E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Bob and I have been collaborating a lot over the last two or three years. As we move towards a more thoughtful design process integrating our teams, local materials and low carbon environments, it’s interesting to hear how other architects are doing it. I hope you enjoy this little snippet into how our minds work when we are thinking deeper about a project than just providing floor plans. #Whatanarchitectdoes #keepcraftalive #buylocal #buildingscience #architecture

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I promised you some building science basics short podcasts and it’s been 10 weeks since I did one. So to ease back in from vacation, I thought I would throw together a quick one on the shifting mindset in the building science community. For 20+ years we have really been working towards Net Zero Energy (NZE - or ZNE, or ZE) and the reduction of the operational energy of our buildings. And while that is critically important, science now tells us that for the next 30 years it’s even more critical to pay attention to the embodied energy of our buildings (extraction, manufacturing, transportation, and material make up of the products we use and their energy penalty from day 1 of a building) So moving towards Net Zero Carbon (NZC) or carbon storing buildings will be critical in the next 30 years or we won’t have the opportunity to reverse the increasing temperature of our planet. So enjoy this short, join the BS+Beer Show’s book club - and pick up The New Carbon Architecture to learn more! ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In the effort to continue to encourage women to join the trades, I’m very excited to have another amazing woman jump on the podcast. Mariana with Emu Building Science and I talk about perception, training, and what it’s like to be women in the architecture/construction industry. She’s smart, fun, entertaining, and I enjoyed every minute of it! At a time when it has become apparent how important training for builders is, I couldn’t be happier to highlight what Emu Building Science is doing! Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Many of you may know Kate, or heard of her through her business HELM or her time at Yestermorrow. I felt it was time to highlight some of the amazing work she is doing, both as a female in the construction industry, but also with her business setting up systems and practices to help contractors, architects and designers to improve diversity in their workplace and educate to let people know that it’s a field you should consider. So I want to say a big thank you to Kate, it was so great hearing more about what you’re doing to push the bar up in the construction industry and support growing businesses achieve their goals. Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In today’s episode I had the pleasure of talking further with Doug Horgan. You may have caught him on The BS + Beer Show and I had so many follow up questions for him that I invited him to join me on the podcast. We talk about his company BOWA - a rather large construction company - and some of the things Doug and the company have done to learn, educate, and foster a great work environment. Like me, Doug is a professed building science nerd and he has plenty of great things to share including his time as the “Handy-person + Warranty Team” See the show notes on his recommendations and how to connect to Doug or BOWA. ~ Enjoy ~ Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: In full support of female entrepreneurs, I had the pleasure of recording with Rachel Preston Prinz. Her unique journey in architecture to where she finds herself now is something that I’m thankful I had the privilege to hear. From learning that she would go blind to her dedication to the preservation of cultural heritage in her community. Rachel brings joy, passion, and gratitude. I hope you enjoy her story and check out the cool things she’s up to, including the documentary she made. All links in the show notes! ~ Enjoy!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I often talk about building science & architecture, but this week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Canadian builder Casey Grey. He created The Conscious Builder which is so much more than a building company. As we continue to push the industry forward, our self awareness is critical. Hearing Casey talk about living a conscious life, building a better way, and raising everyones awareness was fascinating. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Back by popular demand, Reggie, John, and I discuss what’s going on in our country, education & garnering interest in the trades - And we drink a beer and get a little silly. Having a beer at the end of the day with friends is always a pleasure. The connection to people all over the world has been one of the best blessings from Covid 19. So crack a beverage, relax, and enjoy some more building science.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Mercury is in retrograde, this whole week has been upside down. But I got to talk with Kyle Macht who is an outstanding designer working for an architecture practice that was doing building science way before it was cool. We both went to Penn State, although we weren’t in the architecture department at the same time. We only touch on it briefly during the podcast, but we chatted afterwards about our time there and the fond memories. Kyle has been a big supporter of The BS + Beer show and sharing his building science knowledge. You can also catch him on the Modern Craftsman or reach out to him via his contact information in the show notes. Enjoy, I know I did!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: Today I had the opportunity to talk to Ohio based designer Trayvone Maurice. Trayvone and I discuss everything from changing our communities through architecture to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was an opportunity to share the story of a successful black business owner, but also to hear the story of his life and educate myself and anyone listening on humanizing the things we don’t understand.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I’m trying something new this week. With all the amazing content out there right now and in respect of your time, i thought i would start throwing 15 minute segments in periodically on building science topics. Since PGH is a hot topic right now, i wanted to start there. I could spend hours talking about PGH - but maybe what we need is some building science shorts. So to kick it off this week I started with PGH because maybe the first question is Why? Why should we be building better more durable, more efficient, and healthier homes. And if you’re new to building science, there is no better place to start than The Pretty (damn) Good House.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: This is a long one this week. And I apologize for the delay in getting it to you, but I hope you think it’s worth the wait. I have so much respect for Reggie and John and what they are doing as a company and for this industry. This week’s podcast is about policy and education and just thinking building science is cool so other people will think it cool too. I could talk to the two of them all day. This is a little bit of a glimpse of what it would be like if you were sitting at a dinner table with us while we discuss our favorite subject: Climate Change.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: If you’re a professional in the building industry of any kind and you aren’t following Christine Williamson on Instagram - you’re missing out on a great education - and an equally awesome person. @buildingsciencefightclub I had so much fun talking with Christine about buildings, failures, durability, architecture & architects and our own personal projects that I had to cut it into 2 sessions. So here is part two where we dive a little bit deeper into some of the statistics we use when measuring the number of women in the profession, and how that data may not be giving us the answers we really want. We share some books and resources we love. And just when you think we’re done talking, there’s a smidgeon more! I like to talk, sometimes too much, but i’ve thoroughly enjoyed the laid back chats with podcast guests over the last two seasons. I hope it’s clear that I have just as many questions as I have answers - and it’s ALWAYS okay to ask questions! Big thanks again to Christine for sharing her expertise, but also for just sharing a little bit of what makes her the awesome person she is! Until next time - Stay Nerdy!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: If you’re a professional in the building industry of any kind and you aren’t following Christine Williamson on Instagram - you’re missing out on a great education - and an equally awesome person. @buildingsciencefightclub I had so much fun talking with Christine about buildings, failures, durability, architecture & architects and our own personal projects that I had to cut it into 2 sessions. So enjoy part 1 this week and tune back in for part 2 next week.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: It’s become a bit of a joke, only it’s not really. When I am thinking through a project and I have a questions, I ask #buildingsciencemike. So, if you haven’t had enough of us yet, tune in this week as our concerned co-host Travis gets to ask the hard hitting questions about cellulose in a wall system specific to his location - Climate Zone 4 - Kansas City. He brings up a lot of great questions, everything from recycling wall insulation, planning for failure, and moisture laden walls. There are some other great nuggets in this episode, because as you already know, when you get a couple of building science enthusiasts together, we can get derailed and in the weeds. So Cheers to some more BS

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: You guys know him as the man with the epic beard, the building science champion, but he’s just an all around great guy! It’s always a pleasure to talk with Ben. I’ve been meaning to have him on for weeks. You may have caught him on The BS and Beer Show or doing a webinar on double stud walls over at Fine Homebuilding. But this was just a chance to sit down with another building science enthusiast and talk shop! Enjoy - links to BS & Beer Show and FHB Expert sessions in the show notes!

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of chatting with Mike at Dream Home Building and Design, @dreamhomebend about Aerobarrier. I happened to mention I didn’t know much about it and he willingly came on to talk about his experience. But Mike is also a design/builder. So after joining us for a BS+Beer Show event recently, he reached out to talk more about building and building science. It’s awesome to have great conversations with like minded individuals! Thanks Mike for talking with me for awhile. I hope you all enjoy our chat.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: It’s small world when someone living on the west coast, grew up in Maine, and is married to someone who grew up where I did in PA. In this era of connection, i’m loving the dialog. Darrell Brann, born and raised in Maine, moved to a pristine part of Oregon where he continues to practice small town resiliency including building science, helping your neighbor, buy local, and being a part of a thriving community.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: This week I’m joined by Jake Littman with Seal Tight Energy Solutions in Rhode Island. After hearing Mike on the podcast talking about Aerobarrier and me mentioning that I didn’t know anyone in New England doing this technology, I got a message from Jake! So excited to have him on the podcast to talk more about this technology and share his experience with installing Aerobarrier in our climate.

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship. Welcome to Season 2: I had the opportunity to talk to Matt Blomquist out in Taylorville Illinois this week. And this is a long episode, so it’s good that hopefully you are home with some time to listen, or on a job site by yourself because it was a pleasure talking with him and hearing his enthusiasm and passion for teaching his students how to build a better house and how to get excited about the trades! This is oh so important right now, Enjoy!