#3.1 - Tyler Smith: Unearthing the Potential of Healthy Buildings, ESG Standards, and the Role of Innovation in Air Quality

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Tyler Smith is Vice President, of Healthy Buildings at Johnson Controls.
A background in engineering he has spent 18 years with the company in roles focused on leveraging building management systems and HVAC equipment to drive outcomes in energy efficiency and indoor air quality.
From 2018 to 2020 he led the Critical Environments business unit, which designs and manufactures systems for critical spaces such as hospitals and laboratories.
From late 2020, he has led Johnson Controls’ Healthy Buildings portfolio with a focus on helping building owners operate healthier buildings through improved indoor air quality.
He brings a unique perspective on how large organisations are starting to understand healthy buildings. Not just through the lens of there customers but even internally.
Just imagine for a second you take on the role of healthy buildings at the start of a global pandemic, and your organisation has over 100k employees across 2000 buildings in six continents.
Notwithstanding the impact you can have on the perception of air quality and health internally, the impacts organisations like Johnson Controls can have at a broader level even with incremental changes is enormous and fascinating to discuss.
They have been in buildings for over 140 years, they know a thing or two about how this works, and Tyler is at the Vanguard of enterprise-level thinking in this space.
We talked about how the corporate world is starting to see air quality and health in buildings, the impact standards are having in the sector, ESG, Big Data, air quality of course and much more.
Johnson Controls - Healthy Buildings - https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/smart-buildings/healthy-buildings
Tyler Smith - VP Healthy Buildings - linkedin.com/in/tyler-smith-4934835
WELL Building Standards - https://www.wellcertified.com/
ASHRAE 421 - https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/ashrae-standard-241-control-of-infectious-aerosols
WGBC - Health and productivity in the workplace - https://worldgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/compressed_WorldGBC_Health_Wellbeing__Productivity_Full_Report_Dbl_Med_Res_Feb_2015-1.pdf

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