Our guest this episode is Steve Gilchrist from Grosvenor talking about property development, his newsletter and the circular economy.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Steve

Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegilchristlondon/

Steve on Substack: https://www.stevesnewsletter.com/

Company website: https://www.grosvenor.com/

Bio

Steve is a Project Director in the Grosvenor Development team London UK, currently heading up the delivery of South Molton Triangle, a more than 2 acre site in North Mayfair London.

Steve has a MEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University and is a Chartered Engineer. He has worked with respected firms such as Arup and Sir Robert McAlpine prior to making the transition from Engineer to property development manager.

Steve is active with the UKGBC’s Circular Economy focus and represents Grosvenor as a founding member of Steel Zero – a global initiative that brings together leading organisations to speed up the transition to a net zero steel industry. He has a newsletter hosted on Substack, which we urge you to subscribe to.

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Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 348).

Our guest this episode is Glenn Hawkins, talking about building services and building commissioning training plus the new CIBSE Commissioning Code M. Glenn and his training courses might be the best kept secret in the built environment, we want to change that.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Glenn

Glenn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-hawkins-7b545630/

Clear Construction: http://www.clearconstruction.co.uk/

Bio

Glenn graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BSc (Hons) in Building Services Engineering. His career has taken him from maintenance technician to building services design engineer to researcher and published author and now his is developing and delivering specialist training.

Glenn is:

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Our guest this episode is Tracey Jumper, Corporate Director of Commissioning for EMCOR Services Mesa Energy, talking about the upcoming new ASHRAE Standard 230 for Commissioning Process for Existing Systems and Assemblies.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Tracey & Vitruvius

Tracey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyjumper/

EMCOR: https://www.mesaenergy.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceyHVAC

Vitruvius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius

Bio

Tracey is a Certified Commissioning Professional and holds a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering Degree from Penn State University.

Tracey serves on ASHRAE Committee TC 7.9 Commissioning , SSPC 300 (ASHRAE Commissioning Standards 202, 230) which was formed to revise and maintain commissioning series standards and guidelines.

Featured in USA Today Money (Feb ’11) and CSE Mag’s 40 Under 40 (‘20) for the impacts of her earlier commissioning work, she now is a contractor-based ops performance-driver—and also Covid response—machine for building owners. She especially enjoys leveling up ops on resilience! AVP>LAS (and a few hops in between!). Tracey most recently was named Top 20 Women to Watch in HVAC by Engineered Systems Magazine.

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Our guest this episode is Brett Dillion from the Building Science Institute talking about the Medici Effect and the state pf play in the USA for residential construction.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Brett

Brett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettdillon01/

Intellectual Ferret Ltd: https://intellectualferret.com/

The Medici Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medici_Effect

Book Discussed

Winning the Battle for Relevance: https://michaelmcqueen.net/store/winning-the-battle-for-relevance

Bio

Brett is an entrepreneur, international award-winning former homebuilder, pro-wrestler, security consultant, and surveillance operative. He is CEO of The Dillion Group Inc and GM for the Building Science Institute in Texas USA.

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Our guest this episode is James Healey, AESG Director of Overheating and Acoustics talking about the new UK Building Regulation, Approved Document O, IEQ and building overheating.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on James

James on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-healey-7a57a920/

AESG: https://aesg.com/

Download James’ white paper on overheating: https://aesg.com/perspective/approved-document-o-lets-clear-the-air/

Bio

James is a highly skilled acoustics consultant with deep expertise in provision of noise and

vibration design advice plus testing encompassing planning, environmental, architectural and building services acoustics.

James is a member of the UK Institute of Acoustics and Chairman of the UK Institute of Acoustics Building Acoustics Group. He is the principal author of the 2020 ANC ‘Acoustics, Ventilation and Overheating Guide’, which has informed the UK Building Regulation Approved Document O. Principal author of the 2022 ‘Guide to Demonstrating Compliance with the Noise Requirements of Approved Document O’ and contributor to the 2022 Future Homes publication ‘Part O 2021 (England) Technical Guidance’.

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Our guest this episode is Bill Spohn of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, talking about net zero homes and the entrepreneurial mind set.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Bill

Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billspohn/

True Tech Tools: https://www.trutechtools.com/

Building HVAC Science: https://www.buildinghvacscience.com/

Bill Spohn’s New Modular Net Zero Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIou30sSodM

Bill Spohn Living in a Net Zero Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCKHUjrosxc

Books & Websites Discussed

Entrepreneurial Operating System: https://www.eosworldwide.com/

Five Whys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_whys

The E Myth: https://www.emyth.com/

Bio

Bill is President and CEO of Tru Tech Tools, host of the Building HVAC Science podcast, a Professional Engineer and expert witness. Bill is also an entrepreneur and net zero enthusiast. Importantly he has “walked the walk” and built his own net zero home.

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Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 335).

Our guest this episode is Shawna Henderson CEO of Blue House Energy talking about building science and opportunities for women in construction.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

For more information on Shawna

Bio

Shawna is a self-professed building science wonk, working in the field of energy-efficiency and housing since 1992. Passionate about building science and energy efficiency and how collaboration and cross-pollenization can make the residential construction industry a bigger, better piece of the sustainability puzzle.

Shawna is CEO of Blue House Energy and CEO of Bfreehomes Design Ltd. Shawna has presented at regional and national conferences on everything from deep energy retrofits to solar thermal system design and is the author of books related to sustainable housing (The Cool Climate Solar Home Design Manual, 2010, The Canadian Solar Home Design Manual, 2009).

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Our guest this episode Francisco Valentine PE talking about his book on BAS & building controls and his take on the current state of building services engineering training i.e. the type of training that is actually useful and explains “how to”.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

For more information on Francisco

Francisco on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-valentine-pe-63932457/

Buy the Book: https://fruitcovemedia.net/

Bio

Francisco is a Professional Engineer with a BSc & MSc in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University, USA. His career has included designing building services systems, energy auditing and building commissioning with a specialism in BAS and  building controls devices.

Francisco is the author of “BAS Input and Output Devices”. This is a detailed “how to” book on all things to do with building controls and a valuable “aide-mémoire” to any building commissioning practitioner.

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Our guest this episode is Joe Hughes from IAQ Radio and the IAQ Training Institute talking about IAQ Radio plus IAQ + IEQ in the built environment.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

For more information on Joe

Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-hughes-7a381715/

IAQ Radio+: https://www.iaqradio.com/     

IAQ Training Institute LLC: https://www.iaqtraining.com/

Bio

Joe Hughes is the President of IAQ Training Institute, LLC (IAQTI) and Co-host of IAQRadio+. IAQTI has provides environmental consulting, training and media services. IAQTI is the longest tenured Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) approved training provider in the USA having provided IAQA approved training programs on indoor environmental consulting and remediation since 2001.

IAQTI also produces “IAQRadio+” www.iaqradio.com, a weekly interactive show on IAQ, disaster restoration, home performance and building science issues. IAQRadio+ has been downloaded and streamed in over 60 countries. As co-host of IAQRadio+ for the past 15 years Joe has archived over 650 shows with leading experts in the world. Joe and his Co-host Cliff “The Z-man Zlotnik” were inducted into the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Our guest this episode is Barry Cope, Group Managing Director of the Building Compliance Testers Association in the UK, talking about all things building air tightness testing plus expansion into Australia and the USA.

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In this episode we discuss:

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More on Barry and BCTA

Barry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-cope-77340935/

Barry’s E-mail: [email protected]

BCTA website: https://www.bcta.group/

Bio

Barry Cope is the Group Managing Director of the Building Compliance Testers Association, notably encompassing ATTMA, Air Tightness Testing & Measurement Association and The Building Performance Hub. Barry has worked in compliance for most of his career following his engineering studies. Barry spent 7 years conducting air leakage testing on some of the UK’s biggest and most complex buildings alongside studying acoustics, notably designing and building 3 sound insulation suites and creating a sound insulation testing scheme for site based testers.

Barry has become an industry expert in building compliance testing certification schemes with ATTMA representing a significant proportion of all testing and standards used worldwide. Barry now also manages The Building Performance Hub, a dedicated centre of excellence for construction compliance training based near London.

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