Shawna is Blue House Energy's resident building science expert, designer of green homes, and planner for deep energy retrofits. A sought after speaker, author, and blogger, she has published numerous books, research reports, and technical studies in the industry. She also creates course content and provides instructional design and business development. https://www.facebook.com/BlueHouseEnergy (Facebook) https://twitter.com/BlueHseNRG (Twitter) https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-house-energy-inc (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnahenderson (LinkedIn) 2:10 Meet Shawna Henderson 5:00 energy advisor, home inspector, nova scotia, 7:18 R2000 bad builders 11:07 Benchmarking 13:36 Retrofits 14:58 what’s the payback 16:00 what is a retrofit - energuide for houses 18:52 deep retrofit 20:15 increasing insulation once in a lifetime 22:20 CCMC canadian construction materials center 25:00 contractors should be licensed 31:00 what is resiliency? 40:00 training course ![]()
Ben Adam-Smith worked in TV and radio for 15 years. With a growing concern about the environment, he wanted to play his part in looking for solutions. As our homes are probably the biggest part of our carbon footprint he started there. He set up a podcast called House Planning Help and documented what he learnt as he went about his own Passivhaus project. A decade on and his website is going from strength to strength. He also launched a membership community called The Hub to help others who want to build high performance, low carbon homes. Ben is passionate about the environment and believes with wise decisions about how we live our lives we can all make a difference.
You can find more from Ben here:
00:50 introduction 3:45 Sites near london 6:16 embodied carbon, concrete and steel 8:05 pollution and extinction, extreme weather 10:33 other ways to reduce footprint 12:05 flying 16:00 more government incentives 17:05 victorian building being brought up to passive house system 19:50 what did you learn from building the passive house 27:50 gas boiler - radiators 28:55 ventilation system 35:00 we can’t make last minute decisions |
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