In this episode of the Down Low with Joe, Lewis & Joe sit down with Ted Atwood at FutureBuilt.

Ted has spent decades at the forefront of energy compliance, sustainability, and climate technology, building, scaling, and ultimately exiting a major platform in the space. Today, he advises companies across energy, real estate, and climate tech on what actually drives outcomes.

We go deep on:

• What’s fundamentally broken in the built environment, and why progress feels slow
• The biggest false beliefs holding sustainability efforts back
• Which technologies genuinely move the needl,e and which are just good marketing
• The hard truth behind ESG targets and why most companies miss net zero
• How policy really gets shaped and where industry influence often goes wrong
• What “audit-proof” compliance actually means for CEOs and operators

Plus a lightning round on overrated tech, underrated solutions, and bold predictions for the future of climate tech.

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