Peter Yost is the principle of Building Wright, an applied building science consulting firm based in New Hampshire. Peter is the person you turn to if you want to truly understand how buildings work and is one of those people you keep track of all your carrier. To be honest I was a bit nervous about this conversation, but quickly learned that Peter is not only an expert in the field of applied building science, but humble and human as well. Although coming from a building background, Peter appears to have stumbled into a concentration in applied building science in much the same way that I have, which may be part of the reason I respect him so much and view him as a mentor from afar. Pasion for the field, continued curiosity, and the ability to say “I don’t know but I can and will find out” are two of the traits I most admire in Peter’s professionalism and hope that I can emulate in my professional interactions. Thanks for a wonderful conversation, Peter, one that I know you, the listener of the buildCAST, will enjoy listening as well.

Peter Yost on LinkedIn

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Eric Kaiser is the Industry Engagement Manager for TruTech Tools, which means that he is the conduit between the HVAC and home performance testing and commissioning industry keeping the pulse of their needs. As a former HVAC contractor Eric has learned the importance of commissioning and testing and its role in informing technicians about the performance of the products they are installing. Once again it goes back to is it there and does it work as it was installed. Eric has also become an educator and is committed to helping his clients understand building science, HVAC sizing, and performance-based data analysis. It was fun to learn the circuitous route Eric took to get to where he is today and to see the great work, he is doing to ensure that beyond the state-of-the-art tools TruTech is bringing to the industry, his clients know how, when, and where to use them to bring data to performance.

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Ben Bogie is a Principal at Building Performance Cooperative, an employe owned building company specializing in building high performance homes based out of Ridgefield Connecticut.  As you will hear, he is a third-generation high performance builder who has incorporated what his father and grandfather were doing into our modern construction practices. Ben remains curious about green high-performance buildings, while delving deep into the building science that surrounds it. In addition, he is passionate, yet not a high-performance zealot, who believes there is only one way to build. Rational thought, healthy skepticism, and sound confidence in his professionalism allows Ben to be one of the leaders that is bringing applied building science to mainstream construction.

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Joe Medosch is the Director of training and all things knowledge-based for Measure Quick, an HVAC commissioning tool that helps guide HVAC technicians to ensure the system they install, and work, on perform. In conjunction with a properly sized and designed system, Measure Quick uses measurements of air flow, refrigerant charge, temperatures, and static pressure to leverage data and therefore performance of installed systems. Growing from visionaries in the field like John Proctor’s CheckMe system, Jim Bergman, who created Measure Quick,

The disappointing fact is that the majority of installed residential HVAC systems do not get commissioned, which brings me back to Joe Medosch, who is a fanatic

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Sara Guterman is the CEO Green Builder Media, an avid outdoors person, and a leader of change and innovation in our construction industry.  Many have moved on from the term, “green building”. Sara has embraced it, is conscious of the potential for green washing, and has built a network of builders, consumers, suppliers and trades people that are reframing green building to include the totality of the construction industry.  I am so focused on house performance, “is it there and does it work”, So it was refreshing to be taken to a 10,000-foot level to learn more about ESG, carbon, and data driven Analytics that is helping to move our industry forward.

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Asa Foss is the program manager for the ENERGY STAR Nextgen Certified Homes program, which is the first federal new construction certification program focused on operational decarbonization.

The program requires that the base home be labeled under EnergyStar for new homes, and then install a climate specific heat pump for heating and cooling, a

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Alison Bailes has a PhD in Physics and tried academic life but found his true passion in building science while building his own house.  He has moved on and is now fully renovating his current house kind of in the same way that he moved on from home energy ratings, where I first met him, to concentrating on HVAC design. From the broad to the specific one might say. Applying building science through HVAC design led to this discussion on the buildCAST because I had the pleasure of hearing Allison speak at the Colorado Chapter of the ICC’s code education institute on all things heat pumps. We concentrated our discussion on heat pumps, and I know you will enjoy hearing it, but don’t forget that Allison also just published the newest addition to our collective building science library. A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It?  An Introduction to Building Science.

Allison Bailes III, PhD on LinkedIn

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Emily Mottram often describes herself as a “little Nerdy” and as an architect that expresses itself in a focus on people and planet, through high performance design of residential buildings. Emily helped to define high performance construction, as one of the authors of the “Pretty Good House” book which states that the goal is a well thought-out, carefully crafted home, designed to maximize performance and comfort within a budget. Performance incorporates metrics like R-values and ACH50 numbers but is more about setting and achieving a goal for the performance of the house which in turn, is more about how it feels: comfort, safety, livability, beauty, healthy, efficient, and the team, science of building, and economics that are brought together to achieve the goal.

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