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Electric Ladies PodcastWhy Heat Pumps Are "In" - Lauren Salz, Co-Founder & CEO of Sealed"There's a few reasons why a building owner might want to electrify their building and get heat pumps. One is that it is a better experience for the people who are living in those units. It's really, really quiet. it's healthier, it's safer…and then secondly, there should be less maintenance cost over time. Just having one system that's really efficient." Lauren Salz on Electric Ladies Podcast Heat pumps are suddenly getting a spotlight. Between big financial incentives for them in the new U.S. Inflation Reduction Act's climate provisions, Germany's ramp up of these pumps to he...
2022-12-1339 min
Masters of BusinessThe Critical Intersection of Diversity and InnovationLeadership, collaboration, and communication are non-negotiables in business today. Yet, there are other important undercurrents that support any leader's ability to bring about the innovation required to achieve corporate competitiveness. This show features Rasha Hasaneen, Executive Director for Healthy and Spaces at Trane Technologies. Rasha also focuses much of her work on the intersection of diversity and innovation. The show features a lively conversation about the creative thinking that emerges when diverse backgrounds, experiences, and schools of thought are leveraged to recognize and solve customer problems in unique ways.
2022-07-1435 min
Healthy SpacesThe Win-Win for Human and Planetary HealthAre we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water, and food are available to all? Where economies are focused on health and wellbeing, where cities are livable, and people have control over their health and the health of the planet?These are the questions being asked by the World Health Organization to focus attention on the urgent actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy. In this special episode celebrating World Health Day, host Rasha Hasaneen speaks with Trane Technologies’ Sustainability leader, Scott Tew, to explore the link between indoor envi...
2022-04-0628 min
The Leadership Hacker PodcastLook Inside with Rasha HasaneenRasha Hasaneen is the Vice President of Innovation and Product Excellence for Trane Technologies. A former executive with global businesses, Rasha also leads the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces as Executive Director. In this show learn about:
Why, when the world is diving into ESG and Climate measures we are not normally drawn to consider inside spaces, – why is that?
Why is how we live indoors so crucial to a sustainable future?
What is the impact on productivity loss due to unhealthy indoor spaces?
Covid 19 is not the first pandemic and not likely to be the last, learn about...
2022-03-0751 minHealthy SpacesThe Accelerating Evolution of Healthy SpacesAs the world opens public spaces amid a lingering global pandemic, the topic of what we breathe is increasingly important. In Season 2, host Rasha Hasaneen, explores specific indoor environments – like office buildings, schools, homes and public transit. She talks to the people who are managing these spaces to see what’s changed in the needs of tenants, as well as researchers who are raising standards to increase safety, maximize performance and build trust with occupants.But first, Rasha looks back at takeaways from Season 1 that remain relevant for now. And she talks with her colleagues, Jeff Wiseman and...
2021-10-0432 min
Workplace Innovator Podcast | Enhancing Your Employee Experience | Facility Management | CRE | Digital Workplace TechnologyEp. 175: Impacting Workplace Wellness from the Inside with Rasha Hasaneen of Trane TechnologiesRasha Hasaneen is Vice President of Innovation and Product Excellence and Executive Director of the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces for Trane Technologies where she has a deep understanding on the importance of indoor environmental quality. In July of 2021, Mike Petrusky hosted a webinar called "Impacting Workplace Wellness from the Inside" during which Rasha shared her perspectives about how facility management leaders can help to reduce employee anxiety, improve health and wellbeing while increasing individual & overall productivity. Check out this audio edit of the broadcast and then download the video of their full conversation to learn more about the...
2021-08-3119 min
Sustainability SolvedE144 - Rasha Hasaneen from Trane TechnologiesRasha Hasaneen is the Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence for Trane Technologies. In this podcast, she talks about the exciting ambitions and successes of Trane Technologies – an industrial manufacturing company which champions sustainable solutions for their products which include air conditioning and refrigeration systems.Rasha tells us of her journey with us and how she came to work for Trane Technologies. She celebrates their purpose-led culture, and that sustainability has been at the core of their organisation for over ten years.Mentioned in this episode:Apply to become a Green El...
2021-07-1946 min
Make Climate Cool AgainControl Your Air Quality & Your Impact with Trane TechnologiesRasha Hasaneen is the Vice President of Innovation and Product Excellence for Trane Technologies. She is on a mission to bridge the gap between indoor and outdoor spaces for a more sustainable future. She is an expert on the topics of indoor environmental quality, bringing innovation and a customer-focused approach to this critical area of sustainability. Rasha also leads the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces (CHES). And in case you weren't impressed enough, she is also a national level Karate Champion.
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2021-07-1452 min
The Climate ChampionsRasha Hasaneen, Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence, Trane Technologies - Episode 93Rasha Hasaneen, Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence for Trane Technologies, Executive Director of the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces, and expert on indoor environmental quality. Check out her podcast!
2021-06-3040 min
Technology UntangledEnergy Innovation: Time to stop idling?Global leaders are determined to combat climate change and lead the planet to "net zero". But how can energy-hungry organizations find real solutions in technology, when technology itself is a part of the problem?Today, host Michael Bird is joined by John Frey HPE Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation, Ian Henderson HPE Chief Technologist, Rasha Hasaneen from Trane Technologies, and Jordan Appleson, CEO of Hark, to discuss the dichotomy of looking to technology in the fight against climate change. We learn about the challenges of storing renewable energy, how businesses can save millions through energy efficiencies, and...
2021-06-0141 min
In Good HandsEP91: Pioneering the future of how we heat and cool buildings - Trane TechnologiesThis week we’re joined by Trane’s VP of Innovation Rasha Hasaneen to explore: - Making the world’s largest climate commitment- Why Trane is positioned to reduce 2% of the world’s annual emissions- Changing the way we heat and cool buildings- Advancements in refrigerants and cargo transport- The future of healthy, energy efficient spacesLearn more at tranetechnologies.com
2021-05-2550 minHealthy SpacesA Symphony without a ConductorHow would a symphony sound without a conductor? Uncoordinated, out of rhythm... you wouldn't pay to listen to them! So why do people still invest in buildings that are so unharmonious?In this episode, we unpack how buildings continue to be designed and managed as a set of independent systems, where it's impossible to make beautiful music without a serious design intervention. Plus, the wondrous possibilities of a world where buildings and indoor environmental quality are monitored with the same level of performance scrutiny as cars and planes.Join...
2021-01-1428 minHealthy SpacesSeeing the Future through Lessons of the Past15 years ago, Lidia Morawska from Queensland University gave a presentation on strategies to prevent the global spread of an invisible but deadly enemy - SARS. Years later, that same presentation has remained unnervingly relevant as she talks with global leaders about preventative measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. But this time she’s hopeful: if society bands together, our lessons of the past can pave the way for a better future.Together with host Rasha Hasaneen, Lidia lays out what must change in the planning and development of indoor environments, and the essential coordination among multidisciplinary gr...
2021-01-0725 min
Let's Talk Sustainable BusinessSustainable Innovation – Features of a Successful ApproachIn this episode, Scott Tew and Rasha Hasaneen from Trane Technologies, discuss their strategies for managing sustainable innovation. Starting with the setting of targets based on materiality analysis and scenario planning. This has led them to be a front runner in adopting science-based targets for their Green House Gas emissions. The rapidly evolving markets and increasing climate crisis require organizations to go beyond refining technologies towards full business model innovation. At the end of this podcast our guests share their outlook how the pandemic will change the business environment in the long run.
2020-12-1634 minHealthy SpacesTransparency is the New GreenWhat if you knew how the spaces you occupy were performing? Would your expectations change if you could read the carbon dioxide level in any given room of your house? What about humidity or acoustics? So many of these elements that are invisible to us impact our quality of life and our performance in our spaces.Today's guest, Memo Cedeno Laurent, Associate Director of the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard University, gets up every morning thinking about the spaces we occupy. In conversation with host, Rasha Hasaneen, Memo shares his unique insights on the foundational elements...
2020-12-1023 minHealthy SpacesAt the Intersection of Healthy and Efficient SpacesHow healthy is your indoor environment? On average, we spend an incredible 94% of our time indoors! Factors like air, temperature, lighting and noise have sizeable, yet unseen impacts on our lives. The quality of our indoor spaces has never been more important. But do we need to sacrifice efficiency for quality when it comes to the air we breathe?Join your host, Rasha Hasaneen, as we dive into the realm of possibilities that exist today to build spaces that are good for tomorrow. Featuring our guest, Scott Tew, who spends his days focused on sustainability and thinking...
2020-12-0325 minLet's Talk Sustainable BusinessSustainable Innovation – A Necessary Business Transformation?Scott Tew and Rasha Hasaneen, the Heads of Sustainability and Innovation at Trane Technologies, join Uwe Schulte to discuss how and why they have embarked on the journey towards sustainable innovation. Analyzing the material impact of their business led them to identify the need for a drastic reduction of their carbon footprint. The push to achieve their ambitious targets without sacrificing product or service performance led to a transformation process. Today new break through projects often involve outside partners from the out-set. Sustainable innovation is the main growth driver for Trane technology.
2020-12-0232 min
Diverse: a SWE podcastEP 94: WE Local India Keynote- Rasha HasaneenIn this SWE Diverse episode, Heather Doty, SWE FY21 President, speaks with Rasha Hasaneen, vice president of innovation and product management excellence at Trane Technologies. Rasha will be a keynote speaker at WE Local India, Bengaluru in April 2021. Together they discuss Rasha's career with Trane Technologies and obstacles she has faced in a male-dominated industry.
2020-08-1729 minElectric Ladies PodcastDriving Medical Innovation - Dr. Maria Freire, President, the Foundation of the National Institutes of HealthAs COVID-19 spreads across the world and every country is aching for treatments and vaccines to stop it, listen to Joan's conversation with a remarkable innovator tackling some of the toughest medical challenges. Dr. Maria Freire is President of the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and she developed a unique structure for expediting medical innovations. What can we learn from her? This interview was conducted before the coronavirus pandemic but Dr. Freire's methodology is relevant to address it. You'll hear about: The key role of artificial intelligence and robotics, as well...
2020-03-2743 minElectric Ladies PodcastComedy & Innovation! Courtney Bickert, Comedienne & Social Innovator, Formerly at UN Foundation"Comedy loosens the brain. It generates creativity. There's something physiologically that happens in our brains. We stop thinking linearly and start thinking non-linearly when we hear jokes, when we try to tell jokes." Courtney Bickert on Green Connections Radio And now for something different….To solve today's most intractable problems – from climate change to inequality to combating terrorism and corruption – as well as business challenges, we need the most creative ideas we can find, figure out how to do them, and then find ways to implement them. So, when I met my guest...
2019-10-0423 minElectric Ladies PodcastDriving Eco-Innovation in Industrial Products - Rasha Hasaneen, Ingersoll Rand"Big companies need people to stay inside and change the culture from the inside, because that's where a lot of the market power sits," Rasha Hasaneen on Green Connections Radio As record heats spread across the U.S. (and the globe), air conditioning systems and the power systems they depend upon are getting a workout. These HVAC systems – heating, cooling and ventilation – "account for approximately 50 percent of energy consumption in the average home" and about 39% of energy use in commercial buildings in the U.S., and they last for 10-15 years, By the time you read this, there's...
2019-07-2144 min