House Planning Help Podcast (general)

Luke Smith from Build Test Solutions talks about making building performance measurement more commonplace, and how you can't manage what you don't measure.

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Direct download: HPH338.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:41pm UTC

Dr. Derek Taylor talks about advances in wind and solar power over the last 50 years.

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Direct download: HPH337.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:27am UTC

Ben Adam-Smith marks five years of living in his Passivhaus home by reflecting on his self build journey and what the house has been like to live in.

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Direct download: HPH336.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:59am UTC

Anne Thorne talks through the architectural design process of Cannock Mill Cohousing community.

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Direct download: HPH335.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:34pm UTC

Jonathan Dixon talks about incorporating home automation into a Passivhaus retrofit of a 1960s detached house, built using cross wall construction.

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Direct download: HPH334.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:31am UTC

Ludka and Brendan Powell explain the Welsh ‘One Planet Development’ scheme and how it led them to building an off-grid, straw panel Passivhaus.

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Direct download: HPH333.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:47pm UTC

Tom Gwilliam explains what Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are, how they are created and why they are unlikely to be a useful measure of how energy efficient a building is.

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Direct download: HPH332.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:11pm UTC

Alan Clarke explains the role of a mechanical services engineer on a low energy house build, in designing a heating and ventilation system that works efficiently and is affordable.

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Direct download: HPH331.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:42am UTC

Andy Moger, from Tetlow King Planning, explains the role of a planning consultant and the benefits they can bring to a project.

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Direct download: HPH330.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am UTC

Beth Williams from Build Collective outlines the role of a structural engineer and explains what tasks might be undertaken on a house build.

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Direct download: HPH329.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am UTC