Shaping Sustainable Places – Development and Construction of a Low-Carbon Built Environment
Episodes
Cultivating Connection: Architecture as Social Infrastructure #45
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Uncover the secret to building resilient, profitable places. Snøhetta's Marius Hauland Næss and Skanska's Ida Granqvist dis...
Designing for a better day: Workplaces that work for everyone #44
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how neuroscience and neurodesign are transforming workplaces to truly work for everyone. Dr. Elizabeth Nelson and Anna Wiśniewska reveal why...
Half the Time: A New Era of Construction Efficiency #43
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Unlock the secrets to improved productivity in construction. Dr. Jan Elfving from Skanska Finland reveals how new methods are slashing proje...
Highlights - Every Drop Counts: Safeguarding Water
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The world faces a looming freshwater crisis, but innovative collaboration is providing solutions. In this Highlight episode, Siân Thomas (Anglian Wat...
Every Drop Counts: Safeguarding Water #41
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the critical global freshwater challenge and the innovative solutions emerging to secure our water f...
2025 Highlights: Shaping Sustainable Places – Together #41
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As 2025 draws to a close, let's reflect on the insights we’ve gained from the farsighted guests who joined us this past year, celebrating how we are...
Highlights - The Power of Procurement
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how public procurement is being redefined to drive innovation, sustainability and integrity in construction. This episode features insights f...
The Power of Procurement #40
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how public procurement is being redefined to drive innovation, sustainability and integrity in construction. This episode features insights f...
Highlights – AI in construction: Turning Data into Value
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How is AI shifting the needle in construction today? This Highlights episode explores real-world examples of how data-driven insights are improving sa...
AI in construction: Turning Data into Value #39
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how AI is reshaping construction with data-driven decisions, proactive safety measures, and a focus on sustainability. Experts from Gryps and Sk...
Spotlight on Climate Week NYC 2025 #38
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us from Climate Week NYC as we hear from Dr Stephen Hammer of the New York Climate Exchange and Skanska's Lena Hök on the latest trends, challen...
Charging Change – Highlights
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping Sustainable Places: Highlights, we explore how electrification within the construction industry is not only the right ...
Charging Change: The Push to Electrify Construction #37
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping Sustainable Places, we head to New York and speak with Julia Casagrande from the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmenta...
Highlights – Building Tomorrow: Partnerships Drive Construction and Property Tech
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How are partnerships powering the development of advanced technology in the construction and property sectors? Hear @Daniel Kjørberg Siraj, CEO of OB...
Shaping Sustainable Places – Highlights: Saving Drinkable Water for Taps, Not Toilets
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short Shaping Sustainable Places highlight, get an inside look at Skanska's innovative efforts to reduce water consumption in residential buil...
Building Tomorrow: Partnerships Drive Construction and Property Tech #36
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Digital tech and artificial intelligence are shaking up the construction and property sectors. Two leading figures in Nordic property – Daniel Kjør...
Refined Residences: Breathing New Life into a Brownfield #35
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take you on an inspiring journey to the outskirts of Prague, where a historic industrial site along the banks of the Vltava River ...
Not Just an Office: The New Era of Work #34
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this insightful episode of Shaping Sustainable Places, we delve into the evolving concept of the modern office and its crucial role in fostering em...
Talking Timber: Highlights from International Mass Timber Conference #33
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mass timber is driving a significant shift in how we build. It’s renewable, low in carbon, efficient to build with, and it looks and even ...
Sustainable Hospitals: For Patients and the Planet #32
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals are known for having a major impact on the environment, with significant needs for resources such as water and energy. So how can you build ...
Renovation Revolution: Spotlight on Oslo #31
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With its almost 700,000 inhabitants, Oslo capital of Norway has a vision: to be a smart, sustainable and inclusive city that thrives in all aspects: s...
Flood Warning: Protecting our Cities #30
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take a closer look at how communities are protecting themselves from the increasing threat of flooding. What are the smart solutio...
Energy flows: Buildings as Batteries #29
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The built environment accounts for almost 40 percent of global carbon emissions. But that big number represents a huge opportunity.In this episode of ...
What goes around: shaping a viable ecosystem for circular materials #28
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With circularity a key approach to reducing embodied carbon, how are companies creating the structures and ecosystem to make used materials a viable a...
Getting carbon out of concrete #27
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Concrete has been around for more than 2,000 years, and it remains the construction material of choice for buildings, bridges, tunnels and more....
Investing in sustainability: how to maximize returns on your property portfolio #26
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recent years have been challenging for property investors, with high interest rates and volatile property values. At the same time, increasing demands...
Building momentum: top trends in sustainability
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are some successful building projects that highlight the global trend towards urban sustainability and the impact of sustainable building design...
The Workplace Where You Want To Be
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For many office workers, the post-pandemic years have meant a major transition. The return to the office has meant reintegrating into the social spher...
The Road to net zero
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Roads haven’t changed much in the last few thousand years. The Romans had the basic idea—a large aggregate covered in smaller stones, topped with ...
Bridging boundaries
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amongst the most epic structures found on this planet, bridges are the giants. But even these marvels of engineering need a little tender loving care,...
Electric advantage: the quieter building site
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is it realistic to believe that the construction sites of the future will be completely fossil fuel free? In this episode, we examine the benefits of ...
How good is wood? The case for mass timber
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many architects agree that there are advantages to building in mass timber. Trees bind carbon, wooden buildings have shorter construction time, a...
From Scopes to Action
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before 2001 there were no global standardized frameworks to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from private and public sector operation...
Pushing the limits of circularity
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Circularity is one of the most effective strategies for reducing Scope 3 emissions in the construction industry. So how can we push the limits of circ...
AI in construction: From slow start to fast track
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore how artificial intelligence, and the next generation of digitalization and automation, are helping the development and cons...
To Build or to Rebuild, That is the Question
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Shaping Sustainable Places we discuss what is best: to refurbish an old building and bring it up to modern standards, or knock it d...
Resilience: Protecting our cities from a changing climate
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hurricanes, storms, heatwaves and heavy rain due to climate change are presenting new challenges for communities around the world. Farsighted cities a...
The future of housing? It’s here today
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As more of us want to live more sustainably, we take a glimpse into the near-future, where homes generate more energy than they consume over their lif...
Climate Week NYC 2023: Special Report
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Shaping Sustainable Places, recorded during Climate Week NYC 2023, we delve into the collaborative spirit driving sustainab...
Investing in Sustainability
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The market economy is a powerful force in shaping the direction of future innovation. As our societies become more globally conscious we create econom...
Digital Innovations in the Built Environment
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The construction and real estate industry has historically been slow to adopt new digital tools. Now, by embracing the latest available technology, we...
Future Workplace: Evolution of the Healthy Office
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid-19 pandemic forced a radical shift in our understanding of what a healthy workplace is. Now, as we adapt to the new normal of flexible work,...
High-Speed Rail: HS2 Strengthening Connections
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
High Speed Two is a railway project currently under construction in the UK. This massive undertaking aims to strengthen connections between local comm...
Healthy Homes: Living a Sustainable Life
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many people around the world are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints and live more sustainably. Our homes and communities are essential...
Stronger Together: Sustainable Networks
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability is a team effort. No organization can achieve carbon neutrality on its own but, by working together, we can enact a holistic plan of su...
Advancing Clean Transportation
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The transportation sector is one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. But in our globalized economy, the need for safe, fast and re...
Making Our Cities Climate-Resilient
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can cities prepare for the impact of climate change in ways that also improve social equity? In this episode of Shaping Sustainable Places, we dis...
Powering the Net-Zero Transition
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Clay Nesler, Founder and CEO of The Nesler Group, LLC, Rune Stene, Managing Director at Powerhouse and Business Developer at Ska...
A Building That Gives More Than It Takes: The Kendeda Building
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Shan Arora, Director of the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Institute of Technology and Jimmy Mitc...
Building the Cities of Tomorrow
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Guillaume Charny-Brunet, Co-Founder and Head of Ventures at SPACE10, Mark Watts, Executive Director at C40 Cities Climate Leader...
Shifting to Sustainable Building Materials
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Lena Hök, EVP of Sustainability and Innovation at Skanska, Emmanuel Normant, VP for Sustainable Development at Saint-Gobain, an...