Edifice Complex Podcast

Our guest this episode is Georgia Elliott-Smith, our first activist, talking about sustainability, ESG and activism.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Georgia

Georgia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiaelliott-smith/

Georgia on Twitter: @georgiaes

Element Four Website : https://element4.co.uk/

Bio

Georgia is an Environmental Engineer with over 20 years’ experience as a sustainability professional in the property and construction industry. She is a WELL Building Standard Accredited Professional and Fitwel Ambassador, a Chartered Environmentalist, Member of the Institute of Environmental Management of Assessment, and a UNESCO Special Junior Envoy for Youth and the Environment.

In 2003, Georgia established sustainability consultancy Element Four and has worked with organisations such as the Bank of England, LandSec, Deloitte, Accenture, Mace and DEFRA to deliver more sustainable projects and business practices. A critic of traditional approaches to environmental management and CSR, Georgia has developed an approach she calls “disruptive sustainability” – dumping the KPI’s, cutting out the bland reports and making sustainability everyone’s job.

Our guest this episode is Lloyd Alter talking about life, sustainability and his book “Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle”.

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In this episode, we discuss:

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More on Lloyd

Lloyd on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyd-alter-827ba7/

Website: https://liveplayworkdotnet.wordpress.com/

The Book: Available on your local Amazon website

Bio

Lloyd Alter has been an architect, developer, inventor, prefab promoter and correspondent on treehuger.com. Lloyd was past president of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Canada and teaches sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design in Toronto. In 2014 Lloyd won the USGBC Leadership Award.

He has written a book called “living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle” and is currently writing a book about “upfront carbon”.

Our guest this episode is Dr. Allison Bailes talking about his book “A House Needs to Breathe…Or Does It?”.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

More on Allison

Allison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonabailes/

Website: https://www.energyvanguard.com/

To book Dr. Allison Bailes to speak: https://www.energyvanguard.com/book-dr-bailes/

The Book

Buy the book here for USA: https://energyvanguardstore.com/

On your local Amazon website for rest of the world

Bio

Allison has a PhD in Physics and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He is Founder, President, Chief Troublemaker at Energy Vanguard, LLC. Energy Vanguard, provide heating, ventilation, & air conditioning system design, consulting, and training. They are also an accredited BPI Test Center.

“Dr. Bailes is a well known troublemaker and a general pain in the ass.”​ ~ Joseph Lstiburek, PhD, PE. Guilty, as charged it. Allison seems to stir things up a bit with the Energy Vanguard Blog.

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 356).

Our guest this episode is Paul Russell talking about Smart Buildings and his book “Even If It Was Free”.

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In this episode, we discuss:

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More on Paul

Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulrussell-uk/

Website: https://www.evenifitwasfree.biz/

The Books

Even if it Was Free on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Even-Was-Free-Rediscover-technology/dp/B0BHKLZ9RY

How Buildings Learn on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Buildings-Learn-Happens-Theyre/dp/0140139966

Bio

Paul is a Design Thinker, Mentor, Digital Poverty Ambassador, Amplifier, Keynote Speaker and Author. He has an MBA from the London School of Economics has worked for leading firms such as IBM and AECOM.

Paul asks, if overnight all the technology you need was suddenly free, would you take as much as you can or would you stop and think, do I really need it? Would you ask yourself, even if it was free will it make a significant and long-lasting change, and what outcome do I need that will improve me or others?

Paul observes we face a Trilogy of Temptations where innovation  fuels our confidence to go faster, both at work and play. A natural human development that helps us achieve the impossible but can make us miss blind spots in the conversations we have. A conversation that needs us to remain curious and vulnerable to understand each other better, be more inquisitive about each other and share more human centric stories of what good should look like. These are the issues Paul works on with his clients.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

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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.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGEo1pCt2k8NzvBNJ_78lA

BlueRithm: https://bluerithm.com/

DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/

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:

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

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DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/

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.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGEo1pCt2k8NzvBNJ_78lA

BlueRithm: https://bluerithm.com/

DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/

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:

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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.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGEo1pCt2k8NzvBNJ_78lA

BlueRithm: https://bluerithm.com/

DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/

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:

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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’.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

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BlueRithm: https://bluerithm.com/

DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/

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.

Edifice Complex Podcast & Sponsors

Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDGEo1pCt2k8NzvBNJ_78lA

BlueRithm: https://bluerithm.com/

DCM: https://learn.drawingspecialists.com/adam

sensorsuite: http://suiteheat.sensorsuite.com/