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The Building Science Podcast

The Building Science Podcast

A House Needs To Breathe... Or Does It?

Allison Bailes is writing a book! Allison also writes the popular Energy Vanguard Blog. If you haven’t read it yet, you’re in for a treat. With a PhD in physics and thousands of hours spent in attics and crawl spaces, Allison definitely knows a thing or two about houses. Join Kristof in a discussion with his old friend and colleague as they explore common myths about houses and talk about your next book purchase.

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2019: Looking Back & Looking Forward

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s been an incredible year. Let’s unpack it together and take a look at what’s coming your way in Season 6 of the show. Join producer Miguel & host Kristof for a fireside chat as the winter settles in around us.

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Death Of The Suburbs: An Urban Manifesto

It’s time to fundamentally reevaluate the way we build - not just at the level of detailing, but at the scale of the city. What are the decisions we make about density and how do they affect our daily lives? Why do we orient our urban infrastructure around cars when they’re incredibly inefficient ways to move people around? Why can’t you get to 90% of your daily needs within a 15 minute walk? Join Kristof as he interviews Ruchi Modi of the architecture and urbanism firm, PAU on a range of topics exploring how urban environments (can and will) actually benefit the entire planet.

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Carbon Fluency

Architects and engineers have great power because they make decisions that influence resource and energy use in their buildings. With great power comes great responsibility and now is the time to become fluent in the language of embodied carbon. In this episode Kristof has a lively conversation with Z. Smith and Kelsey Wotila fromEskewDumezRipple on this and some adjacent topics.

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The V In HVAC - Part 2

This episode is the second in a two part series and a deep dive into the V in HVAC - demystifying the ventilation paradigm and making ERVs a topic you can wrap your head around after a few listens.

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The V In HVAC - Part 1

This episode is a two part series and a deep dive into the V in HVAC - demystifying the ventilation paradigm and making ERVs a topic you can wrap your head around after a few listens.

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Texas Goes Passive

Join Kristof as the Fagin Partners tell us their unique story of operating in the developer driven construction world to sacrificing profit for the principled push forward in industry transformation.

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Breathe Like You Mean It

Join Kristof as he discusses a broad array of topics that affect every single person who breathes inside a house (so, ya know, most people) with Dr. Brett Singer of Lawrence Berkley National Labs.

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Season 5 Preview

We just wrapped an unthinkable season 4 of The Building Science Podcast. We hope you'll join us for season 5 in 2019. Hear more about what we'll be discussing.

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