Building Sustainability Podcast

The concluding part of the Biophilic Tiny House Christmas conversation. In this episode we discuss how long it took to build, costs, hardest bits, best bits, how to keep up motivation, future plans a…

This is part 2 of the natural biophilic tiny house Christmas special episode. 
Guest interviewer Mike Hill quizzes me on technical details such as air tightness, ventilation, solar power, heating, and…

Today we are talking to me, Jeffrey Hart, designer and builder of the biophilic tiny house. This is the Christmas special, and so is a light-hearted chat with some mince pies and mulled wine. We talk…

Yoav Elkayam is a craftsperson specialising in turning cups and bowls. He has also built his own cabin in the woods in a unique way that I was excited to delve into.
This is a wandering conversation …

In this episode, I'm joined by green woodworker John Mullaney.
John has carved out the reputation as the shrink pot guy but has many strings to his bow. We discuss his origins & craft in this joyous c…

The 3rd and final coppice focussed episode is with Duncan and Sam from The Coppice Co-op. We are predominantly talking about Charcoal in this episode, its history, its uses and the ways to make it.

Th…

Lorna Singleton is a coppice worker, basket maker and green woodworker. Specialising in Spelk Basketry -

About Lorna - "I am one of the UK’s last remaining ‘swillers’, a specialist in weaving baskets…

In this episode we hear from Kath Morgan who is the coordinator and administrator for the Bill Hogarth Memorial Apprenticeship Trust and Mike Carswell, a coppice worker and former BHMAT apprentice.
 
A…

The concluding part to my conversation with Gervase Mangwana - This episode we talk through air tightness testing and what the results mean.  Should we be using permeability, or air changes per hour?…

Part two of my conversation with Gervase Mangwana - This episode follows on from BS083 and we talk carbon payback, and cost payback of an EnerPHit retrofit. Is going all the way to EnerPHit always th…

This is the first of 3 episodes with Gervase Wangwana - a Retrofit specialist,  Airtightness tester and reformed DJ.

Part 2 will look more into ventilation and part 3 is all about air tightness.

Becom…

Chris Magwood is once again our guest on the podcast.
Today we are discussing calculating materials carbon emissions, which might also be called up front carbon or embodied carbon. Chris and his team…

Today I'm joined by Clare Nash who describes herself as an "Architect creating dream eco-homes, barn conversions plus environmental and community focused housing schemes"
Today we are talking about h…

The second Episode with Architect Clare Nash this time discussing the findings from her book Contemporary Vernacular Design How British Housing Can Rediscover Its Soul

The book presents 25 inspiration…

This week on the podcast we have Jane Anderson, who is an expert in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), EPD and Embodied Carbon for construction. 

We discuss what LCA's and EPD's are and how they are created, …

Conversations recorded at Futurebuild 2022 with Brian Murphy of the Green Building Calculator and Rowland Keable of EBUKI talking about the Cobbauge project.

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• Green Building Calculator - …

Two conversations recorded at Futurebuild 2022. Vince House talks about demand controlled ventilation and Matt Stevenson about homegrown timber solutions. 

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• Updated! Comparison of MVHR Vs …

This episode we are talking to the brand new editorial team for the Last Straw Journal - Alex Henderson, Gavin Fraser, Kenny Fallon & Zoe Gardner!

The Last Straw Journal
THE ALTERNATIVE JOURNAL OF DESI…

Building Physicist and certified PassivHaus designer Es Tresidder is back to discuss his  EnerPHit retrofit project on his family home. We discuss what he's doing and what he has learned from pulling…

It's a commonly held belief that adding mass into your building will make it more energy efficient. In this episode I talk with Es Tresidder about whether this is true and when extra mass in your bui…