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Architect Jonah Stanford and author and consultant Andrew Michler have each designed some of the most energy efficient buildings in the West. They talk about what it takes to create a Passive House and where architecture will go next. Lessoned learned, informed opinions, and a brisk dialogue on the edge of environment and architecture.

Learn more about Jonahs works at NEEDBASED and read Andrew’s book [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture.

Arch Change. | 07 | What You Don’t Know About Your House’s Performance with John Fassler

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

Get ready to take your assumptions about your own house and turn them on thier head. Home energy performance analysts John Fassler talks about the surprises and discoveries after performing energy audits on nearly 2000 houses. After 20 years as a builder John stepped into the murky world of existing home performance....

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Arch Change. | 06 | Clearing the Air in Passive House with Dr. Kara Rosemeier

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

We sit down with Dr. Kara Rosemeier and chat about how to do fresh air right in an airtight Passive House, and in fact all houses, as she wraps up her North American Passive House Network expert tour. We first talk about air tightness which naturally leads to ventilation-  just don’t say “natural...

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Arch Change. | 05 | The Net Zero Building Interview with Brad Liljequist

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

What is zero? Andrew heads to Seattle for the 2016 Living Future Conference and sits down with the director of the Living Building Challenge Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) certification Brad Liljequist. Brad has just released the book The Power of Zero: Learning From the World’s Leading Net Zero Energy Buildings...

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Arch Change. | 04 | Beginnings of Passive House from Data to Doing Part Two

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

In our second podcast episode on the beginnings of Passive House  in North America (click HERE for the first) we talk about the process going from of learning the data to applying it to our own projects. Our experiance of learning Passive House turned many of our assumptions from years of building design...

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Arch Change. | 03 | Beginnings of Passive House in North America Part One

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

Jonah Stanford and Andrew Michler look back at the personal struggles of learning Passive House and the important relationships that were made. Its quickly growing adoption is on the back of a few determined folks who pushed hard to make it a reality. Passive House is a radically different building system...

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Arch Change. | 02 | SITE Santa Fe Expansion Part Two

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

SITE Santa Fe is poised for its largest expansion since it took over a beer warehouse in the early 1990s. In our inaugural podcast Jonah Stanford and Andrew Michler talk about the rich history of this ground breaking contemporary arts space and its connection to the quirky and quickly growing Railyard neighborhood in...

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Arch Change. | 01 | SITE Santa Fe Expansion Part One

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Andrew Michler in PODCAST

SITE Santa Fe is poised for its largest expansion since it took over a beer warehouse in the early 1990s. In our inaugural podcast Jonah Stanford and Andrew Michler talk about the rich history of this ground breaking contemporary arts space and its connection to the quirky and quickly growing...

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