Planning Episodes
Building community at Lammas Ecovillage - Tao Wimbush - BS127
Join me in conversation with one of the founding members of Lammas Eco Village - Tao Wimbush. Tao Paul Wimbush is the co-founder of the Lammas Ecovillage in West Wales. He has a wealth of experience in alternative communities...
Llamacroft, a bio-based Passivhaus Pt1 - Janna Laan Lomas - BS124
In this episode of the Building Sustainability podcast, I am excited to welcome back architect Janna Laan Lomas, who shares her journey of building a sustainable home in Herefordshire alongside her partner, Seb, and her paren...
Going Circular with Snug Homes - Jenny Ford - BS107
Circular Economy for Sustainable Construction
Retrofitting to EnerPHit standard - Gervase Mangwana (1/3) - BS083
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. Become a Patreon supporter in ...
Life Cycle Analysis in Construction - Jane Anderson - BS079
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, sequestering carbon in con...
Why should we be building Passivhaus? - John Butler - BS063
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 passivhaus mean living in a bubble...
Circular Economy in the Built Environment - Duncan Baker-Brown - BS061
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 environment, issues of sustainable ...
Innovating Affordable Housing - Craig White - BS055
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 first, but I …
Building with Renewable Materials - Craig White - BS054
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 architect poking! Episode...
Regenerative Design - The Living Building Challenge - Martin Brown - …
Martin Brown joins me to discuss how we can make regenerative buildings. We discuss Martin's 'Zoom Regenerative' which was alongside Building Sustainability in the ASBP 2021 Awards final. We also discuss The Living Building C...
ByteSize - Introduction & Tiny House Plans - Jeffrey Hart - BSBS001
Welcome to this first episode of Byte Size Building Sustainability.... BSBS? I have heard a lot that people sometimes find it hard to find a hour to listen to podcasts, so these byte size episodes will run to a maximum …
How will architects respond to climate change? - Janna Laan Lomas - B…
A conversation recorded with Janna Laan Lomas, founding director and designer at Grain Architecture . In this episode we discuss the architecture industry's response to climate change. We also look at Janna's training and how...
Sustainable architecture - Design, Materials and Cost - Janna Laan Lo…
It's a Solstice/Christmas/New Year double episode with Grain Architecture 's founding director and designer Janna Laan Lomas. In this episode we discuss the nuts and bolts of sustainable design from an architect's perspective...
45 years of Building Inspiration - Lloyd Kahn - BS032
I'm very pleased to welcome the podcast - builder, photographer, publisher, editor and blogger... Lloyd Kahn! Lloyd is the editor in chief at Shelter Publications, has now published eight books on building; this series is cal...
Natural Builder Question Time Pt2 - Will Stanwix - BS025
Show notes available at: http://jeffreythenaturalbuilder.com/natural-builder-question-time-pt2-will-stanwix-bs25 In this episode I talk with Will Stanwix - Co-author of 'The Hempcrete book - Designing and building with hemp l...