Episodes
EP88 Everything you want to know about the Building Performance Association with Steve Skodak (July 2022)
Aug. 12, 2022
If you weren’t aware up to now, I am very passionate about Home Performance. So passionate, that I volunteer my time as a board member of, and now, Treasurer of the Building Performance Association or BPA. Among many ot…
EP87 The Energy Conservatory - Focused on Product Development With Steve Rogers and Bill Graber (July 2022)
Aug. 5, 2022
Today we chat with Bill Graber and Steve Rogers of the Energy Conservatory, also known as TEC, a 40-year-old company that is on a mission to unite the tools and test instruments used in the HVAC and Weatherization markets…an…
EP86 The essentials required to build a comfortable, healthy, efficient home with Casey Grey, The Conscious Builder (May 2022)
July 29, 2022
In March 2022, I was invited to be a guest on the Conscious Builder Show with Casey Grey. I guess all the conversations I have been having about my modular NetZero house had reached north of the border to Ottawa, the capi…
EP85 The Heat Exchanger Experts Story with Chris & Russell Prach (May 2022)
July 22, 2022
I came to know of Ellis Prach back in the late 1990’s through his traveling classes when I was design engineering manager at Bacharach. Later in 2000, when I was with Testo, I contacted him as we had just started to market…
EP84 Leveraging your technician experience to springboard in the industry with Andrew Greaves (May 2022)
July 15, 2022
Learn about Andrew Greaves non-traditional career journey that took him from building maintenance to Director of Education and Customer Experience for NAVAC Global: He received his HVAC training via Community College Nigh…
EP83 Mindset makes a difference with Chris Hughes (May 2022)
July 8, 2022
“Don’t let fear hold you back.” “If you want something in life, go ask for it.” These are just two of the many takeaways you will get when you listen to this Episode. Chris Hughes, now the HVAC Business Development...
EP82 Avoiding mold with Cheryl Ciecko (Dec 2020)
July 1, 2022
Listen in as we chat with Cheryl Cieko, a professional with a mission to dispel myths, create awareness, and empower both professionals and building owners, Cheryl is a one-stop source of knowledge, education, and support ha…
EP81 HVAC Chemistry with Rachel & Eric Kaiser (April 2022)
June 24, 2022
SCIENCE - In pursuit of understanding in the moment. Join us as Rachel and Eric Kaiser, a wife and husband team from Indianapolis, share with us their perspectives on HVAC Chemistry. If you’ve attended or watched Bryan O…
EP80 What is PACE with Scott Ringlein (March 2020)
June 17, 2022
We’re joined on today’s podcast by Scott Ringlein, a Clean Energy & Sustainability Specialist & Consultant. Scott was raised as a farmer and educated as an engineer with a first career path in the auto industry. He ventu…
EP79 Two Peas in a Podcast? HVAC Know It All & Building HVAC Science Swap Stories with Gary MacCreadie & Bill Spohn (May 2022)
June 10, 2022
If you’re in the HVAC field and you listen to podcasts, it’s likely you’ve heard of Gary MacCreadie. If not, here’s your chance to get an inside perspective on how and why Gary got into the HVAC Field and later started a …
EP78 Propane HVAC systems with Bryan Cordill of PERC (June 2020)
June 3, 2022
On today’s podcast we are joined by Bryan Cordill, the Director of Residential and Commercial Business Development at the Propane Education and Research Council. Bryan has decades of experience in the world of propane and …
EP77 Energy Demand as Resource with Matt Golden of Recurve (Oct. 2019)
May 27, 2022
Matt Golden is Founder and CEO of Recurve a company that connects the dots between efficiency, electrification, renewable energy, and DERS (distributed energy resources). Recurve’s mission is to accelerate the transition t…
EP76 How to market invisible performance with Max Rohr (Feb. 2020)
May 20, 2022
Max Rohr (formerly with Rehau as the Marketing and Academy Manager for Building Solutions) spends some time explaining for us the process of creating and marketing products to move energy in water, that is radiant heating an…
EP75 What it’s like working at Kalos with Austin Klokus (Nov. 2019)
May 13, 2022
I was impressed with Austin Klokus when I first met him on a trip to Kalos Services (The Orr Family HVAC/Mechanical business in Clermont FL) a few years ago. He was working as a senior videographer at the time where he had…
EP74 Where you can go with passion and persistence with Craig Migliaccio (April 2022)
May 6, 2022
I can easily summarize this episode with a single quote from Craig’s LinkedIn bio: “Remember that we are all teachers and need to invest in others to succeed.” You may have heard of Craig; as his HVAC Training books and …
EP73 Creating superb customer service with Steve Coscia (Sep 2021)
April 22, 2022
I’m so pleased to welcome my friend Steve Coscia to the podcast! You may have heard of him; he focuses on training customer service skills especially in the world of HVAC. As a master communications trainer, he gets his …
EP72 Energy Efficiency, decarbonization and sustainability with John Sheff from Danfoss (Aug. 2021)
April 15, 2022
In today’s podcast we hear from John Sheff who was the director of Public and Industry Affairs for Danfoss at the time of this recording. We learn how John’s passion about energy efficiency, decarbonization and sustainabil…
EP71 Helping contractors, technically and through marketing services- a conversation with Tom Jackson (Sept. 2019)
April 8, 2022
Tom Jackson has a passion for the HVAC Trades and it shows through in what he does as leader of Jackson Systems and Supply. Tom is a true entrepreneur following where his customers lead him. His company focuses on produc…
EP70 Getting an early start in the trades with Elana and Jordan Day (March 2022)
April 1, 2022
The title for this episode could mean a couple things: “Getting an early start” as in developing an early morning routine “Getting an early start” as in beginning to learn the trades in high school Well, Elana Day takes …
EP69 From particle accelerators to radon measurement, the Airthings story with Erlend Bolle (Jan 2022)
March 18, 2022
This is my first interview with a founder of a publicly traded company and my second interview with a European guest! Meet Erlend Bolle, whose life journey took him from working at CERN to a building a global, publicly tra…
EP68 Sustainability for homes with Brett Little
March 11, 2022
Brett approaches sustainability with thoughtfulness and enthusiasm. He is the Program Manager at GreenHome Institute, has been involved in residential sustainability since 2008, and holds a bachelor's in Sustainable Busine…
EP67 Residential HVAC design has not changed much in 20+ years with Russ King (Aug 2021)
March 4, 2022
Russ King is a rare breed. He is equally inventor, author (both technical and fiction), software developer, design practitioner, instructor and installer. Above all that, he is passionate, thoughtful, kind, smart and lov…
EP66 The Art & Science of Healthy Homes with Joe Medosch
Feb. 25, 2022
Joe is one of the coolest guys I know. He probably doesn’t think of himself that way. He’s been so influential in changing the perception and understanding of IAQ and healthy homes in the last few years. And he is SO PAS…
EP65 Let's talk mold with Jason Earle (January 2022)
Feb. 18, 2022
Jason Earle of GotMold.com gives a fascinating tour of his personal journey and how he ended up breaking the price barrier for lab testing of mold in the air. Jason has set up a special landing page for our listeners: A…