Getting Warmer with Kal Penn: Renovating the World

Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn explores solutions to the climate crisis with a dose of humor and optimism.

How do we even begin to decarbonize economies when almost everything built in the modern era was designed around fossil fuels? In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explains how we can renovate the world, from electrical grids to air travel and even our homes. In New York City, Penn explores the challenges of retrofitting the biggest buildings, from famous landmarks to low-income housing. He heads to the Empire State Building to find out how one of the world’s most visited skyscrapers was retrofitted, earning its owners $13 million in energy savings in the process. Then Penn heads to the Bronx, where he meets the founder of BlocPower to see how the company is helping public buildings like churches adopt electric, climate-friendly appliances. In a guest segment, climate storyteller Jack Harries explores countries and industries phasing out dirty energy and how they’ve incorporated the plight of workers in the broader goal of a “just transition.”

Genre: Business, Environment, Our World

Duration: 00:24:21

Rights: Inflight & Transportation – Worldwide, TV/VOD – EMEA

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