# AI, Digital Infrastructure, & the Future of Decarbonization: Anya Eydman on Building Trust in the Energy Transition Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition.md Podcast: [The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336) Published: 2026-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://gbespodcast.libsyn.com/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/gbespodcast/GBES_With_Anya_Eydman.mp3?dest-id=583595 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336/episodes/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition Duration seconds: 2400 ## Resource 🎯 The Green Impact Report Quick take: AI, data centers, and digital infrastructure are transforming the built environment faster than most of us realize. In this episode, Anya Eydman explains why the future of decarbonization isn't just about technology—it's about trust, education, community engagement, and helping buildings become active participants in a cleaner, more resilient energy ecosystem. 🎓 Meet Your Fellow Sustainability Champion **Anya Eydman is a strategic advisor and community advocate working at the intersection of energy infrastructure, grid assets, and public–private systems. Her work focuses on helping complex projects move from concept to execution in ways communities can understand, trust, and benefit from. She specializes in stakeholder alignment, community partnerships, workforce readiness, and last-mile implementation strategies that connect infrastructure projects with real community impact. Anya has worked across energy optimization, climate initiatives, and civic partnerships, with a focus on building resilient and equitable systems that support long-term economic and environmental outcomes. She holds a Master's degree in Public Administration and, outside of work, writes poetry, meditates, and runs.** 🌱 Breaking Ground on Better Building In this episode, Anya Eydman challenges conventional thinking about energy, AI, and sustainability while helping us understand how digital infrastructure is reshaping the future of the built environment. 🧠 Key Insight #1: Buildings are evolving from energy consumers into grid assets. The Challenge: Most buildings have historically been viewed as passive energy consumers, limiting opportunities to support grid resilience and energy flexibility. The Solution: Reframe buildings as active participants in the energ… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336/episodes/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-green-building-matters-podcast-with-charlie-cichetti-559336/ai-digital-infrastructure-the-future-of-decarbonization-anya-eydman-on-building-trust-in-the-energy-transition.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.