Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Lisa Hyde (2024)

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Developers can build sustainably and at scale, if they want to. With Nicola Cronin and Stephen O'Shea (Cairn Homes Plc) 1:11:20

4d ago1:11:20

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A wise woman once said: "sustainability is the doing, ESG is the talking about it". Today an Irish house-building giant has made a major move on Passive House — publishing a positioning paper and announcing the ongoing construction of over 1,700 homes to the standard. Joining us to talk about this are Nicola Cronin (Senior Sustainability Analyst) a…

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Is Design Review dying in Seattle? 41:33

7d ago41:33

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The city council is making plans to speed up the process for building in downtown Seattle by exempting certain buildings from design review. Erica and Sandeep agree about the merits of the proposal, while David as devil's advocate tries to insert some skepticism into their urbanist love fest. We also talk about the King County Council's about-face …

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How can we embed sustainable design into the construction process? With Mhairi Grant (Paper Igloo) 1:10:01

18d ago1:10:01

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Jeff invited Mhairi Grant, co founder of award-winning architectural practice Paper Igloo, to join us to talk about the challenges of ensuring that one's ideas for sustainable design actually make their way through to the construction phase. The subject was sparked by a conversation she and Jeff had about lessons learned from a flawed project (that…

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Is Seattle's downtown really recovering? 37:28

21d ago37:28

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Surrogates are calling Mayor Bruce Harrell's downtown recovery plan a "roaring success" for the city. Are they right? We debate that, and whether "return to work" is overrated. What is the good life, Seattle? To advertise or just get in touch you can reach Seattle Nice at realseattlenice@gmail.com Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Suppor…

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Are SOAP zones the right way to clean up Seattle? 46:27

27d ago46:27

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Seattle Nice takes a lively look at a proposed ban on prostitution "loitering," and proposed Stay Out of Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) zones. This follows the proposed banishment of some drug users from select areas downtown, called SODAs or “Stay Out of Drug Areas." Check out Erica's extensive coverage on Publicola, and while you're at i…

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Why is making UK homes more efficient so difficult? Leyla Boulton (Green Conservation; Financial Times) 1:06:44

1M ago1:06:44

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Why is making UK homes more efficient so difficult? So asked journalist Leyla Boulton earlier this year in the pages of the Financial Times. Seeing a retrofit article in the FT piqued our interest, even more so once we realised Leyla is a senior editor with an esteemed background in political and environmental reporting. She was reporting on Kyoto …

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The Extra-Nice Post-Primary Election Episode 41:16

1M ago41:16

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Seattle Nice was on our best behavior this week because had company—Scott Greenstone, a politics reporter at KUOW radio and host of the new KUOW podcast Sound Politics! We discussed the statewide election results (Scott reported that the vibe at Republican gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird's party was weirdly "optimistic") and the race to replace F…

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Is Seattle Still In Its Backlash Era? 25:28

1M ago25:28

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There's an election coming up for a citywide seat on the Seattle City Council, and the question everyone's asking is: Can a progressive challenger beat a member of the Class of 2023? Tanya Woo, the citywide Position 8 incumbent, actually lost her race for a single-district seat last year but was elevated to a citywide position anyway—not by voters,…

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PREVIEW: Will jailing more people fix downtown Seattle? Lisa Daugaard weighs in. 25:03

2M ago25:03

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Seattle's City Council says it needs more options to jail people who commit misdemeanors. Criminal justice reformer and MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner Lisa Daugaard joins us to debate and discuss. Daugaard is best-known for helping launch Seattle's Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. Plus, Lisa weights in on a recent Seattle auditor…

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What can we do about waste in construction? Diversion from landfill isn't enough and there's money to be made. With Chris Clarke (SCAPE) 1:05:50

2M ago1:05:50

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In the UK every day the construction industry produces enough waste to fill a football stadium. Rightly, former guest, Chris Clarke (SCAPE) has got a bee in his bonnet about construction waste and is making efforts to draw attention to the issue. He's not just concerned with the profligate use of resources and the impact on carbon emissions, it's t…

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SPD's interim head Sue Rahr puts her foot down 19:00

2M ago19:00

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This week interim Seattle police chief Sue Rahr fired an officer for joking about the death of a 23-year-old graduate student. We discuss and debate the case and police accountability in Seattle. Plus, will Joe Biden be the Democrat's nominee? Quinn Waller is our editor. Support the show Support us on Patreon!…

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Is Civility Dying in Seattle? 37:26

2M ago37:26

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Seattle Councilmember Tanya Woo recently reported graffiti to the FBI "as as hate crime," according to Publicola. We take a closer look at Woo's claims and concerns, and debate the civility question. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Support us on Patreon!

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Net zero neighbourhoods and financing change, with Cat Magill (Living Places) 1:10:55

2M ago1:10:55

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Something-like twelve months on from inception we thought we'd catch up with what's happening at Living Places, the multi-disciplinary, impact-focused consultancy co-founded by this week's guest Cat Magill. Where last year Rufus Grantham came on the podcast to tell us all about the organisation he was in the midst of founding, this year Cat joined …

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Supreme Court episode: Are sweeps the answer? 24:17

2M ago24:17

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Seattle Nice digs into and debates the other controversial Supreme Court decision about homeless people sleeping outdoors. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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Running a successful retrofit one-stop-shop isn't easy but it can be done, with Caroline Ashe Brady (KORE Retrofit) 1:16:22

2M ago1:16:22

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This week's guest is Caroline Ashe Brady of KORE Retrofit in Ireland, one of the objectively successful one-stop-shop retrofit providers to have emerged over the past few years. Caroline is a business leader who we’re a proper fan of, so apologies in advance for our ‘so Caroline please tell us, why are you so great’ style questioning. That said, yo…

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"Do Nothing" Seattle City Council? 30:23

3M ago30:23

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President Truman first coined the phrase "Do Nothing Congress" to blast his Republican opponents. Now, some progressive critics are implying Seattle has a "do nothing" city council. Has the new, less progressive council accomplished enough in its first 174 days? We debate and discuss, offering multiple perspectives. Seattle Nice is edited by Quinn …

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The challenging life of a retrofit coordinator: problems with process, products, and performance, with returning champion Lisa Pasquale 1:13:50

3M ago1:13:50

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Returning champion Lisa Ann Pasquale rejoins us on Zero Ambitions to talk about dogs and retrofit. Mainly retrofit though. Informed by Lisa's experiences as a retrofit coordinator, technical lead at RetrofitWorks, and Technical Manager at The Retrofit Academy she knows an awful lot about the challenges faced by retrofit practitioners. Windows, vent…

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Why are NPR and WaPo struggling compared to peer news organizations? 44:12

3M ago44:12

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We discuss and debate Erica's recent article about troubles at the Washington Post, and David's recent piece about the troubles at NPR and his experience at Seattle affiliate KUOW. Quinn Waller is our editor. Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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What should Seattle do about gun violence in schools? 27:54

3M ago27:54

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Garfield students are back in class today after one of their peers was shot and killed last week. Community members are calling for the city to do more. Erica and Sandeep debate how elected officials should respond. Quinn Waller is our editor. Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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What should we do to get more women into retrofit? Well, we should get behind 'Her Retrofit Space', with Ellora Coupe (Her Own Space and now Her Retrofit Space) 1:29:10

3M ago1:29:10

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Returning champion Ellora Coupe joins us to talk about the recent report that Her Own Space has published about the place of women in the retrofit sector, which is heartening, insightful, and damning in equal measure. A great piece of work that everyone interested in the sector should heed. Perhaps more importantly, she's with us to promote the inc…

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Building better performance: raising construction standards on site and in education, with Joseph Little (TUD) 1:22:39

3M ago1:22:39

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This week we're going by Joseph Little, Head of Construction & Building Performance in the School of Architecture, Building and Environment at TU Dublin. He joined us to talk about the journey he's been on leading the MSc in Building Performance over the last seven years, but we got into a lot more. Joseph has been deeply involved in the promotion …

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Is Seattle Ungovernable? 37:06

3M ago37:06

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David is away this week, and Sandeep and Erica are in charge! Our question for this week: Is Seattle in a state of chaos? The evidence: The Seattle school district is considering potentially devastating cuts. Hundreds showed up at a Seattle City Council meeting to protest a last-minute proposal that could doom the city's largest anti-displacement p…

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Retrofit as a movement for social change (there's more to it all than fabric and finance), with Dan Hill (Dark Matter Labs) 1:13:09

4M ago1:13:09

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This week we're thinking about retrofit differently with Dan Hill from Dark Matter Labs (DML). Or rather, we're talking about retrofit's potential to become a movement for social change. In reality, retrofit is about much more than fabric and economics, it's about people and how they live. With that in mind we should be thinking much more about eng…

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Place-based hybrid finance to rebuild Ukraine and catalyse better building standards everywhere, with Iva Merheim Eyre (SMARTER4EU) 1:11:08

4M ago1:11:08

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This week we're joined by Iva Merheim Eyre from SMARTER4EU to talk about her recently published report the Catalogue of Good Practices, a document that details a variety of place-based hybrid finance models that have been used to rebuild and renovate homes in locations as wide-ranging as the postwar Balkan states to London's own Westminster. This i…

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Nudity in Seattle parks and homeless count controversy 18:56

4M ago18:56

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We talk about the troubling increase in homelessness in King County and take a closer look at this KUOW scoop about the "anonymous donor behind the controversial kid's playground at Seattle's Denny Blaine." Quinn Waller is our editor. If you want to advertise or book Seattle Nice Live! for your next neighborhood or other event, email us at realseat…

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Peter Rickaby returns to ZAP: a lot of words about energy, retrofit, and natural building materials, all the way from South Africa 1:20:52

4M ago1:20:52

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Jeff and Dan are joined by Dr. Peter Rickaby again. We were due a catch up so we recorded the conversation because he's always interesting. Peter should need little introduction, so we'll just say he's our favourite retrofit expert (sorry everyone else) and our most frequent guest on the show. He's only returned to the pod, not to the UK. In princi…

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Do you support Seattle Mayor Harrell's new overdose recovery facility plan? 23:38

4M ago23:38

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On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced a new overdose recovery center. Erica and Sandeep both support the idea but still find room for some lively disagreement. Quinn Waller is our editor. If you want to advertise or book Seattle Nice Live! for your next neighborhood or other event, email us at realseattlenice@gmail.com. If you like thi…

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The UK has a weird relationship with heat pumps: under appreciated influencers, wild pricing, and bad vibes. With Andrew Sissons (Nesta) 1:21:03

4M ago1:21:03

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This week we're joined by Nesta's Deputy Mission Director, Andrew Sissons, to discuss his take on why the UK has such a weird relationship with heat pumps. It was inspired by an excellent Twitter thread on the subject that gained quite a bit of attention the other week. We talk through it all so you might as well listen, or just take a look at the …

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Seattle Nice Live! Street prostitution, crime and drugs on Aurora Ave 58:22

4M ago58:22

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Street prostitution, crime and drugs on Aurora Ave are among the topics for this special live edition of Seattle Nice. This episode was taped Thursday May 2nd at the Haller Lake Community Club. Book Seattle Nice Live! for your next neighborhood or other event. Please email us at realseattlenice@gmail.com. Quinn Waller is our editor. Support the sho…

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$5M Lawsuit accuses Seattle police of sexual discrimination and harassment 35:08

5M ago35:08

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Four female employees are suing SPD for alleged harassment and sexual discrimination by Chief Adrian Diaz and other leaders. The pod dissects and debates. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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Building with straw on a continental scale and experiencing retrofit as a resident. With Cypren Edmunds (European Straw Building Association) 1:16:34

5M ago1:16:34

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The other week we had a chance to have a conversation with Cypren Edmunds, President of the European Straw Building Association about building with straw, experiences in retrofit, and the meandering path that led him to the green building trade. For us, it was a really interesting chat because we got to talk about how he got into greed building via…

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The energy performance of buildings matters, to me and EU and everyone you know, with Ciarán Cuffe (MEP) 51:04

5M ago51:04

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The Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is now enshrined in EU law, which has big implications for the built environment everywhere. Even the South East of England. To mark the occasion and get the lowdown on what this all means, we invited friend of the show Ciarán Cuffe back on to talk about it. For those who might not remember, he's…

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Why was Seattle's original draft plan for more dense housing watered down? 25:11

5M ago25:11

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A big Publicola scoop shows how Mayor Harrell watered down a draft comprehensive plan for "significantly more density in more parts of the city, including single-family neighborhoods, than the final version Mayor Harrell released in March." The pod discusses and debates the policy and the politics, in light of recent polling that suggests most Seat…

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A new way to measure performance, negative energy use, and learning from disaster zones, with Kate Crawford (KLH Sustainability) 1:17:08

5M ago1:17:08

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Kate Crawford is a building nerd who is obsessed with measuring performance. She's currently, Technical Director at KLH Sustainability, a multidisciplinary consultancy working in the built environment. Kate has a very interesting background in terms of her experience and she's now working on a very fascinating project in which she's researching and…

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New Poll: Is Seattle's glass half full or still half empty? 26:10

5M ago26:10

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Today's pod gets into new poll results about what Seattle's thinking and feeling. Most people say quality of life in the city has improved somewhat compared to last year. But last year most people said things really sucked. Seattle Nice discusses, debates and digresses. If you have any show requests, hot tips or questions please email us at realsea…

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Designing for deconstruction using natural building materials. With Chloe Donovan (Natural Building Systems) 1:12:39

5M ago1:12:39

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This week we're talking about modular construction and Natural Building Systems with MD Chloe Donovan. Chloe is a really interesting character with a fascinating product that she's bringing to market. Unusually, she's a farmer who got into building and then found herself as an entrepreneur in the febrile world of modular building and MMC. We talk a…

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Seattle's new police contract, $1.35 billion transportation levy and the migrant crisis 29:53

5M ago29:53

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This week the pod talks about the new Seattle Police contract, Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed $1.35 billion transportation levy, and the politics of the migrant crisis in the region. Our editor is Quinn Waller Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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Seattle Police contract includes 23 percent retroactive raise 7:56

5M ago7:56

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Erica's got the breaking scoop today about the new tentative police contract on Publicola, and Seattle Nice gets into it. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Support us on Patreon!

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Monitoring will make your buildings be worth more money, Utopi has proved it, with Falk Bleyl (CTO at Utopi) 1:20:21

5M ago1:20:21

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Up next we're speaking with Falk Bleyl, CTO at Utopi, about their sensor-based data platform technology. He describes it as an ESG platform which is true but it massively underplays the true value of what their product offers. Heads up, normally, we'll at least try to couch the conversation within a broader context but in this episode, we've barely…

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Seattle considers changes to police hiring tests and gig delivery worker pay 30:39

6M ago30:39

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Seattle's Police Department is having a hard time bringing in new recruits, so the city council is considering moving to an easier test for job applicants as one possible fix. Erica says that's the wrong solution and Sandeep disagrees. Plus, the podcast debates a proposal to scale back a pay increase for delivery drivers that was passed by the last…

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“Use less stuff”: embodied carbon, value chains and the potential for change in the Declaration de Chaillot. With Lloyd Alter (Carbon Upfront), Kelly Alvarez Doran (Ha/f Climate Design), and Will Arnold ... 1:16:05

6M ago1:16:05

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Lloyd has been in Paris. He came back very enthused and excited by his experience there and wanted to communicate why to our listeners. “In the face of the climate emergency, a swift transition of the buildings sector is a direct requirement to achieve the goals set by the Paris Agreement”. Approximately, 1,400 people from 70 countries gathered in …

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Shocking presidential primary vote and Seattle Mayor's controversial comprehensive plan 45:18

6M ago45:18

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This week's podcast considers a political sea change in Seattle, and asks if Mayor Bruce Harrell's new comprehensive plan is doomed to fail. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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What do we do about ‘the office’? A retrofit challenge we don't speak about enough. With Harry Browne and Séamus Guidera (RKD) 1:20:03

6M ago1:20:03

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This week we got into an area of retrofit that feels neglected: commercial space. It's a subject we definitely touch upon but never really get into , so in order to remedy that we're getting stuck in. First up is a conversation with architects Harry Browne and Séamus Guidera of RKD Dublin who came recommended to us by friend of the show Richard O'H…

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Fundamental problems in building design and how we manage thermal comfort, with Susan Roaf (Heriot-Watt; ICARB) 1:33:08

6M ago1:33:08

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We are delighted to bring you a conversation with Professor Emeritus Susan Roaf, of Heriot-Watt University this week to talk about a bunch of fundamental problems in building design and the management of thermal comfort. She is a wonderful guest and we're looking forward to having her back. Originally, we planned to talk about her article COP 28: N…

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Fabric fifth: rethinking the hierarchy of retrofit, with Nigel Banks (Octopus Energy) 1:10:20

6M ago1:10:20

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This week we're joined by Nigel Banks, Technical Director - Zero Bills & Low Carbon Homes at Octopus Energy. Nigel joined us to discuss his recent article: Fabric Fifth, a slightly polemical riposte to fabric-first dogma, and an interesting philosophy for retrofit. As it turned out, it’s an apposite follow-up to last week's episode with Fionn Steve…

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Did Seattle's new council overreact to recent protests at city hall? 33:37

6M ago33:37

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Raucous protests rattled the new Seattle city council this week, leading to 6 arrests. Did the council react appropriately or overreact? Our editor is Quinn Waller Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, and Sandeep Kaushik

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Mayor Bruce Harrell says Seattle's making progress under his leadership 42:09

7M ago42:09

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Seattle Nice parses the vibes and debates the substance of Mayor Bruce Harrell's third State of the City talk. Our editor is Quinn Waller. Support us on Patreon! Support the show Support us on Patreon!Autor: David Hyde, Erica Barnett, Sandeep Kaushik

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Retrofit: "We need to tackle low hanging fruit first", so what does that mean? With Fionn Stevenson 1:28:14

7M ago1:28:14

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We were blessed to enjoy a great conversation about retrofit and what we should consider our priorities, with the vastly experienced retrofit firebrand Fionn Stevenson. It was a challenging, surprising, and free-wheeling conversation spurred by a call to action she made on LinkedIn some time ago, in which she decried fabric-first approaches and dec…

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Natural materials, healthier homes, and the culture of sustainable building, with Will Kirkman (Ecomerchant) 1:16:15

7M ago1:16:15

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We enjoyed the company of Ecomerchant’s Will Kirkman a business that's specialised in sustainable and natural building materials for the building trade and consumers. We mainly rambled our way around the culture of building in the UK, how embodied carbon has always been on the Ecomerchant agenda and the impact that sustainable and natural building …

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Engineering low-impact buildings and advice from self build, with Tara Fraser (Build Collective) 1:00:16

7M ago1:00:16

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This week is all about the challenges of low-impact building in the sphere of self build with Tara Fraser, a chartered civil and structural engineer, and a director of Build Collective in Bristol. On the recommendation of former guest (and Tara's colleague) Beth Williams, we recently had a chat with her about a self-build project she worked on that…

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