by Robby Schwarz
At BuildTank, our mission is to use what we learn applying building science to affect meaningful change in the construction industry. The buildCAST is the next step. Through broad conversations, we learn something new from our guests’ story that could be the catalyst to take sustainable buildings to mainstream building. Concentrating on the quest's “story” as much as on their expertise revealing a journey and key information that can help us attain our goal to move our industry forward and make high performance building mainstream building . buildtankinc.com
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April 27, 2025
<p>How did Sam Myers become the building scientist at Retrotec? Find out in this episode of the BUILDTank / buildCAST. Like most of us, the industry found Sam and a passion for building science blossomed. Unlike most of us Sam has created and grown his position in the industry on the back of his passion for finding unique ways of educating everyone that he comes in contact with. During the COVID most of the industry’s conferences and tradeshows moved to online platforms. To keep providing the industry with quality educational material, Sam built a virtual training lab athis home where he has taught and trained contractors and consultants all over the world. I enjoyed my conversation with Sam geeking out on building science and diagnostic testing and I think you will as well.</p><p>Sam Myers on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-myers-ms-a9a4a546/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://retrotec.com/product/blower-doors.html?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw8KjrKWZjAMViwKtBh2B3RRPEAAYASAAEgJOL_D_BwE " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Retrotec</a></p><p>Retrotec on <a href="https://retrotec.com/product/blower-doors.html?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw8KjrKWZjAMViwKtBh2B3RRPEAAYASAAEgJOL_D_BwE " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://www.advancedenergy.org/market/residential " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Advanced Energy</a> Raleigh, NC </p><p>Green Building Advisor <a href="https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/zonal-pressure-diagnostics-part-ii" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ZPD Testing</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p>
April 13, 2025
<p>Thanks for listening to the buildCAST. In this episode we hear from Steve Baden, the founding Executive director of the Residential Energy Services Network or RESNET. RESNET is the governing body of the HERS home energy rating industry which was established in 1995 by the National Association of State Energy Officials, Energy Rated Homes of America, and the National Mortgage Industry Association to develop a national market for home energy rating systems and energy-efficient mortgages. I was in the first energy Rater training and became the 32nd certified rater in Colorado in 1995. Soon after I met Steve at the first RESNET conference held at the Florida Solar Energy Center when I was on the board of directors of Energy Rated Homes of Colorado. </p><p>Even before Jimmy Carter’s infamous, wear a sweater speech from the oval office Steve’s path to energy efficiency came though politics. He found himself in Alaska at the state energy office leading an initiative called “Warming Homes for Alaskans” which received the 1993 national award for the most outstanding state housing program, and which set the stage for a national home energy rating program that RESNET grew out of.</p><p>Steve has worked in the residential energy efficiency field for 30 years, including eighteen years with home energy ratings and energy mortgages on both the state and national levels, and ten years administering the Alaska State Energy Office. Steve is the founding executive director of RESNET and has just announced that he will be retiring on December 31st, 2025. I have known Steve from the beginning of the founding of RESNET and my time as a board member of Energy Rated Homes of Colorado and was so happy to have the opportunity to recap his career on the buildCAST before his last day. </p><p>Thanks for all you have done for the Industry Steve.</p><p>Steve Baden on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-baden-54080212/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> LinkedIn</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.resnet.us " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">RESNET</a> - Residential Energy Services Network</p><p><br></p>
March 31, 2025
<p>Thank you to Nicole Tysvaer Founder and CEO of Symbi Homes for being on the BUILDCast. Symbi Homes is a sustainable construction firm reinventing home building with an emphasis on wellness, energy-efficiency and technology. Symbi short for Symbiosis immediately got my thinking about building science, systems thinking, and the synergistic interactions that take place in construction of high performance homes.<strong> </strong>Symbi Homes has decided to follow the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program specifications to guide their path to high performance building. Uniquely they have also chosen to apply these high-performance specifications to a Queen Ann Victorian complex form as well as in their current remodel and addition current project. To me this beautifully demonstrates that homes of all shapes and sizes can pursue high performance building when project goals are clearly defined from the start.</p><p><br></p><p>Nicole Tysvaer on <a href="https://symbihomes.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://symbihomes.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Symbi Homes</a></p><p><a href="https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/zero-energy-ready-home-program " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program</strong></a></p><p>Symbi Homes - Upcoming Educational Sessions</p><p>May 2025 - date and time tbd - Retro Rambler Pre-Drywall Walk Through (Kensington, MD) </p><ul><li>Take a look inside the walls of this mid-century deep energy retrofit and addition project working towards Zero Energy Ready certification. </li></ul><p>August 2025 - date and time tbd - High-Performance Builder Expo (Kensington, MD) </p><ul><li>Tour the completed Retro Rambler high-performance home and learn about the sustainable products and processes used to create a net zero ready retrofit.</li></ul><p>For more information and updates on these events, <a href="https://symbihomes.com/about-us/newsletter/">sign-up for news</a> on the Symbi Homes website.</p>
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