# Smart solutions to decarbonize buildings

- Institution: TED
- Department: In the Green: The Business of Climate Action
- Speaker: Katie McGinty
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_mcginty_smart_solutions_to_decarbonize_buildings)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Buildings are bad news for the climate -- the indoor spaces we spend most of our lives in emit 40 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. Rethinking how to create and occupy the spaces we inhabit, Katie McGinty, chief sustainability officer at Johnson Controls, walks us through smart, efficient and eco-friendly ways to decarbonize buildings -- and the benefits to both business and the planet.

## Lectures

1. [Smart solutions to decarbonize buildings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katie_mcginty_smart_solutions_to_decarbonize_buildings/db0c54e4a536), 4 min (TED's player)