EXPLORERS will Solve Climate Change

In 2014, a modern day EXPLORER, Paul Hanley wrote a book on the monumental changes that are needed for Eleven billion people to occupy this marvelous planet at the end of this century. With optimism, Paul concluded we have the knowledge and systems needed for the sweeping changes that are needed to transform humankind in culture, agriculture and ultimately a new human race. [Eleven, Paul Hanley]

The seeping sweeping changes that are needed, need to start now and focus on the BIG wins if we are to sustain life on planet Earth. At the Build Saskatchewan Green conference, Auden Schendler challenged our communities to Get Green Done, “It’s not about building one #NetZero building it is about transforming the entire industry to reduce 35% of all GHG emissions.”  Monumental changes are needed, but they are not as technically challenging as one would expect. We already know how to build NetZero building for no additional cost as demonstrated on the case study projects, listed at the end of this article.

The challenge then is not the technical component, but rather in the leadership and cultural change that is required.

WHY EXPLORERS enact BIG Wins


For answers on how to enact large scale change, I did some research and came across a very interesting paper on a type of people called EXPLORERS. The Deloitte Research team concluded that less that 12.3% of the workforce have the passion of the Explorer as defined by three attributes: commitment to domain, questing, and connecting. Each of these attributes leads to behaviours that drive sustained performance improvement and a disciplined commitment toward making an increasing longer-term impact. [3]

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I look forward to working with EXPLORERS to create a NetZero Building industry.


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Lean Pays for a Green: A 2020 Vision for a NetZero Building Industry
Lean, What's in it for ME?
Why a 3 Pronged Approach to Lean


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LEAN pays for GREEN is a 2020 Vision for a #NetZero Building Industry

LEAN pays for GREEN is a new way of thinking on how
to deliver high performance GREEN buildings at no additional cost using
LEAN Project Delivery. The math is simple; Lean Project Delivery can
deliver capital cost saving of 20% to 40% which is considerably more
that the 10% premium needed to deliver a NetZero building.

The goal of this Lean to be Green initiative is to raise awareness
about the opportunity to create a truly lean and green building industry
with a NetZero energy target for all new building by the year 2020.  

The potential impact is huge as the building industry currently
wastes at least $120 Billion per year in North America alone [1] and is
the source for 35% of all green house gas emissions. The building
industry needs to be held accountable for the eminent catastrophic
climate change disaster that will occur if we don’t significantly ramp
up efforts to solve this problem.

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Lean pays for Green is a strategy that could shift the building industry to a NetZero energy standard!


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Lean, What’s in it for Me?

Why a 3 Pronged Approach to Lean

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