Today, I feel very in tune with this podcast’s stated mission: Building HVAC Science covers a broad array of topics in building science and HVAC diagnostics, as well as human comfort, health, and safety….; this show will take a deep dive...
For several years, in southern Maine, a small group of building professionals have been getting together monthly to discuss building science. Many topics are brought up for discussion: high performance windows, venting cathedral...
Today’s guest, Anna Desimone has done an awesome job compiling resources for consumers to learn about factors, features and benefits of building an Energy Efficient home. Anna is author of Live in a Home that Pays You Back--A Complete Guide...
My three esteemed guests/amigos shed some light on common misconceptions in the HVACR industry. We talk about fun topics like: Heatpumps are only for the south of the Mason-Dixon line A1 refrigerants are Non-Flammable A2L refrigerants are...
Listen in as Phil Zito describes the journey he has taken from being bored, to blogging to building a business that provides top notch online training and workforce development programs. Formerly known as Building Automation Monthly, a...
I was thrilled to get the opportunity to interview Shawn McLaughlin, after having been impressed with the simplicity and value of using an Emporia Vue Energy Monitor for a year or so before I met him. Shawn shares with us his back story...
I met Griffin at the conference several years ago and found him to be thoughtful, insightful and a quiet but powerful champion of the principles he believes in. In todays’ podcast we discuss electrification in Alaska, the deep retrofit work...
Adam is a man full of energy and drive and is always eager to help. Listen in as Adam describes the arc of his career that started in political activism and currently involves him in software, home decarbonization and net zero retrofits. ...
Katelyn Woodling joins us on today’s podcast to discuss the background and development of Bosch IDS Heat Pumps (Inverter Ducted Split). Katie is the manager of Product management for Bosch Heating and Cooling, North America and works out of...
If you are in HVAC, Home Performance, IAQ or follow “electrification” and you HAVEN’T heard of Nate Adams, you will do yourself good to listen to this podcast or follow some of the links below. Oh, and we did not get into the awesome...
“A day in the life of a smart building. Now spaces have memory and identity.” Now more than ever, facility owners and managers are incorporating smarter and more connected building technologies to improve...
“Making building IAQ better is a long-term process.” “We had all the answers before the COVID-19 pandemic, we just didn’t implement them.” Bill Bahnfleth has a long and distinguished career as a professor of architectural...
Previously a commercial diver working offshore on all work below the water line Bill now works a lot around the dew point. Bill’s roots are in residential construction, yet when he returned to that field he realized he lacked...
In this episode with Ben Poole, a 3rd generation HVAC contractor and founder of HVAC Tactical, we hear a lot about motivation and mindset. “It’s you who decides who you want to be.” Ben runs Trusted Heating and Cooling in Austin,...
The best way to describe Brett Dillon, it the quote his LinkedIn profile: “I am an entrepreneur. Intensely curious, I transform industries because I see connections that others don't, relentlessly pursue better ways of doing things, and...
Ray Wu, founder of WYND joins us to stress the importance of an optimal air quality by utilizing modern, innovative technology. But not just technology alone, Wynd uses the subsequent data to inform IAQ decisions, allowing consumers and...
Better Marketing for Better Building Companies- Creating Leads, Lifting Conversions Driving Growth. That’s the motto of the Energy Circle, the brainchild of our guest today, Peter Troast, a rare marketer who’s taken technical training in...
“Who is that guy and what did he just do?” My first formal introduction to Keith was shortly after he crashed his drone into a tree at the HVAC Symposium in Florida a couple years ago. While we did not discuss the drone incident in...
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 other...
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 important quest I am...
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 capital city of...
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 a new visual...
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 Night school but has...
“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...
