Buildings + Beyond Podcast

Steven Winter Associates
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Buildings + Beyond Podcast

Buildings + Beyond is the podcast that explores how we can create a more sustainable built environment by focusing on efficiency, accessibility, and health.

  1. 10/30/2024

    Room Acoustics – Are They the Missing Piece in the Occupant Experience?

    Many of us take good acoustics for granted. But it's common for acoustic efforts to be the first thing cut from commercial projects—or not included in the design phase at all, according to Graham Waks, founder of Music City Acoustics.

    55 min

  2. 09/17/2024

    Do We Need a Green Certification Program Just for Commercial Kitchens? (Hint… Yes)

    Commercial kitchens are one of the most challenging spaces to electrify, but we need to take on this challenge in order to decarbonize restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and other buildings with commercial kitchens. Is another green certification program the answer?

    35 min

  3. 09/01/2024

    It’s Getting Hot in Here! – Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Electric Kitchens

    Remember when gas stoves became a political issue last year? While all that public debate was happening, there were chefs around the world embracing the concept of all-electric kitchens and getting past the learning curve to induction cooking.

    49 min

  4. 07/26/2024

    Career Diaries – What’s It Like Working As an Accessibility Consultant?

    Accessibility consultants work at the intersection of architecture and social justice. It’s much more than checking the boxes on accessibility requirements of laws and codes; it takes precision, dedication, and creativity to solve problems and remove physical barriers to access that have historically marginalized people with disabilities.

    48 min

  5. 06/28/2024

    Your Top 10 Passive House Questions, Answered – The Long-Awaited Part 2

    Listen as host Robb Aldrich poses the same 10 questions from the original episode, and a few new ones, to Lois and Dylan Martello—who both work on first-of-their-kind, largescale Passive House projects at Steven Winter Associates.

    57 min

  6. 04/09/2024

    2024 IECC – What Happened?

    The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) or "model code" establishes the minimum requirements for building energy efficiency. The code is updated every three years, and for 2024, a new consensus-driven development process brought together diverse stakeholders to determine those requirements.

    1h 2m

  7. 03/25/2024

    Choosing Electrification or Efficiency (When Both Aren't Possible)

    Though electrification is important to reduce carbon emissions, electrifying buildings is not straightforward. Factors like cost, existing infrastructure, compliance needs (and we'll say it again: cost!) can keep building owners from going all-electric.

    35 min

  8. 02/14/2024

    Mind the Gap – Addressing the Skills Gap in the Sustainable Building Industry

    In this episode, Ellen Honigstock, Senior Director of Education at Urban Green Council, sits down with Kelly Westby, Managing Director of the Building Operations, Decarbonization, and Efficiency (BODE) team at Steven Winter Associates. They chat about what it takes to effectively educate the workforce to ensure occupant comfort, energy and carbon reductions, sustainability, and the overall performance of a building.

    32 min
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