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Our guest this episode is Harry Knibb from WSP in the UK, talking about “sustainable places” in the context of property development.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

For more information on Harry and his work:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-knibb-3214a824/

Bio

Harry is a RTPI Chartered Town Planner, principal sustainability and wellbeing professional with over 12 years’ experience advising major projects from consultancy and client-side positions.

Harry has a MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation, an MSc in Surveying (project management), is a Practitioner of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), an academician for the Academy of Urbanism and a WELL AP.

Harry specialises in pre-planning / strategic work and has been involved in many successful applications for many development types, at different scales, in locations across the globe. Well versed in the often-political nature of large projects having consulted both for the private and public sectors. He is interested in in social sustainability, wellbeing and loneliness and has won awards for research exploring the linkages between pro- environmental behaviour and happiness. Harry believes there is an opportunity to employ robust social science methods to better understand the impact of new development.

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Our guest this episode is Marcel Harmon talking about engineering, anthropology plus political economist Elinor Ostrom and their intersections with building design and development.

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In this episode, we discuss;

• How the dominance of air conditioning in America is an historical accident

And much more…….

Note: Marcel gave a post interview correction. Political economist Elinor Ostrom was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics and not the Nobel Peace Prize. Duly noted sir, and thank you for coming on the show.

For more information on Marcel and his work

Constructing our Niches Download:

https://evolution-institute.org/constructing-our-niches-the-application-of-evolutionary-theory-to-the-architecture-engineering-and-construction-aec-industry/

Elinor Ostrom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom

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Our guest this episode is Andrew Martin, President of BlueRithm talking about Commissioning Software. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes.

In this episode, we discuss;

• The building industry controls firms arms race • The construction industry software scene

And much more……..

For more information on Andrew and his work

Bio

Andrew has a Master of Science Degree in Software Engineering from the University of St. Thomas, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Management from Dunwoody College of Technology and an Associates Degree in Electrical Construction from Anoka Technical College.

Andrew is the owner, founder, and president of BlueRithm. BlueRithm is a cloud based software platform for managing commissioning projects. BlueRithm helps you manage checklists, functional performance tests, issue logs, allows cloud based collaboration, and it automates reporting. With BlueRithm you can share files, collaborate, accelerate deliverables and closeout, and maintain a high level of quality control.

Prior to founding BlueRithm, Andrew was a project development engineer with Johnson Controls for over ten years.

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Our guest this episode is Murray Guy talking about Lean Construction, plus Robert and Adam get philosophical at the end of the show.

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In this episode, we discuss;

And much more…….

For more information on Murray and his work

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-guy-01402116/

Lloyd Alter episode #007 The Case Against Net Zero & Using Too Much of Everything

Bio

Murray is sustainable minded entrepreneur that owns and operates three companies involved in creating a more efficient and green building industry. He has demonstrated that with lean practices we can build #NetZero buildings at #NetZero additional cost and with Lean Commissioning (LeanCx) we can get the team to the finish line early.

As a board member of LCI-Canada Murray works to build Lean Project Delivery capabilities, develop the certification program and establish communities of Practice.

As the CEO of Integrated Designs Murray works with a great team to deliver high performance building by providing target value design facilitation, energy management, project management and commissioning services.

At EcoSmart Developments, Murray works with his son Taylor and sub-trade partners to design and build turn key, NetZero ready homes.

At Shift2Lean Murray provides training and coaching on the Last Planner System, Target Value Delivery and on Lean Project Delivery methods and tools. These courses and workshops help prepare staff for Lean Construction Institute – Canada certification.

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Our guest this episode is Matthew Marson talking about Smart Buildings.

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In this episode, we discuss;

And much more…….

For more information on Matthew and his work:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmarson/

Bio

Matthew is Head of Smart Buildings at WSP UK. He focuses on designing and delivering digital real estate transformation and human-centred Internet of Things (IoT) technologies within the built environment. Matthew trained as an Architect and is a Chartered Engineer.

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Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 190).

Our guest this episode is Bill Browning talking about Biophilic design, John Denver, Buckminster Fuller, Jacques Cousteau and working with some of the worlds leading architects.

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In this episode, we discuss;

And much more…….

For more information on Bill and his work plus some additional information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-browning-a6b29227/#experience-section

Bio

Bill Browning is one of the green building and real estate industry’s foremost thinkers and strategists, and an advocate for sustainable design solutions at all levels of business, government, and civil society. His expertise has been sought out by organizations as diverse as Fortune 500 companies, leading universities, non-profit organizations, the U.S. military, and foreign governments.

Early in his career, Bill helped build Buckminster Fuller’s last experimental structure. In 1991, he founded Green Development Services at the Rocky Mountain Institute, an entrepreneurial, non-profit “think and do tank”. His consulting projects at RMI included new towns, resorts, building renovations, and high-profile demonstration projects including Wal-Mart’s Eco-mart, the Greening of the White House, the National Aquarium, Disney Hong Kong, the Pentagon, Lucas Film, Grand Canyon National Park and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Village. In 1999 Green Development Services was awarded the President’s Council for Sustainable Development/Renew America Prize.

Beginning in 2004, Bill was the Director of Design and Environment for Haymount, a New Urbanist community in Virginia. In this capacity he led the development’s site planning, authored a set of design guidelines, and guided development of innovative infrastructure systems. In 2005 he co-founded Browning+Bannon LLC, an independent real estate and consulting firm focused on environmentally responsive development.

Bill was a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Board of Directors, and served as Chair of USGBC’s Governance Committee. Over the years Bill has served on the Boards of Greening America, the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, RealEnergy, the Roaring Fork Conservancy, and ioby. He has also served on The Nature Conservancy Real Estate Advisory Council, ASTM Green Building Rating Committee, and the Department of Defense’s Science Board Energy Task Force, the AIA National Committee on the Environment, the Department of State’s Overseas Building Office Advisory Council, the Real Estate Advisory Council for the Trust for Public Land, the Interface “Green Dream Team.” He is a GSA national peer, and editorial advisor for Environmental Building News, Environmental Design & Construction Magazine, and Green @ Work.

In addition to consulting, Bill writes and lectures widely on sustainable design and building practices. He is a co-author of Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate; A Primer on Sustainable Building; Greening the Building and the Bottom Line; and Biophilic Design; The Economics of Biophilia and Midcentury (un)Modern. He has published articles in Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Urban Land, and AIA’s Environmental Resource Guide. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle and Popular Science, among others, and he has been interviewed by NPR, CNN, and PBS.

Bill received a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, specializing in energy-conscious architecture and resource management. He holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the MIT Center for Real Estate’s 1991 Public-Sector Fellowship, and, in 1995, the Charles H. Spaulding Award. In 1998 Bill was named one of five people “Making a Difference” by Buildings magazine. In 2001 he was selected as an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and in 2004 he was honored with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership Award.

In 2006, Bill founded Terrapin with longtime partners Bob Fox, Rick Cook and Chris Garvin to craft high- performance environmental strategies for corporations, governments, and large-scale real estate developments. Our diverse clients include Cacique Resort in Costa Rica, Starwood’s Element hotel brand, NRDC, PNB Malaysia, New Songdo City in Korea, InterfaceFLOR, Bank of America and the National Geographic Society. Bill is based in Washington, D.C.

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Our guest this episode is Edward Arens PhD, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at UC Berkeley and Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research, the University’s research unit for building science and resource efficient urban design.

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In this episode, we discuss

• Designing buildings for “sound, feelings and smell, not visual stimuli” • Full air-conditioning Vs comfort cooling

And much more…….

For more information on Edward and his work

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-arens-348155a8/

Website: https://www.cbe.berkeley.edu

Website: https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/edward-arens

Paper on “troublesome lack of satisfaction with the thermal environment!”: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/89m0z34x

Education

PhD. Architectural Science, University of Edinburgh Master of Urban Studies, Yale University

Specializations

Building Science, Climatology, Human Comfort, Thermodynamics, and Architectural History

Professor Arens received his Ph.D. in Architectural Science in 1972 from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and also holds a BA in architectural history and Masters Degrees in Forestry and Urban Studies from Yale University. Prof. Arens started UC’s Building Science Laboratory in 1980 after heading the Architectural Research Section at the National Bureau of Standards.

He has been principal investigator for a large number of State, Federal, and industry grants addressing building energy performance, indoor environmental quality criteria, field monitoring procedures, and architectural aerodynamics.

Projects include developing wireless sensor systems for building control and electricity demand responsiveness, developing and testing new personal environmental control systems, human comfort testing and modeling, web-based surveying of occupant satisfaction in buildings, determining energy efficiency potential of thermally diversified environments, metrics for rating comfort and energy use in building perimeter zones, effects of humidity on comfort and health, and natural ventilative cooling.

Professor Arens is active in technical and standards committees of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers), and co-founded SBSE (Society of Building Science Educators). He has advised over 90 graduate students in the research track, and 18 Ph.D. students.

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Our guest this episode is Steve Burrows CBE, our first guest with an IMDB.com page!

This was an inspiring podcast and Steve believes, and now we do, his life is more exciting than Elon Musk’s.

Steve might be the “Indiana Jones” of building engineering.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

For more information on Steve and his work:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-burrows-cbe-7b49954/

Website: http://www.mywallabe.com

Website: http://baumatix.com

Website: http://cameronmacallister.com

Website: https://www.katerra.com

Website: https://www.safehub.io

Simpsons episode with Frank Gehry #metricisbest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p6rrn-PimU

Engineering the Impossible: http://atlanticproductions.tv/productions/engineering-the-impossible/

Egypt (TV Documentary): http://www.hearle.net/engineering-the-impossible-egypt/

Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids (TV Mini-Series Documentary): https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Egyptian-Pyramids-English-Subtitled/dp/B01BWQLV6M/

Time Scanners TV Series

A three part series produced by BAFTA and Emmy award winning Atlantic Productions, ‘Time Scanners’ uses cutting edge 3D laser scanning technology to put history’s building wonders to the test, unlocking the secrets of how the world’s most iconic engineering creations were constructed.

Heading the quest is Steve Burrows, one of the world’s leading structural engineers, and he is joined by laser scanning experts from the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas.

With unprecedented access, they explore, scan and digitally analyze some of mankind’s most awe-inspiring architectural achievements uncovering just how good the engineers of the ancient world really are. Locations include the Colosseum, Petra, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the Pyramids.

Time Scanners TV Series: http://www.timescanners.com/us/trailer.php

Bio

Steve’s long career in civil engineering has spanned decades. Since graduating from Liverpool Polytechnic in 1982, he worked for the leading engineering firm ARUP where he was heavily involved in their work on Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium. He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of his work in the field of engineering worldwide. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Chartered Engineer, and also member of the Institution of Structured Engineers.

After a long career at ARUP, Steve left to join the US consultancy practice AECOM and then WSP where he held senior positions. Steve currently works with Cameron MacAllister Group in Orinda, California USA as principal consultant and is an executive at Katerra and advises Safehub.

Steve has also been hosting television documentaries that explore famous archaeological monuments and uncover the engineering secrets that made them possible.

Although once afraid of public speaking, Steve has made himself very visible (or audible) on television, radio, in keynote addresses, and even in an IMAX movie designed to attract children to STEM subjects. He believes it’s the greatest time in history to be an engineer, and that optimism carries over into everything he does for his clients.

Our guest this episode is Dr. William Bahnfleth, ASHRAE past President and Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University.

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In this episode, we discuss;

• Autonomous, self-tuning buildings systems • Wellness movement gaining traction

And much more……

For more information on Bill and his work;

Bio

William (Bill) Bahnfleth is Professor and Director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in University Park, PA, where he has been employed since 1994. Previously, he was a Senior Consultant for ZBA, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH and a Principal Investigator at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, IL. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, where he also earned an undergraduate degree in music (pipe organ performance), and is a registered professional engineer.

At Penn State, Dr. Bahnfleth teaches undergraduate courses in HVAC fundamentals and controls and graduate courses in chilled water systems, hot water and steam systems, and indoor air quality. His research interests cover a wide variety of indoor environmental control topics, including chilled water pumping systems, stratified thermal energy storage, protection of building occupants from indoor bioaerosol releases, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation systems, and others. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 technical papers and 11 books and book chapters. He consults regularly on the design of chilled water thermal energy storage systems and has been involved in more than 20 projects world-wide.

Dr. Bahnfleth is a fellow of both ASHRAE and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and is also a member of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Sigma Xi, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE). He has served ASHRAE in a variety of capacities, including Student Branch Advisor, Chapter Governor, Technical Committee and Standing Committee Chair, and as Director-at-Large, Vice President, Treasurer, and 2013-14 Society President. He is the recipient of a 1st place ASHRAE Technology Award, Transactions Paper Award, and Distinguished Service and Exceptional Service Awards.

Our guest this episode is John Williams, MEP and sustainability design manager for the Mexico City airport project.

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In this episode, we discuss;

• His journey from Manchester UK to the USA to Mexico. Who says engineering careers are boring!

• The unique challenges designing a new airport located 1 mile above sea level with high outside air pollution levels.

• Trans-disciplinary design.

And much more……

For more information on John and his work;

Bio

John Williams is a motivated and creative problem solver with over fifteen years of experience in engineering, design coordination plus project and design management for high performance buildings. John is currently leading the MEP & LEED design for the new airport in Mexico City.

Previously John was managing the MEP design team for the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. John was also the mechanical Engineer of Record and lead SMEP design integrator for the innovative Apple Park in Cupertino. He has a passion for the built environment and enjoys using his experience and skills in design leadership, project management and building systems engineering.

John is a member of ASHRAE SSPC 55 (Thermal Comfort) | ASHRAE TC 6.5 (Radiant Systems) and a Professional & Chartered Engineer.

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