Better Buildings For Humans
By BBFH is hosted by Joe Menchefski and brought to you by Advanced Glazings, Ltd.
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Welcome to the BBFH podcast. More often than not, when we think about health and wellness, our thoughts turn to diet and exercise. However, most of us spend two-thirds or more of our day inside buildings. The quality of the environment in those buildings has been proven to have a dramatic impact on our well being and our productivity, both at work and at home. There is little discussion about this in the mainstream media. It’s time to start a public dialogue about how we are affected by the buildings where we live, work and play. Thanks for listening! https://bbfhpod.advancedglazings.com/
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Sunlight Is Medicine: Have We Engineered the Healing Power of Nature Out of Our Cities? – Ep 113 with Georg Molzer
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Rewriting the Rules: Are 21st-Century Schools Finally Putting Students First—or Just Rebranding the Same Old Boxes? – Ep 112 with Cory Boudreau
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Classrooms on the Frontlines: Are NYC Schools Our Best Hope—or Biggest Gamble—in Climate Resilience? – Ep 111 with Caleb Crawford
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ripping Out the Wires: Why Low Voltage Might Be the Smartest—and Most Dangerous—Idea in Building Design – Ep 110 with Jim Baldwin
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Breaking Ground, Breaking Barriers: Why Dirt Work Is the Real Foundation of Healthy Buildings – Ep 109 with Brenna Moore
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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“Let There Be Light—Or Else: Why Denying Daylight Is Costing Us Our Health” – Ep 108 with Dr. Lorne Whitehead
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Why “Good Design” Might Be Hurting Us: The Case for Sensory Accessibility and Invisible Disabilities – Ep 107 with Eliza Redmann
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Why Your Dream Home Might Be a Mistake: The Case for Smaller, Smarter, Soulful Design – Ep 106 with Toby Witte
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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The Most Sustainable Building Is Already Built: Why Architects Still Chase New – Ep 105 with Tommaso Bitossi
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Your Building Might Be Making You Sick: Why Nature Is Non-Negotiable – Ep 104 with Helena van Vliet
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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We Built Sick Buildings: How AI and Automation Might Just Save Us – Ep 103 with Renée Jacobs
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Sustainability Is a Broken Word: Why “Green” Buildings Fail the People Inside – Ep 102 with Roberto Vega Peralta
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Safety Theatre Is Killing Us: Why Your Building’s Emergency Plan Is a Lie – Ep 101 with Sam Mathews
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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SPECIAL 100TH EPISODE OF BETTER BUILDINGS FOR HUMANS!
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Is Concrete is Killing Us? Rethinking Architecture from the Ground Up – Ep 99 with Alexandra Nikolova and Jonas Aversøg
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Are We Failing Future Doctors? The Hidden Power of Medical School Design – Ep 98 with Karen Parzych
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Are Buildings Designed to Die? How Circular Construction Could Save Our Cities – Ep 97 with Felix Heisel
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Are Architects Failing Nature? Reclaiming Buildings as Living Systems – Ep 96 with Philip Donovan
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Is Construction Killing Sustainability? Rethinking Waste with AI – Ep 95 with Todd Thomas
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Can Buildings Re-Traumatize Us? Rethinking ‘Safe Spaces – Ep 94" with Stephen Parker
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Is Your Wall Paint Poisoning You? Fighting Greenwashing with Pure Paint – Ep 93 with Gena Arthur
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Can AI Save Buildings from Themselves? Olympic Grit Meets Climate Crisis – Ep 92 with Donna Vakalis
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Daylight Deprived: How Modern Buildings Are Harming Human Health – Ep 91 with Marilyne Andersen
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Can Rice Hulls Replace Concrete and Save The Planet? – Ep 90 with Bryan Eagle
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Toxic Air, Dull Minds: How CO₂ is Undermining Your Brainpower Indoors – Ep 89 with Sandra Dedesko
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Designing for Instinct: Eye-Tracking, Emotion & the Future of Architecture" – Ep 88 with Ann Sussman & Kelsey Bradley
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May 28, 2025 |
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Your Building Isn’t Ready for What’s Coming: The Climate Crisis No One’s Designing For – Ep 87 with Phil Galway-Witham
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May 21, 2025 |
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You Can’t Buy Your Way Out of Bad Air: The Harsh Truth About Indoor Pollution"– Ep 86 with Lauren Ferguson
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May 14, 2025 |
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Are Our Buildings Making Us Sick? The Case for Architectural Medicine"– Ep 85 with Tim Rossi
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May 07, 2025 |
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Is Daylighting a Luxury? – Ep 84 with Eric Daniel and Rich Glenny
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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The Lightest Solid on Earth: Can Aerogel Rethink How We Build?” – Ep 83 with Peter Pescatore
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Designing for Health: How the WELL Standard Creates Truly Better Buildings– Ep 82 with Nathan Stodola
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Are Car Dealerships the Future of Great Design? What Retail Architecture Gets Right (and Wrong)” – Ep 81 with Shawn Houghtling & Bryce Jarman
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Are We Designing Windows All Wrong? The Hidden Flaw in Modern Building Standards – Ep 80 with Michael Kent
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Net Zero or Net Confusion? GBI’s Fight for Clarity in a Carbon-Crazed World” – Ep 79 with Vicki Worden
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Is “Human-Centric” Design Enough? The Case for Eudaemonic Design – Ep 78 with Jenna Mikus
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Are Metal Buildings the Future of Sustainable Design – Ep 77 with Art Hance
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Is Traditional Construction Obsolete? How 3D Printing is Reshaping Housing – Ep 76 with Gene Eidelman
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Are Architects Ready for AI? How Tech is Disrupting Design" – Ep 75 with Garrett Herbst
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Is Traditional Air Conditioning Outdated? Smarter Cooling for a Warming World – Ep 74 with Dorit Aviv
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Are Our Buildings Breaking Us? How Architecture Shapes Mental Resilience – Ep 73 with Marta Delgado
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The Price of Going Tall: Hidden Challenges in Skyscraper Sustainability – Ep 72 with Peter Simmonds
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Blurring Boundaries: How Modern Design Challenges Tradition – Ep 72 with Brian MacKay-Lyons and Doug Milburn
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The Hidden Cost of Poor Design in Healthcare Spaces – Ep 70 with Roger Wilkerson
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Designing for Healing—Neuroaesthetics, Biophilia, and Beauty in Buildings – Ep 69 with Mahwish Syed
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Is Demolition Outdated? The Case for Adaptive Reuse – Ep 68 with Phillip Kuehne
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Healing Through Design: The Bold Promise of Neuroarchitecture – Ep 67 with Yohany Albornoz
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Cracking the TEDI Code: The Metric That’s Disrupting Sustainable Design – Ep 66 with Alejandra Menchaca
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Are Schools Failing Students? How Better Design Could Be the Solution – Ep 65 with Craig Schiller
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Are Your Lights Making You Sick? The Hidden Dangers of LED Lighting – Ep 64 with Scott Zimmerman
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Shattering Limits: How ‘Ideal’ Translucent Glazings Are Changing Architecture Forever – Ep 63 with Doug Milburn
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Courtyards, Community, and Controversy: Rethinking Multifamily Living – Ep 62 with Frances Anderton
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Behind the Mass Timber Boom: Can It Overcome Supply and Code Challenges? – Ep 61 With Dean Lewis
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Is There A Dangerous Gap in Sustainable Design? Beyond Energy Efficiency With Minjia Yang – Ep 60
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Beyond Walls: Designing Buildings That Heal – Ep 59 With Liz McCormick
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Roofing Revolution: Heidi Ellsworth on Sustainability, Innovation, and Empowering Women in Construction – Ep 58
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Is Architecture Failing Us? How FAME Rethinks Design to Enhance Everyday Living – with David Bruce Lee and Marina Bourderonnet- Episode 57
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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From Plastic Pollution to Pure Wellness: How Alkemis Paint is Changing the Game – with Maya Crowne and Price Latimer - Ep 56
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Designing for a Hotter World: Climate-Responsive Architecture with Alpha Arsano - Ep 55
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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“Who is the Elon Musk of the Built Environment?” - Ep 54 with Adam Muggleton
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Balancing Comfort and Sustainability in Modern Buildings With David Heinzerling - Ep 53
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Lighting Our Way to Better Buildings: Insights from Dr. Jennifer Veitch on Light, Health, and Human-Centric Design - Ep 52
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Is Mass Timber the Answer to Greener Buildings? With Patrick Crabbe - Ep 51
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Is the Future of Architecture Alive? Discover Prostruction with Eric Corey Freed - Ep 50
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Biophilic Design: The Secret to Smarter, Healthier Schools? With Katie Becker - Ep 49
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Green Building or Greenwashing? What You Need to Know, With John Bleasby - Ep 48
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Magic of Aerogel: Insulating Space Shuttles, Electric Cars, and Glass! With Elise Strobach - Ep 47
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Cracking The Comfort Code With Robert Bean - Ep 46
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Secrets to Healthier Buildings With Dr. Ayesha Batool - Ep 45
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Sound Matters: The Impact of Acoustics in Building Design with Benjamin Markham - Ep. 44
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Sustainability Secrets: Insights from a Green Building Guru with Debra Shepard - Ep 43
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The Dark Side of LEDs: Health Implications Explored - with Dr Glen Jeffery - Ep 42
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Revolutionizing Architecture: The Metal Building Boom with Tony Bouquot - Ep 41
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Illuminating the Future: Natural Light, Sustainability, and Innovation with VELUX - Ep 40
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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LED Lights and Your Health: Separating Fact from Fiction with Dr. Martin Moore-Ede - Ep 39
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Bright Ideas with Dr. Shelley James - How Light Transforms Health and Happiness- Ep 38
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May 28, 2024 |
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Unlocking the Secrets to Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Buildings - with Ken Levenson - Ep. 37
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May 22, 2024 |
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Daylight As A Fundamental Human Right - With Seth Warren Rose - Ep 36
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May 15, 2024 |
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The Power of Climate Responsive Design with Erik Olsen - Ep. 35
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May 08, 2024 |
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Rethinking Residential: Sam Rashkin’s Journey to Housing 2.0
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May 01, 2024 |
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Sustainable Facades and Daylight Dynamics – Sahar Abdelwahab - Ep. 33
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Luxury Meets Legacy: Volvo’s Commitment to Sustainability
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Advocacy through Architecture - With Pascale Sablan - Ep. 31
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Glass Viewpoints: Shattering Expectations with Nick Bagatelos - Ep. 30
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Changing Our World by Reducing Energy Loss in Framing Systems - Steve St. Pierre and Kurt Miglas – Ep. 29
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Inspired Design: Discussing Music, Architecture, Philosophy and Social Change with James Garrett Jr. Ep. 28
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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On the Cutting Edge of Glass Innovation with Patrick Flannery - Ep. 27
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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What You Should Learn about Daylight with Paula Longato - Ep. 26
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The Lighted Environment's Impact on Health and Well-Being – Jennifer Brons - Ep. 25
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Human-Centered Design Discussion with a Legend of Sustainability and Daylighting – Lisa Heschong - Ep. 24
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Sustainable Building Design and More with the Energy Manager for Sobeys – Megan Sykes - Episode 23
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Passive House Standards: What You Should Know – Chris Ballard - Episode 22
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Discussing Daylight and More with a Building Science Rockstar - with Christoph Reinhart
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Architecture as Activism – Jeremy Knoll - Episode 20
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Proper Façade Installation and New Building Envelope Technologies – Adrian Lowenstein - Episode 19
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Interior Design's Role in Indoor Environmental Quality – Samantha Frew - Episode 18
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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How Anthropology Can Inform Sustainable Building Design – Marcel Harmon - Episode 17
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Leveraging the Power of Partnerships for Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency – Alexandre Belisle - Episode 16
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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How Architecture and the Art of Building Design Impacts Wellness – Lila Allen - Episode 15
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Designing Truly Sustainable Buildings – Steve Kemp - Episode 14
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings By Using the Right Materials, the Right Way – Peter Dushenski – Episode 13
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Safety and Mental Health in the Educational Environment – Sonny Thadani - Episode 12
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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A Rocket Scientist Talks about Passive Design and Daylighting – Ale Menchaca - Episode 11
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Pioneering Sustainable Design - Keith Robertson - Episode 4
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The Importance of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms - Russell Foster - Episode 10
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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An Entrepreneur's Guide to Healthy Buildings - Chuck Morrison - Episode 9
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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The Healthier Buildings of the Future with Blaine Brownell - Episode 8
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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A Miracle Material and What Building Owners are Thinking - James Satterwhite & Janelle Penny - Episode 7
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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How Green Globes Certification Promotes Sustainability and Wellness - Vicki Worden - Episode 6
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Busting Myths About Visual and Thermal Comfort - Alstan Jakubiec - Episode 5
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Leading Edge Innovations in Occupant Comfort - Stefano Schiavon - Episode 3
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Consolidating Daylight, Energy Modeling and other Advancements in Daylighting Research - David Geisler-Moroder - Episode 2
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Daylight, Indoor Environment Design and Occupant Health - Michael Kent - Episode 1
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Aug 04, 2023 |