Concrete and steel create a lot of buildings--a lot of CO2, too. Now, new EU regulations require builders and developers to disclose just how dirty their building materials are. Many contractors don’t have a clue. Enter Lisa Oberaigner. She’s the cofounder of Emidat--a software start-up that helps manufacturers measure--and reduce--the environmental harm of building materials. To do so, Oberaigner measures the carbon emitted from creating the building materials, and next identifies how and where in the supply chain a manufacturer can reduce it. Her software uses AI to quickly and accurately create these reports. “What we offer today is a platform where the manufacturer can automatically feed in this data from their systems, then the declarations are autogenerated,” she said. “It shortens the time from roughly a year to a week.”
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0:00: Lisa explains her background in climate tech since 2018.
3:00: Explanation of embodied carbon: emissions that happen before using or operating something, like a smartphone's manufacturing energy vs. charging energy. Focus on high mass construction materials (steel, concrete, glass, facades, roofing, flooring).
5:00 The pivot from planners to manufacturers
7:00 How AI is used in Emidot's platform
9:00: Differences in markets (US vs. Europe): Europe has more regulatory pressure and mindset awareness, while the US has been more focused on the "carrot" approach (government funding). Mentions how this is changing.
11:00: What's next for Emidot: Sharing data with customers more easily
12:00 Lisa's perspective as a young founder in the industry: It fits their brand as something new in the industry, but it can also be challenging in a male-dominated space.
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