Author: Matthew Cutler-Welsh
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248: What Does a Passive House have in Common with an F-111?
Scott Stewart used to fly in high performance aircraft. Now he helps designers with the high performance details of Passive House homes.
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247 How to Become a Passive House Builder
Hamish White is Director of Sanctum Homes in Victoria Australia. He’s a registered Domestic Builder with a marketing degree. Since discovering Passive House, Hamish has been inspired to become a business the focuses on providing clients with beautiful, high performing energy efficient homes. Architects, designers and other builders should be encouraged that there’s a market…
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246: Hawea Flat Passive House
The Hawea Flat Passive House in the middle of the South Island is a very special home. It boasts a number of ‘firsts’ for New Zealand and the journey of its creation has arguably changed more than just the way Jonathan Holmes lives. Jonathan used to work for Contact Energy, where among other things, he…
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245: Your Surroundings are Everything
Michelle Rohrer-Lauer is an interior designer and business owner with nearly four decades of experience. She works with discerning clients out of her studio in Chicago, but her approach to sustainable design is applicable everywhere. Check out Michelle’s work at Michelle’s Interiors.
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Passive House Services
Predict the energy use and comfort of your future home with the Passive House Planning Package.
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Let’s Talk about Healthy Homes
Need a speaker, facilitator or MC for an event? I’m an experience presenter both on stage, and online.
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Home Assessment
Do you need that ventilation system? Should you upgrade to double glazing? What’s your best option for heating?
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House Plan Review
Avoid expensive mistakes or regrets. Gain confidence when talking to other professionals. Get independent answers.
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244: The Best Type of Builder for Home Performance
Jason Scheurer has always been a business owner and he’s always been motived to learn. Today, he and his wife Penny own and operate Best Techs Contracting where they design, build and remodel with a focus on home performance. I connected with Jason during an online Passive House event recently. In this interview, Jason describes…
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243: Efficient Electric Home
Richard Keech lives in a zero-carbon home in Melbourne. After some time in the Royal Australian Air Force and then as a software engineering and consultant in the private sector, Richard now helps people to understand energy. Specifically, renewable energy and energy efficiency. In 2015, Richard published The Energy Freedom Home, a handbook on “how…