The Conscious Builder Show with Casey Grey

Bea and her family generate a quart size jar of waste per year. With her passion and positive outlook, Bea launched a global movement and has become the spokesperson for the zero waste lifestyle. She inspires a growing community to live simply and take a stance against needless waste with the application of the 5R's: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot. She shatters misconceptions, proving that wa...

Breanne Gibson is a global change leader for regeneration, speaker. She's an educator, holistic nutrition expert, and permaculture practitioner.  She is the founder of Breanne Gibson LLC, a coaching and consulting company focused on helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations align with the intelligence of nature for ultimate energy, health and resiliency. Her mission is to reconnect humanit...

Andy is a Red Seal General Carpenter, with training and experience in restoration, traditional timber framing, drafting and design, stairs, custom housing and high-performance residential construction. He was also lucky enough to teach at the Algonquin College Perth Campus for about 15 years in the Construction Carpentry Advanced Housing Program, both part-time and full time. In 2017, he trained a...

Heather graduated from the Industrial Design program at Carleton University in 2014. Failing to land a design job she decided to pursue one of her creative passions which was bringing new life to discarded materials. With her University degree and hands on experience growing up with a father in construction in her hometown of Coldwater, she took a part time job in Ottawa and in her off time focuse...

Inspired from a recent conversation with a couple interested in building an eco-friendly home, Casey talks about significance of insignificant events. Links Casey's Instagram Caseygrey's Blog   Sponsor Gingko Promo for Podcast Listeners   Quote: "We know building our little eco-friendly home won't have a huge impact on the environment, but we still want to do it." --client    

In this Podcast, Case Grey talks about what it means to be a team player and the importance of team work for building a successful business. Episode Links: Casey's Instagram Caseygrey's Website Sponsor Offer: Gingko Promo for Podcast Listeners Quote: "Nothing great is ever accomplished alone " --Casey Grey  

In this Podcast, Case Grey interviews his wife and life partner Natasha Grey. A former Psychotherapist and the author of the acclaimed children's book, Everyday Superheroes . She is also the host of iTunes New and Noteworthy podcast, The Conscious Living Podcast where she spent two years interviewing and learning from the best in the industry, everyone from NY Times bestselling authors to CEO's of...

In Episode 64 Casey Interviews his gymnastic's coach  Alex MacInnes. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island where he competed in gymnastics and represented PEI in 7 Canadian National Championships. Alex moved to Ottawa to pursue his studies and work with at risk youth before deciding to take the big risk and open up his own gymnastics training center. Now with a growing team of gymnasts he contin...

In this podcast Casey interviews architect and green building consultant Mark Rosen, owner of Building Energy Inc., and co-owner of a new startup company. Born and raised in Canmore, Alberta, Mark moved to Ottawa to pursue his studies in architecture before working for his father in law as an energy advisor. He met his wife Megan while studying and not long after attaining jobs in their fields, th...

In this Podcast Casey interviews Michael Peixoto, husband, father, professor, soccer coach and award wining principal architect at ARCA-VERDE architecture inc, he talks about his own 2600square foot Passive House he and his wife Robin Peixoto (principal interior designer with the firm Parallel 45) designed and moved into with their two daughters in 2017. In this podcast Michael talks about the bus...

In this episode Casey interviews Lynne Lafontaine a banker and sales marketing professional, until the age of 40, when a separation inspired her to change careers and buy a house and renovate it. Lynne took 6 years to finish her first renovation, through the process she realized she didn't enjoy laying floors and painting, but she enjoyed designing the space. In this podcast Lynne talks about her...

Rock Thomas, a self made millionaire of several business and six award winning RE/MAX franchises, is the founder of a group called M1. As part of M1, the group does regular Facebook Live events called Monday Night Live. In this live event Casey has the mic to answer questions from the tribe and speak about the three steps to Conscious Building.   Podcast Timeline: 3:45 Introduction 7:45 Becoming a...

Casey's most recent client meeting inspired his latest podcast where he talks about the benefits of feedback for personal and business growth. Take advantage of Casey's Gingko Promo: https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/gingko.html  

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, it's the one that is most adaptable to change. Casey talks about how relevant this is to him, as a businessman, father and husband. Take advantage of Casey's Gingko Promo: https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/gingko.html Read the book: Beyond Mars and Venus

Trust builds the foundation of any business and in this episode Casey explains what inspired him to change the way he's been writing contracts since he started doing business. If you're a homeowner wouldn't it be wonderful to never have to sign another change order and if you're a contractor, you can now look forward to regular weekly and bi-weekly payments and so much more. In this episode you'll...

Casey's guest is Jacob Godar, the two sat down for a conversation during their attendance at the Tony Robbins Business Mastery Event in Florida this week.   Jacob Godar started his lawn care company in 2014 working with his partner and wife Nicholle, not only has he grown a successful business expanding from lawn care to landscaping and home services but he's reaching out to the business community...

Meet Chris Castillo, serial entrepreneur, part owner of Ottawa's Koichi Ramen and Mechanic to You. He's been a business mentor of Casey's for over 6 years as part of his Master Entrepreneur consulting group and recently launched a second coaching company called Fire Within.   In this episode we learn how Chris developed his entrepreneurial skills as a kid living with a single mom growing up in the...

You wouldn't guess that Chad has 10 years on Casey, his half brother, they were even wrestling partners growing up, so it comes with much excitement that Casey finally sits down for a conversation with his half brother Chad St-Louis. Chad shares stories beginning with his early childhood. Born with hearing loss and a heart arrhythmia and living with a single mom, Chad's situations were influential...

In this podcast Casey explains the pros and cons of Poured Forms and Pier Foundations.  To get your discounted trial membership click here: https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/gingko.html Casey Grey is a licensed carpenter, he is the Founder of The Conscious Builder where he and his team focus on building and renovating homes "consciously". Ultimately, these are homes that are cheaper to operate,...

Casey gives you an idea on what is a reasonable deposit for the type of project. To get your discounted trial membership click here: https://www.theconsciousbuilder.com/gingko.html Casey Grey is a licensed carpenter, he is the founder of The Conscious Builder where he and his team focus on building and renovating homes "consciously". Ultimately, these are homes that are cheaper to operate, better...

Casey talks about the pros and cons of living in vs. moving out when undergoing a renovation. Casey Grey is a licensed carpenter, he is the Founder of The Conscious Builder where he and his team focus on building and renovating homes "consciously". Ultimately, these are homes that are cheaper to operate, better for the environment, more comfortable to live in and, most importantly, healthier for t...

This was recorded from a live presentation at the Ottawa local Chapter of Professional Engineers on November 21st. In Casey's presentation he talks about what is a passive house, what he learned from his experience and how that differed from common wisdom. After the 18 minute mark Casey starts taking questions, we do have a video version of the presentation you can switch to, but we've included th...

We recently had to deal with this issue on our custom build. Casey talks about your options to consider when you hit rock during your excavation and how you should prepare for it.

In this podcast Casey explains some of your options for insulating below the slab. Casey Grey is a licensed carpenter, he is the Founder of The Conscious Builder where he and his team focus on building and renovating homes "consciously". Ultimately, these are homes that are cheaper to operate, better for the environment, more comfortable to live in and, most importantly, healthier for the families...

In this video Casey talks about the value of working with a designer, Casey and his wife Natasha are currently working with a designer on the design of Natasha's new Meditation Studio in Ottawa, ON. We are working with Lynne from Designfase Contact: lynne.designfase@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ecoAdesign/ If you missed Casey's rant on designers: here's the link: https://youtu.be/93w4g0_j-JA...