026: Climate Action Through Entrepreneurship
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Gābl Media
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audio
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Publication Date |
Feb 25, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:56:29

Episode 026: Climate Action Through Entrepreneurship

How are architects using their training to fight climate change?

The team at cove.tool is fighting climate change by helping architects, engineers, contractors and developers use data-driven design through automation and cost optimization. They lead by example by making science and transparency central while pushing the boundaries.

Founder, Patrick Chopson joins us to discuss his journey into entrepreneurship and his pursuit to help solve the climate crisis through the use of design, technology, and science. 

Cove.tool is a building design platform for intelligent performance. It is streamlined to automate analysis that helps architects, engineers, and contractors achieve energy, COVID occupancy, daylight, glare, radiation, water, and embodied carbon targets while reducing construction cost.

Guest:

Focusing on the crossover between architecture and technology, Patrick Chopson, AIA leads cove.tool, a web-based design software for buildings using machine learning and automation to drive decision making. He oversees product development and customer acquisition as a Co-Founder. A graduate of Georgia Tech with a Master's in High Performance Buildings, he is a licensed architect with over 16 years of experience in architecture, research, and mechanical engineering firms. Prior to cove.tool he co-founded a successful building performance consulting firm Pattern r+d. Multiple publications include Architect Magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily, and more. 

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cove.tool

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