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The Path to Better Buildings Alex Shoer Co-founder of Seeder.cc Friday, April 5, 13

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Page 1: Seeder - the path to better buildings

The Path to Better Buildings

Alex ShoerCo-founder of Seedercc

Friday April 5 13

Who Is This Guy

bull 800pm March 16th 1987 born in Atlanta GA USA

bull average American childhood

bull dreamt of making lots of money in banking but realized what matters (meaning vs money)

bull founded two companies focused on environmental solutions

bull addicted to new experiences and new cultures

bull traveled to 45 countriesMt Kilimanjaro Tanzania 2009

Irsquom a Value focused traveler entrepreneur amp collaborative lifestyle enthusiast

Friday April 5 13

bull Intro amp My path

bull Why China

bull Needed Change

bull My Solution

What Irsquom Talkinrsquo About

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Originally focused on micro-finance

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Frustrated after working in South Africa Tanzania and Peru

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 2: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Who Is This Guy

bull 800pm March 16th 1987 born in Atlanta GA USA

bull average American childhood

bull dreamt of making lots of money in banking but realized what matters (meaning vs money)

bull founded two companies focused on environmental solutions

bull addicted to new experiences and new cultures

bull traveled to 45 countriesMt Kilimanjaro Tanzania 2009

Irsquom a Value focused traveler entrepreneur amp collaborative lifestyle enthusiast

Friday April 5 13

bull Intro amp My path

bull Why China

bull Needed Change

bull My Solution

What Irsquom Talkinrsquo About

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Originally focused on micro-finance

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Frustrated after working in South Africa Tanzania and Peru

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 3: Seeder - the path to better buildings

bull Intro amp My path

bull Why China

bull Needed Change

bull My Solution

What Irsquom Talkinrsquo About

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Originally focused on micro-finance

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Frustrated after working in South Africa Tanzania and Peru

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 4: Seeder - the path to better buildings

The Turning Point

bull Originally focused on micro-finance

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull Frustrated after working in South Africa Tanzania and Peru

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 5: Seeder - the path to better buildings

The Turning Point

bull Frustrated after working in South Africa Tanzania and Peru

Friday April 5 13

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 6: Seeder - the path to better buildings

The Turning Point

bull The environment often causes poverty in the first place

bull It is a bigger factor holding individuals back

Friday April 5 13

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 7: Seeder - the path to better buildings

The Environment

bull The only thing that affects all economic classes in a community

bull The biggest factor influencing our health

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 8: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why I Chose China

bull The largest wealth gap in the world

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 9: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why I Chose China

bull Government is funding environmental solutions

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 10: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why I Chose China

bull Chinese people are Entrepreneurs by nature

bull China offers huge opportunities unavailable in other countries

Friday April 5 13

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 11: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why I Chose China

bull Things change fast

bull The path which China takes the rest of the world will follow

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 12: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why China is the Place to be

bull Global Visibility

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 13: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why China is the Place to be

bull Constant Technology Demand

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 14: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why China is the Place to be

bull Urgency for improvement and culture of rapid prototyping

Friday April 5 13

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 15: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Why China is the Place to be

bull The number of young educated people with access to technology and resources

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 16: Seeder - the path to better buildings

What Needs to Change

bull Almost everything in China is unsustainable

bull Energy usage

bull Development

bull Food consumption

Friday April 5 13

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 17: Seeder - the path to better buildings

What Needs to Change

bull These are the correlating problems

bull 1 Coal

bull 2 Buildings

bull 3 Plastic

Friday April 5 13

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 18: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Green Buildings Can Reduce

Potable Water Energy

40

20

Steel amp Cement

30

Energy Use

Water Use

Solid Waste

24-50

40

70

Global Resource Consumption of Buildings

What Needs to Change

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 19: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Buildings

bull China is building another 113 Manhattan Islands over the next 15 years

bull 5 million buildings with 40 billion meters square of floor space

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 20: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Buildings

bull 90 of our life is spent indoors

bull Our habitat effects us tremendously

bull Communities are driven by the spaces they occupy

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 21: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Buildings

bull Poor design is the root of all problems

bull Redesigning the way that we live

bull Redesigning the way that we construct our surroundings

bull Redesigning our interactions

Friday April 5 13

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 22: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Buildings

bull Improving buildings can have the biggest environmental impact in the shortest amount of time

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 23: Seeder - the path to better buildings

My Solution

We are lowering the barriers to access and implement sustainable solutions and helping projects access credible service providers

A network to access green building services

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 24: Seeder - the path to better buildings

My Solution

Green buildings require new expertise from a wide range of specialists

Green Building Projects Seeder Members

Building owners developers and managers screen the most relevant

solutions

Service providers create a profile verify credentials

and get connected to projects

Projects desiring Green Building Certification

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 25: Seeder - the path to better buildings

My Solution

bull Service providers join Seeder to showcase expertise and build credibility

bull Seeder fits between the design and the implementation

bull We are aiming to be the interface through which better buildings are built

Friday April 5 13

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 26: Seeder - the path to better buildings

My Solution

ldquoIf you learn how to ask the right questions you can learn how to change the worldrdquo

ldquoIf we can dream it we can buildrdquo

-Frank Gehry

Friday April 5 13

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13

Page 27: Seeder - the path to better buildings

Thanks

see more about me wwwaboutmealexshoer

email me at Alexseedercc

Request an account at wwwSeedercc

ldquoWe can no longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid development and rash constructionrdquo

- Premier Wen Jiabao

Friday April 5 13