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 building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 – Following one of the themes of this podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Shannon Richards, Owner of Hay Runner in Portland, Maine. Shannon is an artist, builder, developer, real estate professional. The question is, is there anything she can’t do. It was a pleasure getting to know her better and get a glimpse into her world. Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 – Following one of the themes of this podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Anna Heath with @mainepassivehouse. Anna is a superstar. Not only is she currently working in the construction industry, but she’s also offering workshops to help others learn the joy in building! Her commitment to building better, using natural and local materials, and providing durable and efficient structures with Maine Passive House is inspiring. Thanks for joining me Anna and to all the listeners…Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 – The life of an architect, Steve Baczek edition – Part II. If you tuned in last week, you got a taste of our conversation. And since you just can’t help yourself from enjoying time spent with Steve, here’s the other half of our chat! Tune in next week to hear from Anna at Maine Passive House, a woman in the construction industry who is working hard to change the face of how we build! Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 – The life of an architect, Steve Baczek edition – Part I. I was going to cut this down, but honestly, I enjoyed this so much that I thought you needed a two-part series. We had every intention of talking building science and we spent the whole time just laughing and telling architecture stories. I hope you enjoy the crap out of this, because I sure did. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 – On this week’s podcast I had the pleasure of highlighting a great traditionally styled Pretty Good House. Joining me today was the Owner/Builder Dylan Kinsey and the Architect/Consultant Bob Swinburne. It was really important to Dylan and his wife that the home fit in, but was also comfortable, durable, efficient and not over built. Pop on over to my YouTube channel to see images and drawings of this home as well. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - Today I had the pleasure of talking with Molly, who is an architect in New Mexico. I'm fascinated by other climate zones and hearing how architects in those areas are approaching building science. You can tell that Molly has a real connection to where she lives and practices and it was fun to think about building science in a completely different way. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - So pumped to talk to another PSU Architecture Alumni! Austin is a recent graduate from Penn State’s Architecture program and he had a lot of great advice for other individuals who are thinking about going to school for Architecture. You guys, i’m getting old! All joking aside, i was curious to hear if architecture school was the same. If he had different experiences in his time there, and what advice he would give after attending the same school that I did. ahem, just a few years after! He’s smart, he’s dynamic and there is no surprise that he’s been successful so far in his architecture path. Even if you’re not considering going to architecture school, this is an excellent episode with another amazing guest! Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - It’s an episode of trading podcasts! Sean McStay puts on this wonderful podcast called “The Better Construction Podcast” If you haven’t checked it out, jump on over there. (Link in Notes). He asked me to be on his show, so I asked him to be on mine! I wanted him to tell us a little bit more about what he does so we can all get to know Sean a little better. It was a pleasure, we all know I love SIGA, and the Better Construction Podcast. So i hope you enjoy our little chat! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - February is turning out to be a big picture month! Taking us out of our homes, building and construction and looking at some bigger systems. Our house is a system, it’s part of a bigger energy grid system, and that is part of a larger eco-system. Today I had the pleasure of talking with Seth Mansur about energy, managing our energy and developing energy strategies, both at home and on a commercial scale. I hope you enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - On today’s episode of E3 I learned a little bit more about a climate policy and a website that helps us to evaluate what certain policies will do to effect climate change. Today’s episode covers Carbon Fee and Dividends - or “Carbon Cash Back” and the EnRoads website. See show notes for links, and when you get to the part that takes a visual break, click on the video link which will show a brief EnRoads tour. Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - On today’s episode of E3 I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Jake Bruton. Many of you already know him for the great work and content he’s putting out there. But it seems, the more you learn the more you want to know. So a big thank you to Jake for taking time out of his busy schedule to sit down and chat all things building, building science, architecture, durability, safety and comfort. Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - Megan reached out to me after listening to the podcast. She’s in real estate on the West Coast and has been interested in the building science nature of real estate for over a decade. She used to run her own green building podcast, sold everything and lived on a boat with her husband and two kids, and now she’s living and working in the Seattle area talking about aging in place or what to do when you’re aging out of a place. It was such a pleasure to talk with Megan about the trends she’s seeing in her market and how that applies to what we are really getting. Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - You probably already know him from Treehugger, or maybe you recently saw him on the BS + Beer show, but I just can’t get enough of talking with Lloyd Alter. So I invited him to join me and talk about healthy buildings, selling building science to consumers, and some of the other hot buttons he thinks about as we head into 2021. Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Season 3 - 2020 was a whirlwind. So, to kick of 2021, I wanted to invite a very special person to share with you on the podcast. Kiley is the senior editor at Green Building Advisor and one of our brew crew hosts on The BS + Beer Show. She's on the Finehomebuilding Podcast and participates in so many things. But her nature is quiet and i wanted to get to know her better and share her thoughts and ideas with you! Enjoy! ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: This is the last podcast of 2020 and it’s really just a heartfelt thanks. It’s a mini reflection on 2020, a moment to say I’m going to be kind to myself as we usher 2020 out the door, and a little hope for 2021. I’m grateful, even in all the trials and stress of 2020, there has been joy, connection, and a beautiful sense of community. So, with a heart filled with gratitude, I say thank you and close the door on 2020. See you all again in the new year. Much love and many blessings to you and yours ~ Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: It’s the end of the year, so when you hear from a really great builder/homeowner that you worked with a few years ago, you convince them to join you on the podcast! I’m excited to have Mike DeNero with Newcastle Home Construction Corp in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Mike shares what it’s like to live in his house over the last 3.5 years, his interest in building science, and what he would have done differently. And, because I convinced him last minute to join me, i’m excited that he’d like to come back again and take a deeper dive into some of the things we talked about today. ~ Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: First, I want to say thank you to everyone. Not one person has complained about the lack of a podcast for the last 2+ weeks. Which means you are either not listening, busy too, or just ridiculously kind individuals. I’m going with the last one, keeping my faith in humanity. That being said, I’m excited about 2021 and the possibilities. So I invited my colleague, friend, and all around awesome guy Travis Brungardt to join me for this weeks show. We talk about leftovers, not the kind you eat, but the little tidbits or morsels of building science that creep into everything we do. And then we introduce a new concept we are working on for 2021 - Heroes of The Built Environment. If you don’t want to listen to us BS* skip to minute 39 and take a listen to the Heroes section. We are inviting your comments, feedback, wishlist, and involvement for this project. So without further wait ~ Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: These are a few of my favorite things! I was inspired by Travis to share some of my bookshelves and to post a few of my favorite things ahead of the holiday buying season. Traditionally I aim for adventures and hand made gifts, but with another round of the virus charging through our country, adventures are on hold. And spending time at home with all my stuff has gotten overwhelming and is a big reminder of the amount of time stuff management takes. So my list of favorite things is all about BOOKS! They can be read, shared, donated and loved by many. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Joining me on the show today is fellow Architect Tracie Reed. She’s a downtown Portland Maine architect, mostly commercial and tenant fit out, with a very interesting perspective about being part of a your community. It was fun to swap stories with Tracie, hear what she’s up to, and just really understand how critical and important our communities are. Enjoy ~ Emily
E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Joining me on the show today is fellow Architect Tracie Reed. She’s a downtown Portland Maine architect, mostly commercial and tenant fit out, with a very interesting perspective about being part of a your community. It was fun to swap stories with Tracie, hear what she’s up to, and just really understand how critical and important our communities are. Enjoy ~ Emily
