Episode 50: Marta Schantz

Marta Schantz is senior vice president at the Urban Land Institute, where she has been building the Greenprint Center for Building Performance community of practice into a vanguard of real estate sustainability. We talked about real estate’s role in sustainability, why local policy engagement is worthwhile, and ... waffles. 

ULI is tackling transformational initiatives including net zero and decarbonization. “I’m proud that a real estate industry group is declaring decarbonization a key priority," Marta says. "This is part of helping people in all aspects of the real estate value chain stay ahead of the curve, create building value, and benefit communities.” ULI recently released an Electrification report because, she says, “most of real estate hasn’t yet realized that buildings need to electrify to be truly zero carbon. Our report is the business case for new buildings and retrofits.”