Edifice Complex Podcast

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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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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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:

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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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Our guest this episode is Akira Jones, Director, Digital Services at HH Angus in Toronto Canada,  talking about digital twins and digitization of building design, construction and operations.

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In this episode we discuss: 

And much more…….

More on Akira

Akira on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akira-jones-48732ab0/

HH Angus website: https://hhangus.com/

Bio

Akira is a Professional Mechanical Engineer and Director, Digital Services at HH Angus in Toronto Canada, with over a decade of experience in the AEC industry. Akira leads HH Angus’ digital services team, which specializes in BIM processes and software, 3D scanning and Scan-to-BIM, as well as IoT, Digital Twinning, and AWS Cloud Consulting Services.

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Our guest this episode Peter Dyer, author of “Rottenomics, The Story of New Zealand’s Leaky Buildings Disaster”. Peter estimates the true cost of the leaky homes disaster was $47 billion!

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In this episode, we discuss:

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More on Peter & Rottenomics

Peter on 1 News in New Zealand    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szSrUpCA1p0

Bio

Peter Dyer is a freelance writer in Wellington, New Zealand. Born in the USA, he and his wife moved to New Zealand in January 2004 and have lived in Wellington since 2008.

Though he has a BA in English, Peter worked for over 25 years as a machinist. This included 19 years providing technical support to the Physics Department at the University of California (Davis), and later at the Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

At Massey he also studied journalism and wrote for publications in the US and in New Zealand. In October 2019, after eight years’ research and writing on the subject, his book “Rottenomics—the Story of New Zealand’s Leaky Buildings Disaster” was published.

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Our guests for this special episode are:

Orla Hegarty, Architect, Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin Ireland

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Orla_Hegarty

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orla-hegarty-15a36a40/

Dr. Christine Peters, Consultant NHS Clinical Microbiologist, Scotland UK

Twitter: https://twitter.com/microlabdoc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-peters-377b4b230/

David Elfstrom, Independent Energy Engineer, Toronto Canada

Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidelfstrom

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elfstrom/overlay/contact-info/

This is a panel discussion talking about the building related impacts and lessons learned from the pandemic and also what needs to change to moving forwards. Imagine an Architect, Doctor and Engineer walk into a bar, have a few drinks then talk about making buildings better, specifically hospitals.

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In this episode, we discuss:

And much more…….

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Our guest this episode is Duncan Phillips of RWDI talking about high rise buildings and stack effect.

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For more information on Duncan

Duncan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duphillips/

Website: https://rwdi.com/

Bio

Duncan has a B.A.Sc., Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Duncan is Global Practice Leader for CFD/ Building Performance/ Ventilation at RWDI. His is involved in project execution and developing new methodologies for analyzing buildings and the urban realm. Duncan has also applied climate design strategies to a variety of building and urban realm types. This includes natural ventilation with thermal mass in stadia and schools, parking garages, laboratory buildings and museums.

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Our guest this episode is Thomas Toftgaard Jarløv founder & CEO of Cx Planner and author of “A Practical Guide to the Commissioning Process”. The book is now available in English hardcover, paperback and e-book formats.

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In this episode, we discuss:

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For more information on Thomas

Thomas on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomastoftgaardjarloev/

Thomas’ Software https://cxplanner.dk/

Thomas’ Book – “Guide to Commissioning in Practice” https://cxguideline.com/

Buy the book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Commissioning-Process-ebook-dp-B09H5QDN25/

Bio

Thomas is founder and CEO of the online project management tool, Cx Planner. Previously, Thomas was head of Commissioning at Copenhagen Airports and also worked at the consulting engineering firm Grontmij/Sweco where he led different Commissioning processes for key clients such as Novo Nordisk, ATP Ejendomme, A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Nordea, and Metro Cityringen.

Thomas is a certified Qualified Commissioning Process Provider and honored with TEKNIQ’s Energiteknologpris. Thomas is also the founder of the Danish Commissioning Wikipedia (https://cxwiki.dk) and co-writer on the Danish Commissioning Standard (DS3090).

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Our guest this episode Marcus Myers, Director of Commissioning and Energy Services at Stantec and Faculty Associate at Arizona State University.

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In this episode, we discuss:

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For more information on Marcus

Marcus on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-myers-cxa-becxp-cem-leed-ap-assoc-aia-lfa-lbc-ambassador-15a47731/

Website https://www.stantec.com/en

ASU Cx Course https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/97703

Bio

Marcus is Director of Commissioning and Energy Services, US West at Stantec and is an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) in the School of Construction, where he currently teaches Building Commissioning. Marcus has lectured and served in many sustainable research-driven roles at ASU. Marcus believes the culture of a company is vital. When the focus is on teamwork and creating a collaborative work environment, great things are truly possible. He believes in continuous learning, being motivational and genuine, staying focused, making lasting relationships, and having fun while you’re doing it.

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