January 29, 2024

#3 – 2024 Paul Raymer – The Renaissance Man of Building Science

50 minutes

Paul Raymer comes from a long line of inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs. He’s added writing to the mix, and has published 4 novels, three of which follow his protagonist, Jon Megquire’s, trials with buildings and murder, and three handbooks, including the residential ventilation handbook, that give one the information needed to select and install appropriate ventilation systems for any home.

Paul’s not an engineer, but he has the mind of one. Taking a correspondence course in consumer electronics launched his entrepreneurial and inventing carrier. He’s started several companies and invented and developed a wide array of products in a number of different industries.

Around the time of the oil embargo in the late 1970s, Paul was swept into the magic of building science when he moved into an old inn on Cape Cod that needed a lot of work and a lot of energy to keep warm. He has become an expert in ventilation and is currently working with the consulting firm ICF and the EPA’s Indoor airPLUS program.

I think writing is Paul’s real passion, however, so I put a link in the show notes to all his books. He says that “Writing is the transfer of information and ideas. It is like writing music or painting, photography, or any other art. The right words can create sounds or smells or images or people. It weaves together the magic of imagination in other human minds.

Paul Raymer on LinkedIn

Paul Raymer books, blog, and more:

ASHRAE Standard 62.2. - Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Indoor airPLUS

RESNET ANSI Standard 380

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