Vol. 7 Presenter: Edie Dillman
Presenting
PROFIT: Flipping New Housing for Good
Social, Environmental, Economic Impact of turning the building industry upside-down
Summary
When we think of profits in corporate America we think of a graph with what MBAs call a great “hockey stick.” The profits charted from a modest horizontal line edging up the far right corner of the graph indicating exponential growth rocketing sales, and outstanding profits for shareholders.
If the graph shows a more measured growth, a low but steady slope, no matter what that data is representing we think it is not as successful. But how do we measure success?
Showing exponential growth without measuring the social, environmental impacts of how those profits were made is not the full picture. How do we flip that? How do we look at reduction—in wasted materials, harmful products, energy consumption, as the true measure of our success? This is where our power is—flipping our harmful and rigid business practices to carbon positive solutions that prove that profit and growth can be sustainable for generations to come. When buildings account for 39% of our carbon emission—11% in materials and 28% in the energy they consume—we must evolve the way we build for good and we are.
Bio
Edie Dillman is CEO and co-founder of B.PUBLIC Prefab—a component-based high-performance building company that prioritizes energy reduction, positive carbon materials, housing creation, and collaborative business. As co-founder of a decidedly disruptive company, she is committed to systems change and the rapid adoption of solutions though quality craftsmanship and design. In her previous work at Innovate + Educate, she worked nationally on systematic problems in the education-to-workforce fields seeking critical change for equitable workforce pathways and lifelong learning as director of communications and strategy. Previous to her nonprofit work, she was Associate Publisher and Art Director of New Mexico Magazine after being recruited from her own design studio, where she designed publications for Outside Magazine and branding, packaging, and advertising for private clients. Edie has lived in Santa Fe for 20-years with her husband's teenage children, two pugs, and a COVID-foster Pitbull mix. Originally from Chicago/Evanston and a graduate of Scripps Women's College of Claremont, California.