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the Building Performance Podcast episodes

May 07, 2014 #54 HOW BUILDERS THINK: Chase Ming on the Secret Sauce for Buildings and Clients
Today we talk with Chase Ming of All Development in Alabama about how to use overcommunication to make more money doing better work for happier clients. A real builder doing real business with real clients, in a state that's just starting the journey into performance codes.
28 min
April 23, 2014 #53 A/C CAN BE SEXY: Kristof Irwin on the Magic of Variable Refrigerant Capacity
Today we talk with Kristof "Handsome" Irwin, founder of Positive Energy in Austin Texas, about why your air conditioner is probably an idiot (bless its heart) and HVAC heaven that you might not have heard about.
18 min
April 02, 2014 #52 NOT YOUR GRAMMA'S BUILDING SCIENTIST: Iain Walker on air tightness, testing, and the origin of stinkiness
Today we talk with Dr. Iain Walker of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about the frontier of air tightness, fresh air ventilation, and why we're arguing about it in the first place.
42 min
March 07, 2014 #51 WHAT GREEN'S REALLY WORTH: Appraisal Expert Sandra Adomatis on The Bottom Line
Today we talk with Sandra Adomatis, Appraisal Institute's green valuation expert and author of Residential Green Valuation Tools, about greening the MLS, swimming pool ROI, and the future of appraiser apprenticeship (which, yikes).
33 min
December 31, 2013#50 WEST SIDE, BABY! A Bunch of Californian Rockstars Show Us What's Behind the Curtain
IT'S A PARTY! Today we talk about the universe of home performance in California with:

Dan Perunko & Gavin Healy of Balance Point Home Performance

Mike MacFarland & Brian Tyrrell of Energy Docs

Natalie Freidberg & Scott Nyborg of Home-ology

Caroline Veerman of Loisos Design

and Judy Rachel of Green Achers Sustainable Solutions (that spells GASS, but she doesn't care- she's Judy Rachel!)
20 min
December 18, 2013 #49 THIS HOUSE SUCKS, BUT NOT VERY HARD: Brett Singer, scientist, shows us where depressurization testing has led us astray
Today we talk with Brett Singer, air quality scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, about the red herring of worst-case depressurization on combustion testing, and the actual hidden enemy in every home.
40 min
November 23, 2013 #48 PRODUCTS WILL SAVE US: Keith Aldridge on Future Solutions in Stuff
Today we talk with Keith Aldridge, VP of Business Development for Advanced Energy, on what the programs get wrong, why human QA will disappear, and what your clients really want. Recorded at the ACI Regional Home Performance Conference in San Diego, CA.
33 min
November 07, 2013 #47 BIG SEXY MORTGAGES: Kerry Langley on How to Borrow More, Lend More, and Keep More with Energy Efficient Mortgages
Today we talk with Kerry Langley of Synovus Mortgage about how his company collaborated with Southeastern builders, HERS raters, and homebuyers to make an absolute killing for everyone involved. Corbett: "Why hassn't everyone been lending money this way?" Kerry: "I have absolutely no idea." YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.
22 min
October 23, 2013 #46 PASSIVE HOUSE IS SEXY: Dan Whitmore and Adam Cohen, Builders Who Want You To Do It
Today we talk with Dan Whitmore of Hammer and Hand and Adam Cohen of Structures Design Build about why and how to build like a badass. You got this.
44 min
October 11, 2013 #45 SUPERMODEL OF ENERGY: Brian Christensen of REM/Rate on What Matters in Modeled Life
Today we talk with Brian Christensen, senior engineer for REM at Architectural Energy Corporation, about how energy models work, why they work, and how not to drive yourself insane.
21 min

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The Building Performance Podcast is an interview series drawing on the experience and ideas of a wide array of professionals in the high performance building industry.