House Planning Help Podcast (general)

Architect Russel Hayden explains how he sought to renovate a derelict 1960s house to EnerPHit standards.

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Direct download: HPH288.mp3
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Russell Smith of Parity Projects explains why a whole house plan is the best way forward for tackling a renovation.

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Direct download: HPH287.mp3
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Martin Brown from Fairsnape explains how the Living Building Challenge is a holistic standard that benefits health and the environment.

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Direct download: HPH286.mp3
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Dr Judith Thornton of Aberystwyth University explores how plant-based materials are being used in the building industry, and why they are so important for our future.

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Direct download: HPH285.mp3
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Calum Taylor and Opinder Liddar talk through the design and construction of the 'Self Build Education House' at Graven Hill.

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Direct download: HPH284.mp3
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Tim Martel explains how to model the embodied carbon of your build using PHribbon, a tool that plugs in to PHPP (Passive House Planning Package).

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Direct download: HPH283.mp3
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Nick Grant shares his thoughts on the lessons learned from 30 years of the AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building).

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Direct download: HPH282.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:23am UTC

Tully Gallagher of Beartooth Passive House, explains what it was like to take a leap of faith in swapping a desk job with building a 'forever home' for his family.

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Direct download: HPH281.mp3
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Chief Executive of the Passivhaus Trust, Jon Bootland, explains the processes and benefits of building your house to the Passivhaus Standard.

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Direct download: HPH280.mp3
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Lee Fordham from Architype simplifies some of the terminology you might come across if you're thinking about doing a sustainable self build.

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Direct download: HPH279.mp3
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