Category: Builder
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272: A Passive House in Taupō
In 2007 when Kim Feldborg arrived in New Zealand he was surprised at how cold and inefficient the houses were, despite growing up in much colder European climates. Originally from Denmark, Kim has built houses in Greenland, Norway, Germany and England. He now enjoys life in a Certifed Passive House he built himself in Taupō.…
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269: The Style of Sustainability
Bert Sarkkinen has built a successful timber framing company around a solid philosophy grounded in the style and craftsmanship of a unique and timeless form of building. Bert appeared on the Home Style Green podcast back in episode 176. A couple of years on, Arrow Timber Framing has expanded into a larger facility and Bert…
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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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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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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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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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227: Fault Free Carpentry with CarbonLite
When he first arrived in Australia from Germany, Burkhard Hansen thought that the local building industry resembled the “Wild West”. Far from being dissuaded, he has applied his training and knowledge to create a successful prefabricated building company that is now producing Passive House homes from his factory on the outskirts of Melbourne. Burkhard describes…
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222 Building Better Homes
Simon Wansbrough is the Founder and Director of Third Little Pig, a custom home building company based in Christchurch. I’ve known Simon since before he was a builder and we start our chat talking about why he chose building when he had plenty of other options. Simon also shares how he’s been able to establish…
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220: From Oil Rigs to Passive Houses
TruLine Construction proudly states that they don’t just construct projects, they build dreams. Prior to training as a builder and starting his own company, Reece Beresford worked on oil rigs. Now he’s a Certified Passive House Tradesperson and building beautiful and energy-efficient homes in Perth, Western Australia. Connect with TruLine Construction via their website, on…