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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...

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...

The first installment in a 3-part "Series" on All-Electric Buildings, we explain why the push for electrification of the built environment h...

Our first Season 2 "deep-dive" into the emerging practice of building with laminated, pre-fabricated beams and assemblies explains how engin...

Wow! Matt (DiBara Masonry) decided to run his family's concrete/masonry business in a way that benefits both his clients and the environment...

Listen in as Susan Inglis and I talk about her organization’s mission to merge Health, Environment, and Profitability in the interior furnis...

John Semmelhack is a Passive House consultant, energy-efficiency expert and Founder of Think-Little in Charlottesville, VA. He works in a sp...

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...

Architect Chris Kempel and I discuss adaptive reuse of old buildings and how his studies in Berlin, Germany, informed his desire to mix the...

No one in Los Angeles is tackling the affordable housing quite like Habitat for Humanity LA! Erin (CEO) & Darrell (SVP of Community Developm...

Nate and I discuss everything HVAC in this fun and informative interview with "The House Whisperer" himself! Electrification of the home, in...

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...

Fact: Reducing Embodied Carbon in our buildings and building products is the number one way we can stop climate change in its tracks! First...

From Triple Bottom-Line Accounting to Human-centered and nature-inspired (biophilic) principles in design to Indoor Air Quality and Embodied...

Tune in as Brett Little and I talk innovations in building science, electric heat pump retrofits, building certification programs, and how t...

How do you design a sustainable single-family home for a luxury market? Just bump into a sustainable architect at your local Starbucks! List...

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...

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...

"Citizen-architect" Angie Brooks (FAIA) joins the podcast to discuss the importance of beauty and equity in our pursuit of sustainability. S...

Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) matters quite a bit for encouraging productivity, ecological sustainability, and human health. How do we...

Josh is an Energy Service Technician for a federal weatherization program making homes safer, healthier, and more comfortable. His work in t...

Sean, a cost-efficiency expert and self-proclaimed climate activist, joins the podcast to talk about all-electric construction and the endem...

We knew 50 years ago that humans needed to curb pollution in order to save our planet. Today's discussion is about tools, programs, and an a...

Join in as we discuss Energy-saving (and cost-saving) design strategies, a necessary follow-up to our last episode on water conservation. As...

Learn how Drew Pedrick (AIA, LEED AP), Founding Principal of McTigue Architecture, figured out how to use cost savings as leverage for energ...

NEWS FLASH: Water is the lifeblood of our planet!!! Despite being close to 80% water, only 1% of the Earth's water is drinkable. We use this...

Meet Michael Strong, Senior Project Manager at Pankow Builders, and find out how a summer construction job turned into a 20+ year career in...

From native plant selection to solar lighting and permeable hardscape, we discuss actionable strategies to focus more early effort on sustai...

Steve Glenn, CEO of Plant Prefab and LivingHomes (right here in Santa Monica!) drops by the podcast to discuss factory-built modular homes a...

Join us as we discuss the true level of creativity involved to achieve a passive, energy-efficient design while still taking project budget...

Marika Erdely, energy-efficiency expert and founder of greeneconome.com , was kind enough to join us for a conversation about her company’s...

After a brief recap of our first episode, we focus on the subtle differences between a traditional site analysis and one that considers the...

Big thanks to Brian Hennessey for coming on to talk about commercial real estate (CRE) and how new technologies and disruptions in the indus...

We kickoff Season 1 of our podcast series by walking you through the necessary steps to approaching a building through the lens of Sustainab...

The (unofficial) preamble to our brand new podcast on Sustainability in the built environment, this solocast episode looks at various defini...