#055 Jennifer Berthelot-Jelovic – Sustainability & WELL Certification

Edifice Complex Podcast

Our guest this episode is Jennifer Berthelot-Jelovic talking about sustainability, WELL building certification and much more.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Sustainability as social work
• WELL Building Certification program Certification fatigue
• Sustainability as an equity metric

And much more…….

For more information on Jennifer

Jennifer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferberthelotjelovic/

Jennifer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ASustainAblePro

ASAP website: https://sustainpro.org/

Bio

Jennifer has extensive experience with IWBI’s WELL Building Standard as one of the first Provisional WELL APs, WELL APs, and WELL Faculty in the world. Jennifer has worked on various WELL pilot projects in almost every typology. Jennifer is currently overseeing many firsts in WELL, LEED, Net Zero|Carbon Neutral|Net Positive projects in the country and world. Jen also has extensive experience with USGBC’s various LEED rating systems.

In her previous roles at Shangri-La; Jennifer was instrumental in securing the world’s 1st LEED Platinum NC certification for an aviation facility, Hangar 25 in Burbank, CA. Hangar 25 was named “Greenest Aviation Facility In the World” and was Net Zero|Net Positive in 2008. Jennifer also orchestrated the LEED Platinum certification of Citadel Environmental Services under LEED CI. This was the 1st LEED Platinum CI office space in the Tri-City (Glendale/Pasadena/Burbank) area and Net Zero Energy in 2010. One of Jennifer’s most renowned projects is Step Up On Vine, an adaptive reuse Platinum certified LEED Homes Multi-family, permanent supportive housing project for chronically homeless, mentally ill individuals in Hollywood, CA.

Jennifer has provided tours of hundreds of LEED|WELL registered|certified projects nationally for international and domestic Owners, Developers, Design|Build teams, Consultants, Innovators, Fortune 500 Companies, and more. Jennifer has also provided hundreds of Sustainability|Wellness presentations globally for hundreds of organizations. Jen has been interviewed|published in articles and publications over the past 15 years.

Jen is also a content contributor, reviewer and on-screen SME for the WELL Learning Library (WLL); a comprehensive solution for WELL v2 education and survey requirements. Jen has been a 1st thru final round Greenbuild education program Reviewer multiple times, a Global Health & Wellness Summit Advisory Board Member and LEED Fellow Evaluation Committee member since receiving the designation.

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