Tag: California

  • 244: The Best Type of Builder for Home Performance

    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…

  • 232: Sustainable Opportunities

    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…

  • 154: Adaptive Architecture

    154: Adaptive Architecture

    For Matthew Baran of Baran Studio Architecture, California, Adaptive architecture means much more than just designing for the local climate. We create cities in places where maybe they’re not supposed to be. This, combined with continued pressure on natural resources and climate change creates a need for adaptive architecture. Matthew Baran Matthew  was drawn to architecture…

  • 147 Living Homes

    147 Living Homes

      Who’s the most influential person in a real estate development? The architect, the owner, the builder…? What about the developer? Real estate developers are often seen as the bad guys, out to make a bunch of money without really caring about the quality of homes or lifestyles resulting from their work. Steve Glenn’s philosophy…