The Building Science Podcast
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The Building Science Podcast is a show hosted by MEP engineering firm Positive Energy principal Kristof Irwin. The show covers everything from the basics of building science to adjacent scientific disciplines to more fully understand how the built environment shapes our lives as human beings on planet earth.
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Our Second PSA, The Humid Climate Conference in Austin May 4th & 5th!
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Our Hidden Roommates
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Hydronics: The OG HVAC - Part 2
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Buildings as Habitat: Biodiversity-Informed Investments in Public Health
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Hydronics: The OG HVAC - Part 1
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Beyond the View
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Cementing Carbon
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Systems Thinking to Save the World - 50 years of Serious Commotion
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Navigating the Path to Passive
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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Blurring the Edges Between Inside and Out
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Commissioning Matters
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Architectural Epidemiology
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Design Matters: Aesthetics, Ethics and Architectural Impact
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May 29, 2025 |
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Architecture of Risk: Managing Liability & Uncertainty in the AEC
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Building the Movement
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Sustainability & Climate Wordcraft
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Telling Better Stories
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Architecture Out of Balance
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book - Part 3, Causing Good Design to Happen
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Designer Desiccants, Molecular Filters, and the Prospects of Dehumidification
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Unlocking Electrification with Passive Buildings
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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More Influence, More Impact, More Satisfaction
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Tools For a Habitable Future
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Rethinking The Wood Supply Chain
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Modular Part 2 - Working Skillfully Within Constraint
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Modular Part 1 - It doesn't have to be so *$%! Hard!
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Pickleball Goes Passive
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Is There a Passive House Aesthetic?
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May 23, 2024 |
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Our First PSA, Humid Climate Conference in Austin, May 6-7!
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May 01, 2024 |
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Ultrasonics Comes to Market
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Next Level Leverage
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Houses are Made of Stories
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Entropy, Insight and Our Time to Shine
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Wood is Good?
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Circles All the Way Down
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Air-To-Water: Hydronic Hype or the Future?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Not Your Grandpa's Home Improvement Show
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Excuse Me, Your Coil is Leaking
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Healthy Home Revolution
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Green Glop & Hair Shirts - Perspectives on Client Communication
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book Part 2 - Design Excellence through Practice
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Filter Feast Part 2
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Filter Feast Part 1
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The “Roaring 20s” for IAQ
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Making Quality Homes A(a)ffordable?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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The Future of Homes
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Hempcrete Homes: A Growing Industry
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Architectural Solar: A New Normal
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Build. Not too much. Mostly with plants.
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Building Science Journalism
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Low Carbon Buildings - What’s Next? Wow. Just Wow
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Direct DC-to-LED Lighting (Bonus Short Episode)
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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An Introduction to Embodied Carbon & Buildings
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Do you like it hot? Do you want it now? Do you want it to last forever?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Building Passion For Passive
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Proving Passive House Is Practical, Possible, & Promising (In Climate Zone 2A)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Business of Building Science
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Energy With Memory
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Keep It Dry !
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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PFAS In Building Products
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Zen & The Art of Continuous IAQ Monitoring
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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To Grow A Home, To Grow A Future
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May 03, 2021 |
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One Wheel Down and The Axle Dragging: The Texas Grid Failure Explained
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Indoor Data Quality
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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What Would This Old House Say?
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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"Faster Horses" & The Future Of HVAC
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Through The Looking Glass Of High Performance Windows
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Ventilation & Virus Transmission Prevention (And Other Topics Too)
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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The Westford Summer Camp Blues
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Obsessed With Humidity
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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Constructal Law Meets Building Science - Flow Systems Are Everywhere
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Stewardship & The Future of Engineering
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May 29, 2020 |
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Passive House Accelerator
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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A House Needs To Breathe... Or Does It?
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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The 5 Principles Of A Healthy Home - Start With A Good Enclosure
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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2019: Looking Back & Looking Forward
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Death Of The Suburbs: An Urban Manifesto
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Carbon Fluency
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Nov 23, 2019 |
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The Insulation Decision
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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The V In HVAC - Part 2
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Oct 05, 2019 |
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The V In HVAC - Part 1
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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That's How The Light Gets In
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Fix-A-Flat For Houses?
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May 07, 2019 |
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Don't Just Build A House. Build A Legacy.
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Just Don't Tell Them It's Passive House!
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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End Game Refrigerants
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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You Don't Know What You Don't Know, You Know?
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Texas Goes Passive
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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There's What In This Building?!
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Breathe Like You Mean It
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Season 5 Preview
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Do You Have 2030 Commitment Issues?
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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3 Hot Topics Served Crunchy
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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What Do Spec Homes Dream Of?
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Excuse Me, Your Building Is Leaking
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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What The Heck Is HOMEChem?
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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5 Principles Of A Healthy Home
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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The Building Science Podcast Presents: The Edifice Complex
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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The Building Science Podcast Presents: The Build Show
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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Inside The Mind Of An HVAC Contractor (Or Two)
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Locavore Dirt Construction?
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Use Your Tools - The New COTE Tool Kit
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Welcome To The Filtration Station
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Let's Get Legal-ish
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Circus Or Symphony
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May 18, 2018 |
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Dirty Socks & Your HVAC Coil
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May 04, 2018 |
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Architectural Yogurt
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Our Homes, Our Health
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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Respect The Trade, Build The Craft
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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The Future Of Water Heaters Is Here
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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Forget What You Know About Buildings: An Interview With Kiel Moe
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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The Secret Life Of Concrete
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Design & Construction In Humid Climates
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Don't Wait For The Market
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Jan 12, 2018 |
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The Beauty Of Hot Water
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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The Beauty Of A Healthy Building
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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The Beauty Of Climate Appropriate Design
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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The Beauty Of Urban Infill
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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Season 3 Reflections | Season 4 Preview
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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The Beauty Of Performance
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Knowing & Using VRF
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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Stucco - (Much) More Than Meets The Eye
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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Intelligent Environments: Building Science & Predictive Analytics Collide
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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Hitting The Reset Button
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Everything You Never Knew About Earthen Construction
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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IEQ Series - Hearing Architecture & ISQ
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Jun 19, 2017 |
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Efficiency Is Not Enough - The Science Of Sustainability
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May 23, 2017 |
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Ducts & Sealing & Health, Oh My!
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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An Interview With John Semmelhack Of Think Little
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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IEQ Series - Seeing Architecture & ILQ
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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Why VRF Matters
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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Humidity, Attics, & Spray Foam, Oh My!
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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A Haunting HVAC Tale - Halloween Special Short
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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IEQ Series - Thermal Comfort With Robert Bean (Part 2)
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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IEQ Series - Thermal Comfort With Robert Bean (Part 1)
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Oct 11, 2016 |
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IEQ Series - An Introduction
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Water, Water, Everywhere (In Its Fourth State Too)
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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Better Shelter - An Interview With Jason Ballard
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Apr 29, 2016 |
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Delivering Better Buildings - A Discussion On Integrated Project Delivery
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Mar 28, 2016 |
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On The Road Again - The Basics Of Vapor Compression
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Mar 11, 2016 |
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Bearing Witness & The Path To Better Construction
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Mar 11, 2016 |
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Construction Practices & Public Health
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Jan 26, 2016 |
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Radiant Heating & Cooling With Messana
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Jan 15, 2016 |
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An Interview With Dr. Allison Bailes III
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Jan 12, 2016 |
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Living Inside Anywhere, Part 5
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Dec 09, 2015 |
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Living Inside Anywhere, Part 4
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Nov 24, 2015 |
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Living Inside Anywhere, Part 3
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Nov 19, 2015 |
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Living Inside Anywhere, Part 2
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Nov 12, 2015 |
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Living Inside Anywhere, Part 1
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Nov 04, 2015 |
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Attic Ventilation
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Sep 30, 2015 |
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Comfort, Health & The Basics of HVAC
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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Micro/Macro Perspectives: Short
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Aug 31, 2015 |
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Passive House At A Glance
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Jul 17, 2015 |
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Radiant Heating & Cooling
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Jun 19, 2015 |
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A Brief History Of Air Conditioning
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Jun 19, 2015 |
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Glazing & Comfort
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Jun 10, 2015 |
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Phase Change Materials
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May 27, 2015 |