In this episode of the Build Hatch Podcast, we had the opportunity to hear from Jesse Glascott from G-Lux Builders. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• Jesse was born and bred in Melbourne along with his brother – grew up with hard working parents.
• Always struggling to sit still, Jesse was an active child who, from a young age had his hands on the tools from the get-go.
•  Throughout school, Jesse has an architectural flair and at age 16 finished school and did a carpentry apprenticeship with a start-to-finish builder.  
• Jesse’s apprenticeship experience working, mostly, one on one.  
• At age 20 Jesse stepped out as a sub-contractor in the commercial market and ended up doing formwork where he learnt to read plans and understand design documentation.
• The history of the G-Lux Builders name. 
• Jesse defines ‘passive design and built homes’.   
• The current ‘certified passive house plus’ project  
• How Jesse’ came to this niche of the passive house market.  
• The increase of interest in passive homes and Jesse’s passion for innovative design. 
• The fundamentals Jesse learnt from the passive house tradesman course and the programs used to calculate the energy used and consumed by occupants.  
• The requirements of a passive home needs to meet the certification.  
• Using his own home to showcase sustainable products, like wood fibre, which is not yet available in Australia.  
• The passive house community and Jesse explains the Melbourne Ice-box Challenge.  
• The Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV) system and the long-term impacts of passive homes on future generations.  
• Design process of passive homes and the architects leaning towards these designs.   
• The balance of building your own home and Jesse’s passion outside of work.  
• The comparison of costs between a passive home and a standard build.  
• The future for G-Lux Builders and Jesse as a leader in his field.  
• The challenges of the early days of business for Jesse and his learnings from this time.  

Sit back and enjoy this helpful interview with Jesse Glascott from G-Lux Builders 

 

Links: 

G-Lux Builders 

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