Adam Muggleton & Robert Bean

Edifice Complex Podcast

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The Property Design & Development Podcast with Adam Muggleton & Robert Bean.

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Adam Muggleton & Robert Bean

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#039 Brandon van Blerk – What Would Your Building Say? 15.06.2020 1:05:51

Our guest this episode is Brandon van Blerk, CEO of Tether, the IoT Eco System for healthy homes. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss: How intelligent devices + software + contextual knowledge = healthy & efficient outcomes. How less than ~2% of residential buildings meet ASHRAE Std 55 Thermal Environmental Conditions for...

#038 The Godfather of Green, An Eco-Spiritual Memoir 16.05.2020 1:32:58

Our guest this episode is Jerry Yudelson talking about his new book and life as the “Godfather of Green”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss: Is what you know and what you do consist? How LEED is the “son of” BREEAM How we are not our work, we are bigger than our work How it is not enough to be against something, you need to...

#037 Rochelle Ade – Green Building Certification is NOT Working 15.05.2020 1:08:30

Our guest this episode is Rochelle Ade, Green Building consultant and PhD candidate talking about applying date and critical thinking to “green building”. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss: How Green Building certification should be abolished Carbon based metrics distract from the importance or water conservation The state...

#036 Eliot Benor & James Fish – BECx 15.04.2020 1:07:51

Our guests this episode are Eliot Benor and James Fish of Building Envelop Testing LLC talking about building envelop commissioning. “If you build it, we will come……then we will spray water on it for 15 mins!” If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; The chaos and lack of credibility of building envelop Cx certificati...

#035 Jennifer Veitch – National Research Council Canada 15.03.2020 1:05:14

Our guest this episode is Jennifer Veitch, principal research officer for the National Research Council Canada. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; · How physical space effects how we feel. · Visual inputs as a primary receptor. · The interconnection between lighting, acoustics and ventilation. · IEQ as a staff retention...

#034 Adam Bartman – Reducing the “dumb” in Plumbing 15.02.2020 1:04:39

Our guest this episode is Adam Bartman founder of Reed, a market leading firm for building water damage and waste prevention. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; How 70% of all building insurance claims are water based How plumbing systems are dumb, i.e. not connected like HVAC or Fire systems Using IoT to manage water conse...

#033 Scott Ringlein – Funding Meets Energy Efficiency 15.01.2020 1:07:26

Our guest this episode is Scott Ringlein, president and founding partner of The Energy Alliance Group of North America. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; The wall of money looking for energy efficiency projects. The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program. Working as Technical Advisor to the U.S. Department...

#032 Henry Gordon-Smith – Agritecture 15.12.2019 51:28

Our guest this episode is international keynote speaker Henry Gordon-Smith talking about Urban Agriculture and the built environment. As founder of @agritecture , Henry guides entrepreneurs, cities, and companies on triple-bottom-line #localagriculture #urbanag #verticalfarming solutions. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss;...

#031 Ask Us Anything 15.11.2019 1:45:38

This is a special “ask us anything” episode. We have picked 10 listener questions and tried to answer them in a respectful and thoughtful manner… ; ) Many thinks to all our listeners and especially those who sent in questions, we really appreciate your time. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode Robert gets excited about Greta Thunbe...

#030 Dr. Steven Fawkes – Finance & Energy Efficiency 15.10.2019 1:05:46

Our guest this episode is Dr. Steven Fawkes talking about finance and energy efficiency. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; There is no shortage of money available for investment How nobody wakes up wanting to buy energy efficiency How energy supply is investable but energy efficiency currently is hard to invest in And much...

#029 Bill Gnerre – Why Does it Take So Long to Set up BMS? 15.09.2019 1:11:39

Our guest this episode is Bill Gnerre talking about why it takes so long to set up building controls systems and what can be done about it. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; The 3 things BMS / BAS systems are trying to deliver at the same time The 4 real costs of an inefficient building automaton system How controls firms...

#028 Harry Knibb – Sustainable Places 15.08.2019 1:18:09

Our guest this episode is Harry Knibb from WSP in the UK, talking about “sustainable places” in the context of property development. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss: Embedding unintended consequences within property design decisions The fact that only 5 skyscrapers worldwide have been deconstructed The Loneliness Lab Work...

#027 Marcel Harmon – Constructing Our Niches 15.07.2019 1:19:43

Our guest this episode is Marcel Harmon talking about engineering, anthropology plus political economist Elinor Ostrom and their intersections with building design and development. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; • How the dominance of air conditioning in America is an historical accident • Elinor Ostrom’s eight p...

#026 – Andrew Martin – Commissioning Software 01.07.2019 55:34

Our guest this episode is Andrew Martin, President of BlueRithm talking about Commissioning Software. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; • The building industry controls firms arms race • The construction industry software scene • The parasitic cost of paperwork and admin And much more…….. For more information o...

#025 – Murray Guy – Lean Construction 15.06.2019 1:29:47

Our guest this episode is Murray Guy talking about Lean Construction, plus Robert and Adam get philosophical at the end of the show. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; How the lean construction approach can reduce design costs by up to 18%! How the lean construction approach can reduce construction costs by up to 40%!! How...

#024 – Matthew Marson – Smart Buildings 15.05.2019 1:12:39

Our guest this episode is Matthew Marson talking about Smart Buildings. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; • How the war for talent is on and the battle ground is the work space • Smart buildings are really about experiences and service • How with trust, actions speak louder than words (Mark Zuckerberg take note!) And much...

#023 – Bill Browning – Biophilic Design 15.04.2019 1:20:51

Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 190). Our guest this episode is Bill Browning talking about Biophilic design, John Denver, Buckminster Fuller, Jacques Cousteau and working with some of the worlds leading architects. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; How nature does not do Zero! Bi...

#022 – Edward Arens PhD – Building Design for All Senses 15.03.2019 1:05:50

Our guest this episode is Edward Arens PhD, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at UC Berkeley and Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research, the University’s research unit for building science and resource efficient urban design. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss • Designing buildings for “sound, feelings and...

#021 – Steve Burrows CBE – Engineering the Impossible 15.02.2019 1:03:13

Our guest this episode is Steve Burrows CBE, our first guest with an IMDB.com page! This was an inspiring podcast and Steve believes, and now we do, his life is more exciting than Elon Musk’s. Steve might be the “Indiana Jones” of building engineering. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss: Steve’s ambition to enable buildings...

#020 – Bill Bahnfleth – ASHRAE Past President 15.01.2019 1:22:43

Our guest this episode is Dr. William Bahnfleth, ASHRAE past President and Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State University. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; • Autonomous, self-tuning buildings systems • Wellness movement gaining traction • Monetizing building performance data And much more…… Fo...

#019 – John Williams – Mexico City Airport 15.12.2018 1:21:28

Our guest this episode is John Williams, MEP and sustainability design manager for the Mexico City airport project. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; • His journey from Manchester UK to the USA to Mexico. Who says engineering careers are boring! • The unique challenges designing a new airport located 1 mile above sea level...

#018 – Saeed Al Abbar: Chairman Emirates GBC 15.11.2018 1:03:19

Our guest this episode is Saeed Al Abbar, Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council and a Board Member of the World Green Building Council. The sound quality can be a little uneven in this episode. When we recorded this podcast Saeed was in India, Robert was in the USA and I was in Canada. However Saeed is really worth listening to, so please accept our apologies and listen to Saeed, it is w...

#017 – Professor Roland Clift – Ethics 15.10.2018 57:48

Our guest this episode is Professor Roland Clift who helped develop the discipline of Industrial Ecology. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with friends and give us a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; Ethics around, engineering, sustainability and the built environment. The established legal principal that “I was only following orders or doing what everyone else was doing” is...

#016 – Bjarne W Olesen ASHRAE President 15.09.2018 1:11:56

Our very special guest this episode is Bjarne W Olesen Ph. D. ASHRAE President 2017–2018. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give as a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; Why the Why matters Radiant heating ASHRAE Std. 55 & Povl Ole Fanger Extending global community And much more…… For more information on Bjarne and his work: Download History of Radiant...

#015 – Kristof Irwin – Resetting Our Expectations 15.08.2018 1:03:20

Our guest this episode is host of the Building Science Podcast, Kristof Irwin, talking about resetting our collective expectations of buildings. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give as a review on iTunes. In this episode, we discuss; 1. How energy is a technology, not just a fuel, 2. Air filters can be a poignant moment in life! 3. How “health is the new green” And much more……...