TRE 08: Reimagining Design, Construction, and Materials

In this eighth episode of The Reimagine Edit (TRE) series of the Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke shares selected clips of insights from Ed May (bldgtyp), Nakita Reed (Quinn Evans), Tessa Bradley (Artisans Group), Bev Craig (MassCEC), Mike Steffen (Walsh Construction), Lisa White (Co-Executive Director of Phius), and Jonsara Ruth and Allison Mears (leaders of Healthy Materials Lab).

Quotes:

Jonsara Ruth:
 "If everybody knows a little bit more, we actually have the ability to steer things in the right direction."

Alison Mears:
"We have to be hopeful. We have to be vigilant. And we have to use our practice for good."

Ed May:
"These things are really hard to disentangle... they work together as a whole system."

Nakita Reed:
"We’re on the same team, but here’s what we’re trying to go forward."

Tessa Bradley:
"You're making the rules of your own game."

Bev Craig:
"The more educated and experienced they were, the lower the premium was."

Mike Steffen:
"We're doing it to create room in the budgets… to pull the better buildings off."

Lisa White:
"We’re trying to be… a shield and a sword against climate change."

The Reimagine Edit is a special series of the Passive House Podcast that shares curated insights from our Experts-In-Residence at the Reimagine Buildings Collective, our membership community of building professionals stepping up to tackle climate change. Learn more about the Reimagine Buildings Collective at https://www.reimaginebuildings.com