Building Healthy

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Building Healthy

Building Healthy is a monthly podcast centred around building healthy spaces, environments and lives, through indoor air quality and sustainable building, hosted by Tim Wearing and powered by Oxygen8.

Episodes

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    Episode 12 - AHR 2025

    Live from AHR 2025 in Orlando, host Tim Wearing dives into conversations with industry leaders who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable building solutions and indoor air quality. A special shoutout to Kevin Ridder and Chris Vintinner from Distech Controls, Eddie Legaspi from Q-PAC, Audwin Cash from GPS Air, and Bill McCarthy from Fujitsu for sharing their insights.

    14 min

  2. JAN 14

    Episode 11 - Sustainability with Chris Higgins

    Chris Higgins, from the City of Vancouver and BC Hydro, joined the Building Healthy podcast and talked about a wide ranging number of topics regarding sustainable building and indoor air quality, including the city's partnership with the city of Vienna to build Vienna House, a 123-unit affordable rental housing project constructed to Passive House standards.

    31 min

  3. 11/12/2024

    Episode 10 - Deep Retrofits with Betsy Agar

    Making buildings more efficient isn’t just about new buildings. Betsy Agar, Program Director, Buildings, for the Pembina Institute, sits down with the Building Healthy podcast to discuss all about retrofitting to decarbonize buildings. We talk about how Pembina engages with the industry, how they come up with their recommendations and some of the challenges and advantages to retrofitting.

    20 min

  4. 10/15/2024

    Episode 9 - Passive House Canada with Chris Ballard

    What is the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions as we continue to deal with the effects of a changing climate? To build better buildings! Tune into the latest Building Healthy Podcast episode where we sit down with Chris Ballard, CEO of Passive House Canada to discuss the mission behind their organization, continuing education opportunities, and how we can all work together to build a healthier and more efficient future!

    29 min

  5. 09/10/2024

    Episode 8 - Building Electrification with Mariko Michasiw

    This month on the Building Healthy podcast, we sit down with Mariko Michasiw from the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre to discuss all things building electrification. From industry trends, the current electrification climate in BC, and where we're heading in the future. You won't want to miss this episode! Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts 🎧Get extras and more at http://oxygen8.ca/buildinghealthy

    17 min

  6. 08/13/2024

    Episode 7 - HVAC Trends in the Pacific Northwest with Cyrus Kangarloo

    In this episode of the Building Healthy Podcast, we sit down with Cyrus Kangarloo from Jaga Climate Systems to discuss the evolving trends in the HVAC industry, how the changing climate affects the way we heat, cool, and ventilate buildings, and the importance of building connections in an established industry.

    25 min

  7. 07/09/2024

    Episode 6 - Ventilation in the European Market with Ovidijus Petrauskas

    In this episode of Building Healthy, we talk virtually to Ovidijus Petrauskas, Salda UAB's Product Manager, about Europe's 2030 Net Zero Directive, the stringent European building standards, and the changing landscape of energy efficient technology.

    16 min

  8. 06/11/2024

    Episode 5 - Passive House with Stuart Hood

    In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Hood, Passive House Designer and Vice President at Introba. Stuart has over 30 years of experience designing high-performance buildings and is an expert in designing large, complex Passive House Buildings.   Don't miss our tour of the West Bay Passive House located in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Check it out here!

    19 min

  9. 05/14/2024

    Episode 4 - Building Automation with Ham Daneshmand

    This month, we are excited to present a 10-minute conversation with Distech Control's Ham Daneshmand, OEM Director of Sales. In this short episode (our first ever filmed!), we discuss who Distech Controls is, the innovative solutions they provide, and the big shifts and changes in the building automation field.

    11 min

  10. 04/09/2024

    Episode 3 - Designing Decoupled Systems with Heather Burpee

    We're joined by Heather Burpee, from the University of Washington Integrated Design Lab, to discuss decoupled systems, the innovative work Integrated Design Lab is doing and talk about the Bullitt Center, their office building which is designated a Living Building.

    21 min

  11. 03/12/2024

    Episode 2 - Sorbent Filtration and Indoor Air Quality Procedure with Christian Weeks

    In this episode of Building Healthy podcast, we talk to Christian Weeks, from enVerid Systems, to learn more about sorbent filtration, Indoor Air Quality Procedure and hear about some new updates to the ASHRAE 62.1 standard.

    20 min
  12. Episode 1 - Energy Recovery with Will Dean

    02/13/2024

    Episode 1 - Energy Recovery with Will Dean

    On our first episode of the Building Healthy podcast, we are joined by Will Dean of Aria Brands. Will is a former 2X Olympic rower turned energy recovery expert. Using the principle of "Build Tight, Ventilate Right", Will walks through what Energy Recovery Ventilation is and how to incorporate it to create healthy and safe buildings while also saving money and energy.

    12 min
  • 12 Episodes

About

Building Healthy is a monthly podcast centred around building healthy spaces, environments and lives, through indoor air quality and sustainable building, hosted by Tim Wearing and powered by Oxygen8.

Information

  • Creator
    Oxygen8
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved
  • Show Website
    Building Healthy

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