Building Sustainability Podcast

Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager, BREEAM AP and ISO14001 Lead Auditor, with a lifelong passion for sustainability.
She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustain…

Today we talk about mindful spaces and biophilic meditation with Sophie Lacey.

Sophie has been running her own freelance copywriting and content writing business for nearly 15 years, working with a va…

Sigi Koko is the principal designer of Down to Earth Design, which she founded in 1998 to help her clients manifest their dreams  of living in a natural, healthy home.  She works exclusively on proje…

Sigi Koko is the principal designer of Down to Earth Design, which she founded in 1998 to help her clients manifest their dreams  of living in a natural, healthy home.  She works exclusively on proje…

Well, there's a title I didn't expect to write when I started this podcast! Today I'm talking to Danny and Zach from Terran Robotics about their work training AI drones to build cob homes.

Now this m…

Part 2! (Check out episode 67 for Part 1)

With energy prices soaring, everybody has good reason to be thinking about adding more insulation to their home. In this episode we are discussing the best ty…

With energy prices soaring, everybody has good reason to be thinking about adding more insulation to their home. In this episode we are discussing the best types of insulation for your home and the p…

We discuss the report created by Material Cultures and ARUP which examines the potential positive impacts of a bioregional construction economy, from improvements in biodiversity to an increase in co…

Rachel Fowler is an interior designer who focusses on creating healthy and sustainable spaces. We discuss how to design healthy, what to watch out for and get into the healthy products and finishes y…

John Butler is back for another episode, this time focussing on 'natural' materials and their whole life carbon. 

Topics include:

• What natural means, is it a useful descriptor? 
• The results from a new U…

 In this episode John explains the principles and requirements of Passivhaus construction. He dispels some common myths and goes into some of the nuances of how its achieved.  

• Does living in a passiv…

The construction industry needs a shake up. Not just in the materials that are used but in the cultures within the industry. We talk about George and Summer's take on how we should be constructing an…

Welcome back to Building Sustainability, this episode I'm joined by Architect, Academic , Author & Environmental Activist - Duncan Baker Brown. We are talking circular economy in the built environmen…

Georjie Adams is building a fantastic van based mobile home. It's unlike anything you are likely to have seen before - it's a work of art! Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/buildingbluebell/

I…

Part two of the conversation with earth builder Alex Gibbons.

Applications for the SPAB fellowship close on the 14th of September - https://www.spab.org.uk/learning/fellowship

• Sarah Pugh Just giving li…

Part one of the conversation with earth builder Alex Gibbons in which we discuss his route into mud building, old buildings, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Clay Dabbins, and his…

Daniel Postma is  natural builder who has come to it from an interesting background - Archeology. Daniel is a specialist in traditional turf construction and learnt by doing as an experimental archae…

Craig White is back for another episode, we chatted away for a couple of hours so this is the second part of the conversation. It might make slightly more sense if you listen to the other episode fir…

This is the first of two episodes with Craig White of White Design, Modcell & Agile Homes. 

This episode focuses on Craig's design principles with some side nerding about windows and a small amount of…