Accelerating to a Better Future

Episode 3 – Decarbonising Real Estate | Accelerating to a Better Future with Josephine Bromley

Meet Josephine Bromley, who didn’t essentially have a linear sustainability co-founder story, but that didn’t stop her from moulding her career in the built environment to bring impact in the sector. As the COO of MapMortar, the platform for portfolio decarbonisation at speed and scale, she has played an integral role in how the user interface evolved. 
Hear her talk about their journey of representing all kinds of use-cases, especially ones which are underserved. MapMortar works in portfolio decarbonisation which allows them to take a lot of that modelling intelligence mixed with smart technology for unique application. From making profitable yet empowering decarbonisation decisions, the team offers a one-of-a-kind software based on principles inspired by Digital Twins.
As part of the second cohort of the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, Josephine’s advice to the retrofit industry as she sits down in this episode to visualise the future of buildings is straightforward – we need to start treating buildings as products and not just static assets, patting ourselves for changing window once and thinking we don’t need to retrofit beyond that.. Listen to the third episode of Accelerating to a Better Future on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 
The podcast team
Directed and produced by Panji Kaonga and Shamita Harsh | Hosted by Lydia Chen
Produced in collaboration with Undaunted & Fabulr Studios
Get in touch
Get in touch with Josephine via LinkendIn | Learn more about MapMortar here.
Never miss an update from Undaunted and sign up to our newsletter.
 
The Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator is supported by the Greater London Authority’s Better Futures programme, co-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Episode 2 – Effortless home energy design | Accelerating to a Better Future with Baz Iyer

Episode 2 – Effortless home energy design | Accelerating to a Better Future with Baz Iyer 
The dream of spreading our innovations in the UK to the rest of the world 
Founder of Vulcan, Baz Iyer, has previously contributed to the worlds of FinTech and healthcare. However, with his latest stint in clean technology, he believes that he can make a bigger difference and improve the world around us. Eager to travel 500 years in the future to see if we would still have Victorian buildings across seaside towns in the UK, Baz is content in knowing he wants to contribute to the future of resilient and sustainable built environment. 
Vulcan facilitates cutting down the time it takes for professionals to advice homeowners and property owners to define effective energy conservation. With the intention of expanding their Home Energy Model across the UK and the world, Baz is hopeful to build synergies where innovation moves beyond borders.  
Vulcan is a professional tool to design low-energy, low-carbon homes. Vulcan uses the Home Energy Model for high precision and realistic impact estimation. Rightfully so, Baz shared how Captain Planet would be an ideal and fitting theme song for Vulcan. 
As part of the second cohort of the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, Baz’ advice is to talk to as many founders as you can as it gives you access to a network of architects, solution providers and designers who can contribute to the success story of your business. Listen to the first episode of Accelerating to a Better Future on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  
The podcast team 
Directed and produced by Panji Kaonga and Shamita Harsh | Hosted by Lydia Chen 
Produced in collaboration with Undaunted & Fabulr Studios 
Get in touch 
Never miss an update from Undaunted and sign up to our newsletter. 
Get in touch with Baz via LinkendIn | Learn more about Vulcan here. 
  
The Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator is supported by the Greater London Authority’s Better Futures programme, co-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.  
  

Episode 1 – The dream of mitigating 10 million tonnes of CO2 per year

Destined to become an architect, inspired by big buildings and churches since a young age, Maximilian Bloomfield is now at the heart of providing solutions to buildings in a way that doesn’t increase people’s energy bills. Co-founder and COO of VundaHaus, Max talks about the inspiration behind starting a career in clean technology, a conversation during a walk about the state of the buildings in UK and his background in materials engineering. 
At VundaHaus, they are creting prefabricated insulation kits to retrofit existing homes. Their mission is focused on building a pathway for more jobs in the design and pre-fabrication stage as opposed to reworking a building on a scaffold. 
As part of the first cohort of the Better Futures Retrofit Accelerator, Max shares his journey of meeting other founders through the programme and the potentials of collaborating in the space. Listen to the first episode of Accelerating to a Better Future on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 
The podcast team
Directed and produced by Panji Kaonga and Shamita Harsh | Hosted by Lydia Chen
Produced in collaboration with Undaunted & Fabulr Studios
Get in touch
Never miss an update from Undaunted and sign up to our newsletter.
Get in touch with Max via LinkendIn | Learn more about VundaHaus here.