Author: Matthew Cutler-Welsh
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239: How to Build the Right Home
Jennifer Crawford first appeared on Home Style Green when Our New Home Coach was just getting started. Six years on, she’s back to discuss her journey and why she still believes strongly in helping people build the right home. 2020 has been an interesting year for everyone, Jennifer included. A few months after starting a…
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238: Building Passive Houses
Wayne Dyet learnt about how things work as an aircraft engineer. Knowing how things fit together and attention to detail were important attributes for the job. He later turned his attention to building and started an apprenticeship. Now specialising in building Passive Houses, Wayne hasn’t looked back and is truly enjoying what he does. Wayne’s…
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237: Smart Exteriors
Steven Glaze is an expert in the exterior home remodelling industry and specializes in siding and gutter protection systems. He started in the business working as an assistant at his father’s roofing company at the age of 16 and was estimating projects and managing crews by the time he was 18 years old. Today, Steve serves…
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236: Sustainability Leadership
Sheryl Owen embodies sustainability leadership. Her purpose is to create a sustainable environment where everyone can thrive. “The environment should not be a commodity available for a select few,” says Sheryl. “In order for us to elevate, we must be aware of our impact on the environment and marginalised communities”. In her numerous volunteer roles,…
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235: Bonsai Design + Build
While on tour as a young US Marine, Josh Oqueli was stationed in Spain for 6 months. In Barcelona, he walked into the Basílica de la Sagrada Família. At the time, he didn’t know about the architect and master builder, Antoni Gaudi, but the experience of entering this enchanted space inspired Josh to find out.…
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234: The Business Opportunity of Sustainable Building
Robert Sroufe, PhD. is a Professor of Sustainability, Operations and Supply Chain Management at Duquesne University. His practical experience comes from sustainable supply chain management. He says he was ‘co-opted’ into the green building movement by other experts who invited him to present to their students about the business opportunities of sustainable building. Customised Sustainability…
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233: Using the Gifts of the Site to Create Healthy Resilient Homes
Living Shelter Architects is a design firm led by Terry Phelan in the Northwest of Washington State. The focus of their work is to provide healthy, resilient homes by combining natural materials with the “gifts of the site”. Terry took the “path less travelled” by choosing to apprentice instead of studying at university to become…
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232: Sustainable Opportunities
VCA Green provides green building consulting and commissioning. Their mission is to help clients achieve sustainability goals along with long-term cost savings. They seek out and provide ‘Sustainable Opportunities’. I spoke with Principal Moe Fakih about where buildings sometimes go wrong and how energy modelling, rating and commissioning can help. Green, but not green enough…
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231: Designing Light and Treading Lightly
How is overlighting of our internal environments, and overshading our cities, affecting our wellbeing? These are some of the things that Antony DiMase of DiMase Architects thinks about in his role as an Architect and as a conscientious member of modern society. During our chat, we discussed the role that architecture can play in making…
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230: Making Houses Perform
Murray and Lee Ann Durbin know what it’s like to live in a good home. For nearly five years, they enjoyed living in the Homestar 10, Passive House Plus Certified Ideal House. The Ideal House is now one of the first Passive Houses in New Zealand to be resold. Murray and Lee Ann have moved…