Building Electrification: Existing Building Retrofits
Picking up where we left off last episode...today's electrification deep dive takes us inside the mind of a designer or contractor looking t...
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Building the Future: Green Building in the New Millennium
Co-hosts Ian and Ginger spread the word that utilizing sustainable, green-building principles in construction, design, and urban development is not just morally and environmentally good, but...
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20 of 34 episodesBuilding Electrification: A Climate-Forward Solution
The first installment in a 3-part "Series" on All-Electric Buildings, we explain why the push for electrification of the built environment h...
Mass Timber: The Future of Wood Construction
Our first Season 2 "deep-dive" into the emerging practice of building with laminated, pre-fabricated beams and assemblies explains how engin...
Interview w/ Matt DiBara (The Undercover Contractor)
Wow! Matt (DiBara Masonry) decided to run his family's concrete/masonry business in a way that benefits both his clients and the environment...
Interview w/ Susan Inglis (Sustainable Furnishings Council)
Listen in as Susan Inglis and I talk about her organization’s mission to merge Health, Environment, and Profitability in the interior furnis...
Interview w/ John Semmelhack (Think Little)
John Semmelhack is a Passive House consultant, energy-efficiency expert and Founder of Think-Little in Charlottesville, VA. He works in a sp...
Interview w/ Jesse Russell (Hiatus Homes)
Jesse Russell, a "tiny home developer" in Bend, Oregon, and I discuss how efficiency and minimalism can go hand in hand when it comes to des...
Interview w/ Chris Kempel (Rockefeller Kempel Architects)
Architect Chris Kempel and I discuss adaptive reuse of old buildings and how his studies in Berlin, Germany, informed his desire to mix the...
Interview w/ Erin Rank & Darrell Simien (Habitat LA)
No one in Los Angeles is tackling the affordable housing quite like Habitat for Humanity LA! Erin (CEO) & Darrell (SVP of Community Developm...
Interview w/ Nate Adams (Energy Smart Ohio)
Nate and I discuss everything HVAC in this fun and informative interview with "The House Whisperer" himself! Electrification of the home, in...
Interview w/ Amber Richane (City of Santa Monica)
Kicking off Season 2 with Amber Richane, Senior Design Manager for the City of Santa Monica and the now-complete City Hall East - recently d...
Why Embodied Carbon Matters (A Lot!)
Fact: Reducing Embodied Carbon in our buildings and building products is the number one way we can stop climate change in its tracks! First...
What is Sustainability? (Revisited)
From Triple Bottom-Line Accounting to Human-centered and nature-inspired (biophilic) principles in design to Indoor Air Quality and Embodied...
Interview w/ Brett Little (GreenHome Institute)
Tune in as Brett Little and I talk innovations in building science, electric heat pump retrofits, building certification programs, and how t...
Designing a Single-Family "Home of the Future"
How do you design a sustainable single-family home for a luxury market? Just bump into a sustainable architect at your local Starbucks! List...
Interview w/ Aly Daly (Aly Daly Design)
From visiting Earthships in New Mexico to watching marble blasts in Italy, Aly and I take a virtual trek across the globe to talk about the...
Building Certification & "Human-Centered" Design
Basically a primer on the different certification options out there, we use this episode to discuss the history, how-to, and pros/cons of ou...
Interview w/ Angie Brooks (Brooks + Scarpa)
"Citizen-architect" Angie Brooks (FAIA) joins the podcast to discuss the importance of beauty and equity in our pursuit of sustainability. S...
Sustainable Materials: Keeping People & Planet Healthy
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) matters quite a bit for encouraging productivity, ecological sustainability, and human health. How do we...
Interview w/ Josh Finkler (Community Action Opportunities)
Josh is an Energy Service Technician for a federal weatherization program making homes safer, healthier, and more comfortable. His work in t...