Edifice Complex Podcast

Our guest this episode is Prof Gail Brager of UC Berkeley talking about built environmental design, the Center for the Built Environment and her new book, Experiential Design Schemas If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Enhancing positives rather than reducing negatives Open source problem solving “T” shape...

Our guest this episode is Matthew Oliver talking about core values, ethics, air quality in buildings and systems analysis. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Importance of critical thinking Importance of inter-disciplinary work The “post modernity” era “Engineers Hat” Vs “Managers Hat” Issues of power &am...

Our guest this episode is Bryce Anderson talking about building technology, BMS/BAS and the state of play in the Australian market and the industry worldwide. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: The distinctions between building technology and BMS/BAS Why we need BMS/BAS consultants How the BMS/BAS industr...

Our guest this episode is Lyn Gomes of DPR Construction talking about Lighting systems commissioning, building data management and the application of technology in buildings. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Lighting control commissioning & standards Issues of control systems data management and thi...

Our guest this episode is Amanda Hu talking about health & wellbeing in schools i.e. our duty of care to children. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: How convincing people problems are worth tackling How pride, credentialism and the need to be right prevent solution adoption How school building design...

Our guest this episode is Alison Watson talking about being a Surveyor, social enterprise, her work at Class of your Own and changing peoples lives via DEC education. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: DEC Careers (Design – Engineer – Construct) How education transforms lives Children as Roman Surveyors B...

Our guest this episode is Karine Leblanc talking about engineering sales, public speaking and soft skills . If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Awareness The 7 – 38 – 35 rule Book writing The conspiracy of comfort And much more……. More on Karine Karine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinel/ Kari...

Our guest this episode is David Clark talking about training and the future of building engineering. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Being a mentor Importance of being able to sketch and draw AI impacting building design and operations How you should avoid experts and embrace practitioners And much mor...

Our guest this episode is Lew Harriman talking about learning, moisture, ventilation and life lessons. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Negative knowledge ASHRAE Ventilation post COVID Information delivery systems And much more……. More on Lew Lew on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/lew-harriman-9...

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 386). Our guest this episode is Mark Cree Jackson Ph. D. talking about being a mature student and IEQ. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: The similarity between air quality and water quality The need for IEQ to be incorporated into buildi...

Our guest this episode is Barnabas Calder talking about architecture from prehistory to the climate emergency and the influence of “starchitects”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: How energy shapes everything History matters Sir Norman Foster as an influencer Adams theory on how Downton Abbey explains p...

Our guest this episode is Georgia Elliott-Smith, our first activist, talking about sustainability, ESG and activism. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Activism How the word “sustainability” has lost its meaning Asking why, why, why, why…. How massive open source data and knowledge sharing may be an answe...

Our guest this episode is Lloyd Alter talking about life, sustainability and his book “Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Working for Treehugger.com 1.5 Degree lifestyle How mass timber is expensive and not as sustainable as you might think Future of electric cars And muc...

Our guest this episode is Dr. Allison Bailes talking about his book “A House Needs to Breathe…Or Does It?”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Blogging and receiving threats of legal action Benefits of improving building envelop integrity Dumb Vs Smart controls Electrification and nuclear power And much m...

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 356). Our guest this episode is Paul Russell talking about Smart Buildings and his book “Even If It Was Free”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: The danger of the work “pivot” How we innovate and donkeys do not The trilogy of temptation...

Our guest this episode is Steve Gilchrist from Grosvenor talking about property development, his newsletter and the circular economy. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Sustainable development The circular economy Construction data capture Building lighting as a service And much more……. More on Steve Stev...

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 348). Our guest this episode is Glenn Hawkins, talking about building services and building commissioning training plus the new CIBSE Commissioning Code M. Glenn and his training courses might be the best kept secret in the built environment, we want to change that. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a re...

Our guest this episode is Tracey Jumper, Corporate Director of Commissioning for EMCOR Services Mesa Energy, talking about the upcoming new ASHRAE Standard 230 for Commissioning Process for Existing Systems and Assemblies. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Existing building commissioning (EBCx) Importanc...

Our guest this episode is Brett Dillion from the Building Science Institute talking about the Medici Effect and the state pf play in the USA for residential construction. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Inconsistency ASHRAE The battle for relevance $8,000 for 2 hours work And much more……. More on Brett...

Our guest this episode is James Healey, AESG Director of Overheating and Acoustics talking about the new UK Building Regulation, Approved Document O, IEQ and building overheating. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: UK Building Regulations, Approved Document O The connection between acoustics, ventilation,...

Our guest this episode is Bill Spohn of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, talking about net zero homes and the entrepreneurial mind set. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. If you enjoy the Edifice Complex, please subscribe on YouTube and/or leave a review at Apple Podcasts , it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss:...

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 335). Our guest this episode is Shawna Henderson CEO of Blue House Energy talking about building science and opportunities for women in construction. If you enjoy the Edifice Complex, please subscribe on YouTube and/or leave a review at Apple Podcasts , it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: Breaking glass ceili...

Our guest this episode Francisco Valentine PE talking about his book on BAS & building controls and his take on the current state of building services engineering training i.e. the type of training that is actually useful and explains “how to”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: How poor training led...

Our guest this episode is Joe Hughes from IAQ Radio and the IAQ Training Institute talking about IAQ Radio plus IAQ + IEQ in the built environment. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss: IAQ Radio origin story IAQ Vs IEQ Grenfell Tower Fire ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire ) Future trends A...

  Our guest this episode is Barry Cope, Group Managing Director of the Building Compliance Testers Association in the UK, talking about all things building air tightness testing plus expansion into Australia and the USA. If you enjoy the Edifice Complex, please subscribe on YouTube and/or leave a review on Apple . It helps more than you know. In this episode we discuss: New UK Building Code r...