium 2022: Roadmap to Decarbonization happened last month, you can still learn more at the comprehensive Housing2.0 Program found here:  https:\/\/www.greenbuildermedia.com\/housing-2.0     RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US ","author_name":"RESTalk","author_url":"http:\/\/www.resnet.us\/","html":"