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At BuildTank, our mission is to use what we learn applying building science to affect meaningful change in the construction industry. The buildCAST is the next step. Through broad conversations, we learn something new from our guests’ story that could be the catalyst to take sustainable buildings to mainstream building. Concentrating on the quest's “story” as much as on their expertise revealing a journey and key information that can help us attain our goal to move our industry forward and make high performance building mainstream building .
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#7-2026 Kelly Davies Grace – The Nontoxic Architect on Instagram
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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#6-2026 – Adam Berry on Colorado’s New State Wide Energy Code
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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#5- 2026 David Heslam Executive Director Earth Advantage
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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#4-2026 Grahm Davis - Senior Building Performance Specialist with IBACOS
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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#3-2026 Chris Laumer-Giddens LG2 Architects - Zero Air Leakage?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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#2-2026 Rachel Wagner is the Impact Driver at Just Housing
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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#1-2026 Clint Shireman- Manager of Training and Certifications Knauf Insulation
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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#26-2025 Alex Meaney - Mean HVAC Consulting and Design Part 2
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#25-2025 Alex Meaney - Mean HVAC Consulting and Design
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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#24-2025 Joshua Salinger Founder and CEO Birds mouth Design Build
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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#23-2025 - Ventilation with Patrick Nielsen Global Technical Products Manager Broan Nutone
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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#22-2025 EBBA Summit opening session State of our industry: Perspective from the EEBA Legends
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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#21-2025 Clay McCombe on State Licensing of HVAC Contractors
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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#20-2025 Matt Brill founder of Bauen Build
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#19-2025 Ryan Meres and RESNET’s National Building Registry Data Base
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#18-2025 - Sam Rashkin Reflections on Construction
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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#17-2025 Brad Smith – City of Fort Collings Carbon Neutrality by 2030
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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#16-2025 Passive House with Baseline Design, Kim and Juta Cinco
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#15-2025 Aron Jones Big Dog Construction
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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#14 -2025 Brent Davidson and the US Heat Pump Summit
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#13 Fernando Pages Ruiz is a builder and author of “Building an affordable house”.
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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#12-2025 Beau Brown C&H Inspections & business marketing with social media
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#11-2025 Brian Shanks - Beezer Homes the 11th largest homebuilder in the United States
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May 26, 2025 |
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#10-2025 Lisa Morey – Colorado Earth and Nova Terra
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May 10, 2025 |
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#9-2025 Sam Myers Building Scientist at Retrotec
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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#8-2025 Steve Baden – A retrospective with RESNET’S founding Executive Director
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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#7-2025 Nicole Tysvaer (Tis-vare) and the Queen of Zero in new homes and renovations.
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#6 – 2025 Mike Collignon Green Builder Coalition and the Water Efficiency Rating Score
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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#5-2025 REDT Homes- Becoming a regional production LEED Platinum builder in Colorado
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#4- 2025 Stephen Kane and the SPAN Smart Electrical Panel
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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#3 -2025 Jacob Deva Racusin Co-Founder and Director of Building Science and Sustainability with New Frameworks
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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#2-2025 Rob Howard, of Howard Building Science
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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#1-2025 Randy Williams – Applied Building Science, Energy Performance, and Cold Climate Construction
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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#11-2024 BUILDcast - FOCUSED Certainteed Solar Shingle & RHEEM HPWH
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#26 - 2024 Robby Riffs on the 2027 International Energy Conservation Code
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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#10-2024 BUILDcast - FOCUSED Joe Medosch & Measure Quick
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#25-2024 - Josh Butzbaugh - Building America Solution Center HPWH Installation Tool
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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#2024-24 Robert Lewis – The History of Radon
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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#23-2024 Dennis Helblig – Continuing to Bring Solar Energy to New Construction
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#22-2024 Scott Doyle - RESNET Quality Assurance
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#21-2024 Nick Hurst and the EPA Indoor airPLUS Program
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#20-2024 Stephen Davis - Product Manager and Director of Building Science for Quadrant Performance Materials.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#9-2024 BUILDcast FOCUSED - Rock Wool and Warm Board from the IBS show
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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#19-2024 Dave Roberts Retires from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#18-2024 Eric Werling - Formerly the DOE Building America Program Director and now the Principal Consultant at Home Innovation Strategies
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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# 17 – 2024 Peter Yost Principal of Building Wright
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#16 -2024 Eric Kaiser Industry Engagement Manager Tru Tech Tools
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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#8-2024 BUILDcast FOCUSED - LG’s new Heat Pump Water Heater With Voya Milasinovic
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#15 -2024 - Ben Bogie of Building Performance Cooperative
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#14 -2024 Joe Medosch, what is Measure Quick
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#13 -2024 Sara Gutterman CEO Green Builder Media
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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#7-2024 BUILDcast FOCUSED - Cold Climate Heat Pumps with Shawn Lemons
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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#12 -2024 Asa Foss EnergyStar and NextGen electrification for new homes
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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#11-2024 Allison Bailes HVAC Design and All Things Heat Pumps
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May 20, 2024 |
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#10-2024 Emily Mottram Architect and the Pretty Good House
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May 05, 2024 |
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#6-2024 BUILDcast FOCUSED - Dr. Robert Tino Sonora 10 Minutes on the Economics affecting the building industry
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#9-2024 Dr. Ian Giammanco and IBHS’s Thunderstorm Ready Home
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#8 -2024 IBS and all things Heat Pump Water Heating
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#7-2024 Devon Tilly – The Art of Construction a platform that is bring people together in the construction industry
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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#4-2024 BUILDcast-FOCUSED (Navien Hydro-Furnace)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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#3-2024 BUILDcast - FOCUSED (10 Minutes on the Federal tax Credits)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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#6-2024 Robert Tino Sonora Clinical Professor of Finance and adjunct professor of economics at the College of Business, University of Montana
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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#5- 2024 Enrico Bonilauri – A report on the performance of 12 Building Standards
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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#4 – 2024 Kohta Ueno from Mentee to Mentor
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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#3-2024 BUILDcast Focused: Short, Concentrated, Informative
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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#2-2024 BUILDcast-FOCUSED: 9 minutes with Martin Holladay
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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#3 – 2024 Paul Raymer – The Renaissance Man of Building Science
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#1-2024 BUILDcast /FOCUSED: short and sweet info for you
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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#2-2024 Martin Holladay - a self-made building scientist
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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#1 - 2024 Pat Huelman, a career in Building Science Education and Research
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#26 -2023 Ken Levenson Executive Director at The Passive House Network
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#25 -2023 Lisa White Associate Director PHIUS on all things PHIUS
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#24 -2023 Ross Trethewey Principal Te2 Engineering. Making HVAC design understandable.
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#23-2023 DOE’s Building America Solution Center and the Building Science Advisor
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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#22-2023 Todd Usher Addison Homes – Builder, Professor, Energy Rater
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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#21 -2003 Bill Spohn President and CEO of TruTech Tools
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#20 -2003 Matt Everson Defining the damage, a builder’s guide to Insurance scope of loss reports.
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#19 -2003 Steve Baczek bridging between architecture and sound building science.
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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#18 -2003 United Policy Holders, Marshall Fire, Natural Disasters, and the disaster of dealing with insurance.
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#17 -2023 Dr. Diana Fisler at the crossroads of building technology innovation and market adoption
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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2023 - #16 Craig Maierhofer Vice President of Business Development at Alpen High Performance Products AKA All things High- Performance Windows
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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2023 - #15 - Pamela Bookstein, if you are not talking about it, you’re giving it away.
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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2023 - #14 Building Better with Karen Benner
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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2023 - #13 Mike Missimer Principal Owner MGI Mechanical Services and Rockview Designs
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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2023 - #12 Gayathri Vijayakumar Principal Mechanical Engineer at Steven Winter Associates
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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2023 - #11 Keith Dennis President, Beneficial Electrification League
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May 20, 2023 |
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2023 - #10 Anna Perks Founder of Perks Deconstruction
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May 07, 2023 |
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2023 - #9 Glenn Mathewson Creator of BuildingCodeCollege.com
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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2023 - #8 Off Site Construction with B Public Prefab and CEO Founder Edie Dillman
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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2023 - #7 Ed Fronapfel Forensic Engineer and Principal Investigator on Zero Clearance shaft liner Area Separation Wall E119 Burn Testing
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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2023 - #6 Zack Giffin - Professional Skier, Tiny House Advocate, and Host of the popular show Tiny House Nation
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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2023 - #5 Jake Bruton of Arrow Building
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#4-2023 Thriving in Construction, with Gene Myers, Founder of Thrive Home Builders.
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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#3-2023 Gary Nelson – They call him the "Father of the Blower Door"
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#2-2023 Rick Schultz Water Efficiency Supervisor Town of Castle Rock Water
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#1-2023 Teal Lehto Instagram’s “Wester Water Girl”, helps set the stage about water issues in the west and their potential impact on construction.
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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#28-2022 Allan Hubbell Residential Marketing Leader at Dupont and host of the “Residentially Speaking” podcast.
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#27-2022 An Insurance Primer for Disasters with Tim Stuber Insurance Agency LLC.
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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#26-2022 Larry Acker ACT D'mand Hot Water Systems Systems
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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#25-2022 Scott Sedam True North Development and Lean Building
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#24 -2022 Energy Modeling Consistency with Neal Kruis Energy Modeling Director for RESNET
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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#23-2022 Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) Building Summit Exhibitor Recap
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#22-2022 Skilled Trade Training in High Schools with Matthew Blomquist and Michael Degitis
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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#21 - 2022 Bonus Episode - Midwest Building Science Symposium recap from me and a few other attendees
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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#20-2022 Dan Gorham and the new Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety Wildfire Prepared Home Program
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#19-2022 A Conversation with Gord Cooke
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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#18-2022 Heart of A Building with Paul Kriescher
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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#17-2022 Travis Brungardt, Catalyst Construction, and the Midwest Building Science Symposium
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#16 – 2022 Fred Malik and the Fortified Construction Program
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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#15-2022 Brett Dillon and Building Science Institute – A New organizations offering an independent Energy Rating Index score, and which is recognized as an EnergyStar Home Oversite Organization.
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#14-2022 Lumber Connection Podcast from SBCA (Structural Building Components Association)
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#13-2022 Brian Iverson – Bring Tstud™ to Market.
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#12-2022 Thoughts on the 2024 IECC development process
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May 23, 2022 |
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#11-2022 University of Colorado Solar Decathlon Build Challenge Team leaders describe their entry in the 2022-2023 Event
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May 09, 2022 |
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#10-2022 Mark Willie - A wonderful journey to sharing ones passion with the world
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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#9-2022 Sandra Adomatis and the Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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#8-2022 A conversation with Mark LaLiberte - The Art of Applied Building Science
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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#7-2022 Bill Rose - retired Senior Research Architect from the Indoor Climate Research and Training Applied Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#6-2022 Drew Lindsay Owner of Hammerwell Construction Passive House Builders
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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#5-2022 Boulder County Marshall Fire rebuild a builder and building consultants perspective.
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#4-2022 Mark Attard – one house's experience of the Boulder County Marshall Fire that burned on December 30th, 2021
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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#3-2022 Peter Stuart of Sterling Enterprises and his journey to and through PHI certification
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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#2-2022 Part 2 with Justin Wilson Understanding Construction Instruction
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#1-2022 Justin Wilson and Construction Instruction Part 1
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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#27 - 2021 Decommissioning Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Featuring, Jim Riggins, who is involved in the heat of his community's energy future.
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#26 - 2021 Bonus Episode EEBA Session - Creating an Airtight Shaft Liner Area Separation Wall
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#25-2021 Bill Rectanus, COO at Thrive Home Builders, discusses the business of Building from planning to going vertical
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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#24-2021 Nigel Watts – bringing RHEIA HVAC airtight compact air distribution system to market.
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#23-2021 The Biggest Roadblock to Electrification of homes, Removing the Gas Cook Top
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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#22 - 2021 Jonah Schein, WaterSense National Program Manager for Homes & Buildings
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#21-2021 Bonus Conversation about ZERO Energy Homes with Gord Cooke, Bill Rectanus, Justin Wilson, and Seth Hart at the 2021 EBBA Summit
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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#20-2021 Greg Fisher Architect and his Fisher Passive House
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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#19-2021 Shawn LeMons with Mitsubishi Electric Trane US HVAC and a conversation about heat pump technology and much more
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#18-2021 Part I - EEBA Summit Bonus Episode conversations I had with sponsor exhibitors
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#18-2021 Part II - EEBA Summit Bonus Episode conversations I had with sponsor exhibitors
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#17-2021 Corbett Lunsford & His Building Performance Workshop
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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#16-2021 Garry Klein's in Hot Water
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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#15-2021 – CR Herro, Building Innovation Philosopher
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#14-2021 - Chris Mathis - – Creating Consensus in the construction industry through standards setting organizations
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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#13-2021 Laurie Johnson & Emily Freeman - Construction and Demolition Waster Recycling
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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#12-2021 Joe Medosch - Healthy Building Scientist at Hayward Score
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#11-2021 Steve Andrews, a treasured mentor of mine.
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May 25, 2021 |
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#10-2021 David Goldstein - Energy policy advocate & Energy CO-Director with the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
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May 07, 2021 |
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#9-2021 Eric Holt Assistant Professor at University of Denver - Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management.
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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#8-2021 - #5 Kirsch/Stroup Passive House Series Zane Bishop - Bishop Built Construction Becoming a Passive House Builder
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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#7-2021 - #4 Kirsch/Stroup Passive House Series David Barns - Bishop Built Construction Manager
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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#6-2021 - #3 Kirsch/Stroup Passive House Series Munn Architecture - Architecture and Passive House
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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#5-2021 - #2 Kirsch-Stroupe Passive House EMU Systems – The passive house consultant, educator, and more.
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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#4-2021 #1 Kirsch-Stroupe Passive House - Matt & Kerri the home buyers/owner - How they got to Passive House
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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#3-2021 Jeffery Rhodin Principal of Lean Green Building, inc.
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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#2-2021 A Conversation With Sam Rashkin
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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And Interview with myself " Robby Schwarz" The Host of BUILDCast
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Jan 25, 2021 |