Jules Barker, Arie Barendrecht and Charlotte Meara, Finance Director at WiredScore, discuss the key takeaways from the previous three episodes, including the balance between making incremental vs. big bang decisions, long-term investing, and how sharing more information more openly would enable a more sustainable future for us all.

If The Walls Could Talk is a series of conversations about smart buildings, connecting key thinkers in the property world with each other, and you.

The series delves deeper into the practicalities of how to create a smart building that works, delivers great user experiences, and reduces its environmental impact on the built environment.

You’ll hear from landlords and developers, advisors, and tenants in the smart building space all of whom bring their unique perspective on what the term smart building actually means and what it takes to create a smart building that works.

The series follows four key themes throughout and leaves you with practical takeaways from each conversation.

1. How to approach creating a smart building.
2. User-first design: how to create a smart building that delivers.
3. Technical foundations of smart: How to create a smart building that works.
4. Smart and sustainability: Reducing the environmental impact of the built environment.

Jeff Vittorio, Vice President of Property Management at Columbia Property Trust, explains how they are working to create a more hospitality-focused experience, with tenants being seen as guests, and how Columbia Property Trust is using technology to measure, improve and report against your goals. They also discuss the benefits of using global benchmarking tools during design stages to ensure the whole lifecycle of the building is thought through and that they are following best practices at each stage.

If The Walls Could Talk is a series of conversations about smart buildings, connecting key thinkers in the property world with each other, and you.

The series delves deeper into the practicalities of how to create a smart building that works, delivers great user experiences, and reduces its environmental impact on the built environment.

You’ll hear from landlords and developers, advisors, and tenants in the smart building space all of whom bring their unique perspective on what the term smart building actually means and what it takes to create a smart building that works.

The series follows four key themes throughout and leaves you with practical takeaways from each conversation.

1. How to approach creating a smart building.
2. User-first design: how to create a smart building that delivers.
3. Technical foundations of smart: How to create a smart building that works.
4. Smart and sustainability: Reducing the environmental impact of the built environment.

In the US alone, decarbonizing US assets will cost 18 trillion dollars. That's why, in this episode, we discuss Fifth Wall's climate tech fund, investor returns on climate technology, and the challenges and opportunities for real estate owners.

If The Walls Could Talk is a series of conversations about smart buildings, connecting key thinkers in the property world with each other, and you.

The series delves deeper into the practicalities of how to create a smart building that works, delivers great user experiences, and reduces its environmental impact on the built environment.

You’ll hear from landlords and developers, advisors, and tenants in the smart building space all of whom bring their unique perspective on what the term smart building actually means and what it takes to create a smart building that works.

The series follows four key themes throughout and leaves you with practical takeaways from each conversation.

1. How to approach creating a smart building.
2. User-first design: how to create a smart building that delivers.
3. Technical foundations of smart: How to create a smart building that works.
4. Smart and sustainability: Reducing the environmental impact of the built environment.