8 episodes
The Better Buildings Podcast Canadian Consulting Engineer
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The Better Buildings Podcast is brought to you by Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine. Canadian Consulting Engineer is a magazine for professional engineers working as consultants in the construction field. Published for over 50 years, it is the only engineering magazine in Canada that covers buildings and infrastructure as they relate to four engineering disciplines: structural, civil, mechanical and electrical. Our coverage enables readers to learn and appreciate the whole effort that goes into a building or civil design. We are also Canada’s most established engineering magazine that features buildings and projects from coast-to-coast.
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The Better Buildings Podcast: Decarbonizing the Built Environment
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders interviews ASHRAE building decarbonization task force chair (and consulting engineer) Kent Peterson about his group’s findings and recommendations for HVAC and other engineers in Canada and around the world.
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The Importance of Acoustics
In this episode, Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Cristian Wallace of AcoustiTech about insulation methods and tools for soundproofing today’s buildings, based both on complementing the specific materials already used in their construction and on supporting the ways those buildings will be used by their tenants.
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Prefabricated Building Envelope Enhancements
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Mark Carver of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) CanmetEnergy housing team and Dan Dicaire, P.Eng., of Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) about the Prefabricated Exterior Energy Retrofit (PEER) net-zero pilot project, an innovative effort to make existing residential buildings more energy-efficient by adding panels to their façades.
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Radon Mitigation
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Maxime Duzyk, director of building science and engineering for Huntsman Building Solutions in Boisbriand, Que., about the significant health risks posed by naturally occurring radon gas in buildings across Canada and what can be done to prevent danger to occupants, including such methods as sub-soil depressurization, spray polyurethane foam (SPF) and membrane systems.
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The Passive House Standard and Large Retrofits
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with building scientist Melissa Furukawa, who is a certifier and consultant with Toronto-based Peel Passive House Consulting, about how the international, high-performance Passive House standard can improve the energy efficiency and environmental footprint of Canada’s existing building stock.
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Resilient Buildings for Climate Change
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Andrée Iffrig, sustainability strategist for Dialog in Calgary, about how building guidelines and codes are catching up with the need for greater resiliency in the face of climate change, plus what this will mean for Canada’s consulting engineers in the future.