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Glavel is a construction materials company manufacturing foam glass gravel, or in company parlance GLAVEL. CEO Rob Conboy sat down with the Innova802 crew to discuss what it took to bring this technology to market in the US. How are they leading in recycling and carbon sequestration, excellence in innovative construction materials how they plan for growth and what effect they can have contributing to solve the housing crisis. We recently toured their facility and give credit to the Glavel team for epitomizing what a Vermont rural innovation company should look like.

Shout out to those mentioned who helped this team and many other Innova802 guests along the way including Flexible Capital Fund, Fresh Tracks Capital and

Rural Works.

Stay on the line for host Scott M. Graves's personal tribute to one of his inspirations, the legendary composer, arranger, producer and entrepreneur Quincy Jones. Jones passed away at his home in Los Angeles on November 3 at the age of 91.

We joined Ace McCarleton of Vermont-based New Frameworks to talk about their panelized building innovations for the housing marketplace. New Frameworks practices high performance natural building towards the construction of climate justice and regeneration. Innovation is expressed in their home construction products and processes, their sourcing of materials, for sure. But it's also in their employee-ownership model, their steadfast dedication to inclusion and more.

Learn in two episodes their origin story, Ace's thoughts on housing innovation, employee ownership and how to grow a company that consistently leads through example.

Plus in The Jazz Room we celebrate the Drummers! Host Joan Watson-Jones dedication to drummers. Though she did not have the pleasure of interviewing the great Roy Haynes who passed away last week, we have many of his friends to celebrate in this episode.

We joined Ace McCarleton of Vermont-based New Frameworks to talk about their panelized building innovations for the housing marketplace. New Frameworks practices high performance natural building towards the construction of climate justice and regeneration. Innovation is expressed in their home construction products and processes, their sourcing of materials, for sure. But it's also in their employee-ownership model, their steadfast dedication to inclusion and more.

Learn in two episodes their origin story, Ace's thoughts on housing innovation, employee ownership and how to grow a company that consistently leads through example.

Listen to Part I, Episode 174

Explore New Frameworks

New Frameworks Beam Embodied Carbon Calculator tool

Link to panels page

Link to the Casitas models

And the The Jazz Room… We celebrate the Saxophonists! Our episode includes the likes of Billy Pierce, Jackie MacLean, Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane.

We're diving into Blockchain and Crypto as the new year comes into being. Innova802 co-host Ryan Munn is no stranger to how blockchain could transform the way we think of and transact money. But our society has placed some significant barriers to accepting blockchain. Why is this so? Are we advocating for a bunch of cavalier tech-bros and their ponzi schemes or is there more substance to the idea that blockchain could create a more robust and secure financial environment for all of us.

We discuss how global governments, power transitions, politics and currency policy is all playing its role. This is an ongoing study of blockchain and crypto currency, a collaborative project of Interchain Live & SMGraves Associates

Click for Youtube Live: Interchain Live Podcast

Sponsored by Vermont Tech Alliance(VTTA) & Black River Innovation Campus(BRIC)