How Sunset Studios Is Quietly Decarbonizing Hollywood's Backlots | Brandon Geller

🔋 What does it actually take to get an entire film studio's backlot off diesel? Brandon Geller, Director of Sustainability for Quixote and Sunset Studios, joins Zena and Mark for our first episode. Brandon's path ran through Harvard's Office for Sustainability before landing in Hollywood. He brings that same "you can't manage what you don't measure" approach to a fleet of solar-electric trailers, daisy-chained power sharing between trailers, and a custom dashboard that lets transport coordinators and major studios like Netflix and Disney track battery life and emissions data in real time. ⚡ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: — How legacy Star Wagons trailers get converted into solar-electric power sources — What " power sharing" and camp plugs actually look like on a working set — Why base camp — not set — is the single biggest energy hog on a production — How Sunset Studios builds the business case for studios and productions, using data instead of just asking people to change — Why California's production incentives are bringing back transport coordinators who need to relearn this tech from scratch — The simple, low-tech win Brandon's most proud of: donation fridges that have already recovered 6,000 pounds of food this year Perfect for production sustainability coordinators, transport coordinators, UPMs, studio facilities managers, and anyone working on clean energy in entertainment. 🎙️ Learn more about Sunset Studios, Quixote Trailers and Hudson Pacific Properties: 💼 LinkedIn: hudson-pacific-properties-inc 💼 LinkedIn: sunset-studios-global 💼 LinkedIn: quixote-studios 🌐 Sunset Studios: SunsetStudios.com 🌐 Hudson Pacific Properties: hudsonpacificproperties.com 📸 Instagram: @Quixotestudios, @sunsetstudios.global, hudsonppi 🎙️ Connect with your hosts: 💼 Zena Harris on LinkedIn:   / zenaharris   💼 Mark Rabin on LinkedIn:   / rabinmark   👉 SUBSCRIBE for more sustainability and clean energy content from inside the entertainment industry. #SustainableProduction #SolarPower #BatteryStorage #FilmProduction #GreenProduction #HollywoodSustainability #BaseCampPower #CleanEnergy #SunsetStudios #Quixote #DieselGeneratorAlternative #TheTieIn #FilmIndustry #TVProduction #EntertainmentSustainability #CarbonNeutral #SetLife #GreenFilm" "🎬 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro & welcome back from summer hiatus 00:41 Meet Brandon Geller, Director of Sustainability, Quixote/Sunset Studios 01:16 Brandon's path: Harvard sustainability to Hollywood 08:33 Joining Sunset Studios at a convergence moment 12:36 Inside Brandon's role: facilities, fleet & base camp power 13:47 Solar-electric trailers, power sharing & camp plugs 18:22 Being honest about when solar actually saves money 19:40 The hardest part of the job: asking people to work differently 21:16 California incentives and the base camp energy hog 24:54 Speaking the studios' language: dashboards & sustainability reporting 30:37 ""You can't manage what you don't measure"" 32:44 Where the pushback comes from, and the shift to digital 38:08 The simple win: donation fridges & 6,000 pounds of food saved 41:05 Where to find Brandon and Sunset Studios"