E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: It’s been awhile since i did an interview with a homeowner and the last one we did was a new construction project. So today I spent a little time talking with Mia, a homeowner that I have done several renovation projects with over the years. She is a very detail oriented client with great taste, so here is a little more in her words to think about the process and working together. Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Life is short, time is valuable, and many of you tune in to the podcast frequently. So this week i’m keeping the podcast short and giving you longer homework! Go out, pick up “Healthy Buildings” by Joseph Allen and John Macomber. This is a subject i’ve been interested in for awhile, but I think the last 7 months have made it come to the forefront of a lot more discussions. So it’s timely that this book came out to help us dive deeper into the impacts our buildings have on our health. We hope to talk about this book on BS + Beer in early December before the Holiday Break - but join in with us now and read along! ~ Happy Reading ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: On this weeks episode I continue the conversation with the Architect and Builder of The Sugar Bush House in Vermont. This dynamic design + build duo talks in depth about what goes into making a great project. Everything from the integrated team approach to spending time on the site to understand what this home really wanted to be, and plenty of great content in between. I often talk about the importance of the integrated design approach, and here is a team putting that into practice and providing truly amazing homes in the process. Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I had the pleasure to talk with Bronwyn Barry , Architect and CPHC+D in California. She posted on her social media about the challenges she was facing getting people to understand her low load buildings from the mechanical standpoint. When I read that I knew I needed to talk with her. She is incredibly entertaining, a force to be reckoned with in the passive house community, so well connected to what other countries are doing better than us, and a huge proponent of raising the bar in our industry. We were having such a great chat that I just started recording and didn’t even bother with an intro. ~ Enjoy! ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: On this weeks episode I sat down with the Architect and Builder of The Sugar Bush House in Vermont. This dynamic design + build duo talks in depth about what goes into making a great project. Everything from the integrated team approach to spending time on the site to understand what this home really wanted to be, and plenty of great content in between. I often talk about the importance of the integrated design approach, and here is a team putting that into practice and providing truly amazing homes in the process. Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Nikki Krueger through BS & Beer and other mutual connections. She is a very impressive woman in the building and construction industry and I learn so much from her every time we chat. I thought it was about time to talk more about a hot button issue - Dehumidification and Ventilation! As an industry we don’t know nearly as much about these issues as we should, so i’ve made it my goal to learn what I can from the building industry leaders. I hope you enjoy this discussion I had with Nikki even a quarter as much as I did! Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Today on the podcast we flipped the script and my regular guest Mike Maines asked the questions and I answered them. The opportunity has arisen for me to work with a couple of wonderful developer / builders to create curated communities. I wouldn’t say i’m an expert, but I shared what I know and what I think with Mike. I hope you enjoy! ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I’m really proud to highlight the awesome stories of other women in the field of construction and related trades. It’s fun to share their stories, to be impowered by the women who are already doing it and to inspire more women to join in. The construction industry has a major labor shortage, and we have a large population with a lot of debt who have never considered a trade. There are a million reasons why you might be happier in a trade related field - everything from pride of craftsmanship to potentially high earning wages that make it a lucrative and possibly debt free industry. So today i had the pleasure of talking with Kiyona and Saleha, two young and exciting women in construction here in Maine. It’s interesting to hear their backgrounds, their stories, and their encouragement for the construction industry to get in front of more women, minorities, or any other young person to talk about how exciting it can be to work in our field. I hope you enjoy, I know I did! ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Bob and I have been collaborating a lot over the last two or three years. As we move towards a more thoughtful design process integrating our teams, local materials and low carbon environments, it’s interesting to hear how other architects are doing it. I hope you enjoy this little snippet into how our minds work when we are thinking deeper about a project than just providing floor plans. #Whatanarchitectdoes #keepcraftalive #buylocal #buildingscience #architecture

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I promised you some building science basics short podcasts and it’s been 10 weeks since I did one. So to ease back in from vacation, I thought I would throw together a quick one on the shifting mindset in the building science community. For 20+ years we have really been working towards Net Zero Energy (NZE - or ZNE, or ZE) and the reduction of the operational energy of our buildings. And while that is critically important, science now tells us that for the next 30 years it’s even more critical to pay attention to the embodied energy of our buildings (extraction, manufacturing, transportation, and material make up of the products we use and their energy penalty from day 1 of a building) So moving towards Net Zero Carbon (NZC) or carbon storing buildings will be critical in the next 30 years or we won’t have the opportunity to reverse the increasing temperature of our planet. So enjoy this short, join the BS+Beer Show’s book club - and pick up The New Carbon Architecture to learn more! ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In the effort to continue to encourage women to join the trades, I’m very excited to have another amazing woman jump on the podcast. Mariana with Emu Building Science and I talk about perception, training, and what it’s like to be women in the architecture/construction industry. She’s smart, fun, entertaining, and I enjoyed every minute of it! At a time when it has become apparent how important training for builders is, I couldn’t be happier to highlight what Emu Building Science is doing! Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Many of you may know Kate, or heard of her through her business HELM or her time at Yestermorrow. I felt it was time to highlight some of the amazing work she is doing, both as a female in the construction industry, but also with her business setting up systems and practices to help contractors, architects and designers to improve diversity in their workplace and educate to let people know that it’s a field you should consider. So I want to say a big thank you to Kate, it was so great hearing more about what you’re doing to push the bar up in the construction industry and support growing businesses achieve their goals. Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In today’s episode I had the pleasure of talking further with Doug Horgan. You may have caught him on The BS + Beer Show and I had so many follow up questions for him that I invited him to join me on the podcast. We talk about his company BOWA - a rather large construction company - and some of the things Doug and the company have done to learn, educate, and foster a great work environment. Like me, Doug is a professed building science nerd and he has plenty of great things to share including his time as the “Handy-person + Warranty Team” See the show notes on his recommendations and how to connect to Doug or BOWA. ~ Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In full support of female entrepreneurs, I had the pleasure of recording with Rachel Preston Prinz. Her unique journey in architecture to where she finds herself now is something that I’m thankful I had the privilege to hear. From learning that she would go blind to her dedication to the preservation of cultural heritage in her community. Rachel brings joy, passion, and gratitude. I hope you enjoy her story and check out the cool things she’s up to, including the documentary she made. All links in the show notes! ~ Enjoy!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I often talk about building science & architecture, but this week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Canadian builder Casey Grey. He created The Conscious Builder which is so much more than a building company. As we continue to push the industry forward, our self awareness is critical. Hearing Casey talk about living a conscious life, building a better way, and raising everyones awareness was fascinating. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Back by popular demand, Reggie, John, and I discuss what’s going on in our country, education & garnering interest in the trades - And we drink a beer and get a little silly. Having a beer at the end of the day with friends is always a pleasure. The connection to people all over the world has been one of the best blessings from Covid 19. So crack a beverage, relax, and enjoy some more building science.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Mercury is in retrograde, this whole week has been upside down. But I got to talk with Kyle Macht who is an outstanding designer working for an architecture practice that was doing building science way before it was cool. We both went to Penn State, although we weren’t in the architecture department at the same time. We only touch on it briefly during the podcast, but we chatted afterwards about our time there and the fond memories. Kyle has been a big supporter of The BS + Beer show and sharing his building science knowledge. You can also catch him on the Modern Craftsman or reach out to him via his contact information in the show notes. Enjoy, I know I did!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Today I had the opportunity to talk to Ohio based designer Trayvone Maurice. Trayvone and I discuss everything from changing our communities through architecture to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was an opportunity to share the story of a successful black business owner, but also to hear the story of his life and educate myself and anyone listening on humanizing the things we don’t understand.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I’m trying something new this week. With all the amazing content out there right now and in respect of your time, i thought i would start throwing 15 minute segments in periodically on building science topics. Since PGH is a hot topic right now, i wanted to start there. I could spend hours talking about PGH - but maybe what we need is some building science shorts. So to kick it off this week I started with PGH because maybe the first question is Why? Why should we be building better more durable, more efficient, and healthier homes. And if you’re new to building science, there is no better place to start than The Pretty (damn) Good House.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: This is a long one this week. And I apologize for the delay in getting it to you, but I hope you think it’s worth the wait. I have so much respect for Reggie and John and what they are doing as a company and for this industry. This week’s podcast is about policy and education and just thinking building science is cool so other people will think it cool too. I could talk to the two of them all day. This is a little bit of a glimpse of what it would be like if you were sitting at a dinner table with us while we discuss our favorite subject: Climate Change.