The Conscious Builder Show with Casey Grey

Greg Labbé joins Casey from the comfort of his 110 year old home in Toronto where he is in self quarantine with his family. They discuss planning for efficiency, adapting to new processes, Greg's work, and more. Since 2017, Greg has worked as the Lab Manager for the Graduate Program in Building Science at Ryerson University. He mainly works with students who already have degrees and work experienc...

Heather Jeffery from Re4m joins Casey Grey for a conversation about issues businesses are facing during a global pandemic, ideas for DIY projects at home, Earth Day, sustainable initiatives, PLUS a never before seen tour of the Re4m workshop! Re4m offers a sustainable alternative to designing your space while diverting from Ottawa's landfills. They use reclaimed materials from the community to des...

Casey Grey interviews his good friend, Breanne Gibson. Breanne is his go-to person whenever he's wondering about how to work with nature. She is a speaker, regenerative coach, holistic nutrition expert, and permaculture consultant. Since it's spring and we're all at home looking for things to do, he figured it was the perfect time to get her on to chat about things like: - Building resiliency with...

Casey talks about his top 7 Apps: Buildertrend, Slack, Zoom, Tinyscanner, Hubdocs, Quickbooks and Last Pass, and his notable mentions include: Google Drive, Weebly, Kindle, Audible and Evernote.  Visit our Youtube Channel   

Adam Cohen is an active builder, architect and high-performance building expert. On this episode we talk about how he built his design/built company, his move to Canada (where he works for Passive Build Canada) and his self-funded and self-directed Edmund Hillary Fellowship in New Zealand. He focused on working with industry experts to bring significant changes to the construction industry and how...

I hope you're staying safe and healthy during these times. Here is what I have been up to during my first week in quarantine. It has not been easy but it has been rewarding.   The Conscious Builder on Youtube

Casey Grey talks about the affects of COVID-19 on his business and the residential construction industry.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua-6FNSew04  

In this episode I catch up with Rich Dandy, real estate investor and president of the Ottawa Real Estate Investors Organization. We learn about his transition from TV production to making deals and flipping houses all while growing his family and working with his wife.  Show Links Ottawa Real Estate Investors Network Organization  Rich Ottawa Investments  The Conscious Builder Youtube Channel   

Casey Grey describes how he started his construction company from his first job in carpentry to building high performance custom homes.     

Good clients or bad clients Casey shares some of his experiences on the topic!    This is a re-post from our Youtube Channel, we just hit 1,000 subscribers, if you prefer to watch you can find the episode below:  What type of client are you?

In this episode of The Conscious Builder Show, Casey sits down with the Executive Director of Ecology Ottawa, Robb Barnes.  Ecology Ottawa is a not-for-profit, grassroots and volunteer-driven organization that provides residents with the information and tools they need to understand local environmental issues and promote environmental leadership at city hall.  During this episode, Robb talks about...

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Eight years in office and a tight election loss might leave some people feeling lost and looking for answers but David now had the time he needed to take his first jump into fiction and complete his latest book Burning Souls . Lifetime activist, serial entrepreneur and ex-politician, David as he likes to put it always on "bleeding edge of technology". Casey meets with David to talk about some of h...

Building a house requires a solid foundation and having a successful renovation or custom home build starts with a solid understanding of your agreement with your contractor. So in this video I'm breaking down how to price a project, what a business requires to remain in business and compare a cost plus contract to a fixed price contract. We'll be considering transparency, product warranties, chan...

Karen and Cameron met playing at the Shaw Festival, which is a major non for profit theatre in Niagara on the Lake. Karen and Cameron share how they gradually planned and built a tiny home off grid in Prince Edward Island, which included living in a Yurt. They discuss how their careers in the arts has evolved with the change in lifestyle. This isn't a story about why you should be a minimalist or...

Casey participates in Smart613's Green Building Tour with part 1 taking place at Beaver Barrack's hosted by Graeme Hussey Director of Housing Development at CCOC. Graeme gets into the details of the site, including the installation of the first ever multi unit Geo-Thermal System in Canada at the time. On part two of the tour Anthony Leaning Principle Architect at CSV Architects introduces us to th...

The Conscious Builder recently completed a Net Zero Fossil Fuel Free custom home in Ottawa, Ontario. Casey discusses the project and interviews some of the professionals involved including designer Lynne Lafontaine who addressed some design flaws on the original plans, lead carpenter Darcy Lott talks about his biggest regret, energy advisor Stephen Magneron takes us through the blower door test, ...

Casey meets up with friend and entrepreneur Matthew Pedersen. They first worked together when Casey built his passive house and they reconnect to discuss the future of home comfort, advancements in research and technology and insights from the automobile industry. ​designexperts.ca  

SMARTNet Alliance is running it's 4th Annual SMARTNet Sustainability Showcase & EV Exhibition. ​Casey talks to Nick Hebb, the organizer behind the scenes, and participates in an Electric Vehicle demonstration, panel discussion on Sustainable renovations and a Passive House Home Tour.   Show Links SMARTNet Alliance Green Energy Doors Open Green Drinks We Build a Home. E Jane Wilson Architect Studen...

Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and creator of  The Model Health Show , featured as the #1 Nutrition and Fitness podcast on iTunes. A graduate of The University of Missouri – St. Louis with a background in biology and kinesiology, Shawn went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a successful company that provides Wellness Services for both individuals and organizati...

Emile caught the entrepreneurial spirit at the age of four, delivering papers for his older  brother for ten cents and a bag of chips each week.  Over the next 40 years he turned revenue streams and profit development into an art form across a variety of industries. Emile is co-founder  of Collab Space, a  Collaborative Business Community in the west end of Ottawa called Collab Space and believes...

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Matthew Britt is an experienced entrepreneur. Matthew's goal was always to be job free before his 30th birthday and that was successfully achieved at 29 years old when he resigned from being a personal trainer with GoodLife Fitness. After bringing a solar referral company called Powur to Canada in early 2017, Matt found that there was a need for home and busi...

Daughter, gymnast, sports anchor, wife, mother, morning show host Lianne Laing was born and raised in Ottawa. She attended the University of Massachusetts/Amherst on a full NCAA gymnastics scholarship and graduated with two business degrees before spending 20 years as a television broadcaster where she worked as a sports anchor and a host for Ottawa's CTV Morning Live.  She covered everything from...

Jeffrey Leiper is the current Ottawa city councillor for Kitchissippi Ward. He was first elected in the Ottawa municipal election, 2014. Leiper was born and raised in Ottawa. He studied History and English at the University of Ottawa, and Print Journalism at Algonquin College. As a youth, Leiper was a member of the youth wing of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, though he is now a comm...

 Kristy has been involved in the Real Estate industry for over 15 years in various levels. She started with her first home purchase at 21 by selling everything she & her boyfriend Eric (now husband) owned just to get a down payment. By 25 she started her own company transforming homes even though another "specialist" told her not to bother she would never be successful. Over the years alongside bu...