BUILDTank / buildCAST

Robby Schwarz
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BUILDTank / buildCAST

At BuildTank, our mission is to use what we learn applying building science to affect meaningful change in the construction industry. The buildCAST is the next step. Through broad conversations, we learn something new from our guests’ story that could be the catalyst to take sustainable buildings to mainstream building. Concentrating on the quest's “story” as much as on their expertise revealing a journey and key information that can help us attain our goal to move our industry forward and make high performance building mainstream building . buildtankinc.com

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    #5-2025 REDT Homes- Becoming a regional production LEED Platinum builder in Colorado

    Vincent Deorio CEO, Mike Davidson Sales and Marketing, and Ben Walker Sr Architectural Manager at RedT homes, share what it’s taking to grow their company into a regional production builder that is offering LEED platinum homes. Their unique business model incorporates land acquisition, entitlement and design, architecture, and construction along with real estate-focused marketing and sales. Their focus on integrated design and thoughtful execution is helping them reimagine what sustainable development, construction, and sales means in Colorado. RedT Homes LEED for Homes buildCAST #9-2022 Sand Adomatis and the Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum

    1h 3m

  2. FEB 16

    #4- 2025 Stephen Kane and the SPAN Smart Electrical Panel

    Starting in tech, moving into solar, Stephen Kane found his home at SPAN where he is helping builders integrate smart electric load management to lower the cost of electrifying homes while giving homeowner’s a better user experience.  Our conversation touched on both new construction and existing homes as the move toward electrification is touching both worlds.  I have to say that I found our existing home conversation particularly interesting since I am on a glid path to electrification of my own home. That being said, I see this technology helping manage not only operational cost, but also the cost of construction. We are now not beholden to installing huge capacity panels when our real life loads never, or rarely, match the code calculated electrical loads. Stephen Kane on LinkedIn SPAN SPAN Tech Portal SPAN on YouTube

    56 min

  3. FEB 2

    #3 -2025 Jacob Deva Racusin Co-Founder and Director of Building Science and Sustainability with New Frameworks

    Jacob Deva Racusin, based in Vermont, is the Co-Founder and Director of Building Science and Sustainability with New Frameworks. He is also the lead researcher and BEAM Tool Co-Developer with Builders for Climate Action.  As a builder, consultant, researcher, designer, and educator, Jacob has merged his passions for ecological stewardship, relationship to place, and social justice with building science, climate action, and sustainable design and building.  Jacob Deva Racusin on LinkedIn New Frameworks Builders for Climate Action BEAM Carbon Estimator Yestermorrow Design Build School

    1h 2m

  4. JAN 20

    #2-2025 Rob Howard, of Howard Building Science

    Rob Howard began his construction career with Habitat for Humanity where he built ENERGY STAR homes through Advanced Energy’s System Vision program. When he became director of construction at Habitat he built the first Net-Zero Energy Home in North Carolina in partnership with the Appalachian Energy Center in 2005. He now only builds DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes and was a 2024 Housing Innovations award recipient. Uniquely and parallel to Rob’s building career is his career as an academic.  Rob holds a bachelor’s degree and a renewable energy technologies diploma from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in sustainable technology and building science from Appalachian State University where he now serves as a full-time faculty member. Rob’s practical and academic background made our conversation particularly fun as he was able to interweave his passion for building science into mainstream applications which, to me, helps better explain why everyone in the construction industry should embrace applied building science in the proustite of our modern everyday home. Rob Howard on LinkedIn Howard Building Science DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Advanced Energy South Face Pocket Neighborhoods

    58 min

  5. JAN 8

    #1-2025 Randy Williams – Applied Building Science, Energy Performance, and Cold Climate Construction

    Happy New Year! I begin 2025 with a conversation I had with Randy Williams. Randy is well known for his Northern Pro Build blog that concentrates on applied building science, energy efficiency, and cold climate construction. He followed his brother into the building industry and quickly made a name for himself once he caught the building science bug. He was introduced to building science when he became an energy auditor during the economic downturn of 2009. He now describes himself as a building science nerd and supports himself by applying it as a contractor, energy auditor, and regular contributor to Fine Homebuilding, Journal of Light Construction, and Green Building Advisor. For me, it was really fun to have this conversation with Randy, building science nerd to nerd. Our time together flew by because we were just talking about our shared passion. Thanks much for your continued support and likes. Randy Williams on LinkedIn Norther Built Pro - A Cold Climate Construction and Energy Blog Randy Williams on Fine Homebuilding

    57 min

  6. 12/23/2024

    #11-2024 BUILDcast - FOCUSED Certainteed Solar Shingle & RHEEM HPWH

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    8 min

  7. 12/15/2024

    #26 - 2024 Robby Riffs on the 2027 International Energy Conservation Code

    Robby got selected to be on the 2027 IECC consensus committee to develop the new energy code and his mind started turning, about if he really wanted to go through this for the fifth time. To quite his mind he starting talking. So here is his riff on the 2027 IECC. BUILDtank inc

    54 min

  8. 12/09/2024

    #10-2024 BUILDcast - FOCUSED Joe Medosch & Measure Quick

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    18 min
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At BuildTank, our mission is to use what we learn applying building science to affect meaningful change in the construction industry. The buildCAST is the next step. Through broad conversations, we learn something new from our guests’ story that could be the catalyst to take sustainable buildings to mainstream building. Concentrating on the quest's “story” as much as on their expertise revealing a journey and key information that can help us attain our goal to move our industry forward and make high performance building mainstream building . buildtankinc.com

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  • Creator
    Robby Schwarz
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    124
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Robby Schwarz
  • Show Website
    BUILDTank / buildCAST

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