Josh Oqueli - Bonsai Design + Build

Josh Oqueli - Bonsai Design + Build

Josh Oqueli is an architect, builder, and the founder of Bonsai Design + Build, an architect-led firm specializing in high-performance buildings. A firm proponent of "once you learn it, you can't unlearn it," Josh went down the rabbit hole early in his career and has never looked back, leaving code-built standards firmly behind him. In this episode, we talk about Josh's journey from biotecture to Passive House, why design-build is well-suited to high-performance projects, how adding an owner's rep service to their offerings has further streamlined the process for clients, and the benefits of having a Passive House office. Connect with Josh and Bonsai Design + Build:  * Josh on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-oqueli-bbaa404/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-oqueli-bbaa404/] * Bonsai Design + Build on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/bonsai-design-build/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bonsai-design-build/] * Bonsai Design + Build on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/bonsaidesignbuild/ [https://www.instagram.com/bonsaidesignbuild/] * Bonsai Design + Build website => https://www.bonsaidesignbuild.com/ [https://www.bonsaidesignbuild.com/]

Jennifer Karkar Ritchie - Revolution PR

Jennifer Karkar Ritchie is the owner and principal of Revolution Public Relations, a sustainable lifestyle public relations and marketing firm in the Pacific Northwest. She's also the owner and occupant of Washington State's first passive home, built at a time when far fewer people knew about passive building standards, and materials were much harder to come by. In this episode, we talk about Jennifer's experience marketing her own home through education, home tours, and many conversations, how her work with passive building clients — most notably Phius — has shaped her understanding of what challenges passive building companies face, why she prefers the term "passive building" to "passive house," and much more. Connect with Jennifer and Revolution PR:  * Jennifer on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkritchie/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferkritchie/] * Revolution PR on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/revolutionpr/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/revolutionpr/] * Revolution PR on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/revpr/ [https://www.instagram.com/revpr/] * Revolution PR website => https://www.revolutionpr.com/ [https://www.revolutionpr.com/]

Aaron Waldt - 475 High Performance Building Supply

Aaron Waldt is the Product Consultant for Eastern Canada at 475 High Performance Building Supply. In the five years he's been in the role, Aaron has seen a rising tide of awareness that has moved his starting point for conversations about passive house and passive building techniques. In this episode, we talk about the effect of regional vernacular architecture on retrofit efforts, the critical role of education in spreading the word about high-performance building techniques, the impact awareness has on increasing product acceptance and usage, and much more. Connect with Aaron and 475:  * Aaron on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwaldt/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwaldt/] * 475 on YouTube => https://www.youtube.com/@475.SUPPLY [https://www.youtube.com/@475.SUPPLY] * 475 on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/475-high-performance-building-supply/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/475-high-performance-building-supply/] * 475 on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/475.supply/ [https://www.instagram.com/475.supply/] * 475 website => https://475.supply/ [https://475.supply/]

John Loercher - Northeast Projects

John Loercher is the owner and primary consultant at Northeast Projects, a professor of architecture and the director of the Building Science Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and a trainer at Phius. In this episode, we talk about the commonalities (and differences) between training practicing professionals and students, the new building considerations John's had to get his head around as his practice takes on jobs further West, getting introduced to Passive House via the Solar Decathlon, and more. Connect with John and Northeast Projects:  * John on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-loercher-93026332/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-loercher-93026332/] * Northeast Projects on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/northeast-projects/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/northeast-projects/] * Northeast Projects on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/ne_projects/ [https://www.instagram.com/ne_projects/] * Northeast Projects website => https://www.ne-projects.com/ [https://www.ne-projects.com/]

Kristof Irwin - Positive Energy

Kristof Irwin is the Director of Building Science at Positive Energy, a specialty MEP engineering firm for custom residential architecture projects, and the Host of the Building Science Podcast, making this a fun "interview the host"-style chat.  In this episode, we talk about the growth Kristof has seen in the Passivhaus space since its early days in the US, the power of Systems Thinking, the role people's worldviews/paradigms play in maintaining the status quo, the need to shift people's paradigms when it comes to what a building can and should provide, and much more. Connect with Kristof through Positive Energy and The Building Science Podcast:  * Positive Energy on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/positive-energy-building-science/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/positive-energy-building-science/] * Positive Energy on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/bldgscienceatx/ [https://www.instagram.com/bldgscienceatx/] * Positive Energy website => https://positiveenergy.pro/ [https://positiveenergy.pro/] * The Building Science podcast (website) => https://positiveenergy.pro/building-science-podcast/ [https://positiveenergy.pro/building-science-podcast/] * The Building Science podcast (Apple) => https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-building-science-podcast/id999167292 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-building-science-podcast/id999167292]