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Scaling Sustainability from Buildings to Communities with Julio Carrillo

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Charlie Cichetti
December 26, 2025

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From rural Peru to the skyline of Austin, Texas, Julio Carrillo shares how planners can be powerful sustainability changemakers.

In this episode, learn how a LEED Fellow is pushing the green building movement beyond buildings — and into data-driven, community-scale transformation.

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🌱BREAKING GROUND ON BETTER BUILDING

In this episode, Julio Carrillo revolutionizes traditional construction and planning approaches:

[Key Insight #1] Founding the Peru Green Building Council to ignite LEED adoption at a national level

  • What's outdated: Lack of local sustainability infrastructure and LEED awareness in Peru.

  • The innovation: Co-founding the Peru GBC and launching a consulting firm.

  • Impact: Grew from 1 to 100+ LEED projects in just two years; national transformation and market momentum.

[Key Insight #2] Creating the Planning Challenge to scale sustainability across communities

  • What's outdated: Cities lacked tools to track decarbonization and climate goals.

  • The innovation: Built a dashboard platform inspired by Architecture 2030 to track 100+ metrics across 15+ cities.

  • Impact: Expanded nationally and internationally, empowering cities to benchmark and scale climate solutions.

[Key Insight #3] Teaching planners to leverage AI for public good

  • What's outdated: AI is often personalized, not built for community impact.

  • The innovation: Developed and now teaches a UT Austin course on AI & planning.

  • Impact: Equips future planners with tools to use AI for equity, access, and sustainable development.

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✅ CONNECT AND CONTINUE

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