E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is all about building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship: Season 4: On this special addition of the podcast I had someone reach out to me with a question that we frequently get asked. First, what can be done to take a traditional or code built home to a PGH in a incremental way that makes sense for the budget. That’s a great PGH question as it relates directly to the fact that everyone has a budget, and our energy programs don’t always address that. But how does a homeowner know what choices should be made. That’s directly followed up by “Why should I hire a Design Pro” trying to help understand the value of hiring someone to help them through the process and make those wise decisions. Since it’s a common question, I thought, instead of a 30 minute call with the person submitting the request, I would get together 4 pros and we could hash out those details. Why it’s important, what is the value, and how that person has a direct impact on helping you narrow down the choices you should make when making any decision, let alone efficiency decisions to improve the health, safety, and durability as it relates to your home.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is all about building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship: Season 4: On this episode, friend and colleague Kiley Jacques joins me to talk about how media is changing. We used to enjoy great stories and articles in print when magazines would show up in our mailbox. Even though there is still some print, media has really jumped into the digital age. First with blogs and articles, podcasts, webinars, and now with e-learning and virtual conferences. So I invited Kiley to come talk a little bit about what’s going on over at Taunton these days and where they are headed! Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is all about building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship: Season 4: Kicking the year off on a strong note, this month’s podcast is a recap or possibly a just a glimpse at why we talk about, teach, train, and collaborate in the built environment. My guest is a colleague, friend, mentor, and all around great human. If you haven’t had the opportunity to connect with him in person or virtually, watch one of his trainings or talks, or enjoy our friendly banter on BS+Beer, make sure you look him up. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is all about building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship: Season 4: Kicking the year off on a strong note, today’s podcast is all about women in construction. There are some amazing people in building & architecture and I hope those you find here become your inspiration, mentors, and collaborators. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is all about building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship: Season 3: As we move away from straight operational energy being the highlight of the building science world, I’m consumed by collecting knowledge about designing for deconstruction, recycling, first cost carbon, electrification, end of use, carbon storing, ventilation and health and many more important and demanding topics. To highlight some of that, I had the pleasure of talking with Erich Kruger of Deconstruction Works about deconstructing existing houses, what that means for our industry, education and diversity. This is an episode I’m particularly excited about, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Happy listening ~ Emily
Erich Kruger
Erich Kruger has been in the building trades since 1997 when he was teaching carpentry in Antigua, West Indies as part of the Peace Corp/Crisis Corps. In Vermont he has worked for several general contractors and on his own. In 2005 he founded the non-profit ReNew Building Materials & Salvage, and has consulted with, and later ran, the deconstruction program at Finger Lakes ReUse in Ithaca, New York . He holds a degree in Wildlife Management & Environmental Ethics (minor).
Erich is happiest when he is diverting building materials at a job-site in the company of other like-minded conscientious deconstructors, or on the wood floors of a local contra dance with his family. He lives in a straw bale home he built with ecological features, including solar electric, solar hot water, composting toilet, and masonry wood heater/oven.
https://www.deconstructionworks.com/
Deconstruction Works specializes in the salvage and reuse (green demolition) of houses, outbuildings, and commercial interiors in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Western Massachusetts. Contractors and homeowners often lament the waste of perfectly good materials heading to the Dumpster every day. If you have a project large (whole house or commercial interior) or small (kitchens, baths, additions), why not let Deconstruction Works quote for the recycling and reuse of those building materials?
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E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In today’s episode we talk about windows. We discuss the merit of triple pane windows, why European windows are different, and some options that you can get with the windows from Performance Building Supply. Check out show notes for more information on Steve and Performance Building Supply.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. A friend and colleague Bob Swineburn was visiting another friend and colleague Mike Maines here in Maine this summer. So we got together and had a round table discussion on all things building science in the residential world of Maine and Vermont. I imagine this must be a little bit like any dinner party with 2 or more architects. Bob and Mike both bring a ton of experience to the building science community and it’s always a pleasure to get together and chat about what we are really passionate about!
For More on Mike Maines Residential Design click HERE!
For More on Bob Swineburn click HERE or HERE
And Bob mentioned the keynote speaker Chris Magwood during our discussion, so you can learn more about him HERE
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this podcast we recap some of the discussion from the Sustainable Communities panel on Wednesday night. I don’t go into detail on the other participants specialties, but I do hope to have each of them on the podcast to elaborate on the ideas and wisdom that I gained from being on a panel with them.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this podcast we talked with Bob Muller about Sustainable Communities. Bob is a builder/developer here in Maine committed to high performance homes, but also the extension of living beyond the home to the lot, land and community.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this podcast we invited Howie Berger, a homeowner who designed and built a home with us, to come on and talk about his experience designing, building, and living in a high performance home.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In today’s episode we want to share a little bit about one of our nearly complete projects that is going to be a net-positive home. I share a little bit about how we started the design, how we changed the design, and just some aspects of the project that we are pretty excited about!
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. Windows, one of my favorite subjects to talk about, have a major impact on appearance of a home, along with how you feel within the space due to views and daylighting, as well as the energy performance. So tune in to hear me talk about all the ways windows interact with a home and it's occupants.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. Coming to you today from Copper Farmhouse, we apologize that the sound is a little quiet, so turn it up. In this weeks episode we expand a little bit on our high performance homes by talking about what is net zero, what it means to us, and what it means to the greater community of building!
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this episode of the E3 podcast, listen to Emily ramble on about the benefits of building and living in a high performance home. Who wouldn't want to spend less to heat their home. Who doesn't want to improve the health and indoor air quality when we spend 90% of our time indoors. Listen to Emily talk about just a few things she thinks are important to those who live in high performance homes.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this Episode of the E3 Podcast we chat with our friend and owner of Main-Land Development Consultants, Inc, Bob Berry, about understanding, developing, and protecting your land. Things you should know about dealing with your land and in some cases, things you should know before purchasing and developing land. We would love your comments and questions on this podcast as we would be happy to have someone from Main-Lands talented staff expand upon any of the topics that Bob and I talked about today. Check out their website HERE
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this episode we invited our friend and colleague Mike Maines back to discuss wood fiber insulation and it’s new life here in the state of Maine!
Stay Tuned for Updates and links to Mike’s Article in Fine Homebuilding
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this episode of the E3: Energy and Efficiency with Emily Podcast we talk about the importance of site selection, orientation of your building on site for efficiency, and daylight planning of spaces within your home for maximum use and daylighting.
Check out Mike Maines Fine Homebuilding Article HERE
Check out the Green Architect’s Lounge Podcast HERE
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. In this episode we discuss sustainability as it relates to kitchen products and design with Catherine Weiland of Balance Design Studio
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. Episode 2: Why Fiberglass Insulation Sucks. In this episode we discuss how Fiberglass insulation is almost always installed incorrectly and how that installation leads to poorly performing insulation. We also discuss a little bit about where it should be used to maximize the performance of the insulation and how it should be treated.
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. This episode we discuss exterior building insulation pros and cons with our colleague and friend Mike Maines of Mainescraft and BS & Beer.
