The Building Podcast with Mark Wakeford
Mark Wakeford is a Director of the National Federation of Builders, Strategy Director of the Global Solar Council and Chair of the West Midlands Solar Taskforce. He has run a large regional building contractor and now chairs Evoenergy, one of the UK's foremost renewable companies, bringing low carbon solutions to corporate Britain.
Mark talks to leading experts from across the construction sector to discuss issues facing the built environment. He explores various challenges with his guests, who offer solutions, information and ideas that listeners can apply to their own situations, be it in a company, on a project or studying at college.
The Building Podcast aims to provide 'CPD on the go'. Supporting the sector with easily digestible ideas to support a rapidly changing industry!
The Building Podcast with Mark Wakeford
Solar the cheapest, greenest and most resilient energy source for today and all our futures – The role of the Global Solar Council
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Andrew Birch, known to all as Birchy, has been promoting solar all his professional career. He is now the Treasurer of the Global Solar Council (GSC), the trade body that represents all stakeholders involved in solar and storage, from all around the world, bringing his passion and expertise to promote the cheapest and most resilient energy available to mankind. Listen to this podcast to find out about the role of the Global Solar Council, the arguments on why solar energy will win in the race to power human activity and the opportunities available to those who work within this growing sector.
Listen to this podcast to hear why the focus of the world’s solar energy professionals needs to be on explaining the value of solar, the physics that mean that its costs will always be lower than that of fossil fuels and the benefits of a decentralised grid. The podcast also explains why fossil fuels continue to receive subsidies whilst they continue to pollute the atmosphere and increase global warming.
Birchy also explains why he set up Open Solar, a platform to allow solar contractors easy access to expertise, designs and products, free of charge. Listen to hear the benefits to the industry and the work that Birchy and his team are doing to develop the services and capability of the sector.