E3: Energy & Efficiency With Emily

About E3: Energy & Efficiency With Emily

E3 - Energy and Efficiency with Emily is a podcast dedicated to energy efficient home building in cold climate areas of New England. We hope the podcast will connect building science, sustainability, and home building through a series of technical discussions, homeowners sharing their experience, and Emily sharing her thoughts on building a truly integrated home that is comfortable, durable, and healthy to live in.

Publisher

Emily Mottram

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Feb 2020

Latest episode

30 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 114 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S8E5: Pretty Good Curriculum

   Host Emily Mottram interviews Pretty Good House authors Dan Kolbert, Mike Maines, Chris Briley, and educator Matt Blomquist about a new building science curriculum for future builders.

2. 

   3 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S8E4: Serving Communities in a Changing Climate

   Host Emily Mottram interviews Charity Fain, Executive Director of the Community Energy Project, about creating affordable, energy-efficient, and climate-resilient homes and communities.

3. 

   27 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S8E3 Building Enclosures with Emily

   In this episode of E3: Energy & Efficiency with Emily, Emily Mottram sits down with building enclosure consultant Emily Fulton of SK Collaborative. They dive into the realities of construction; from managing moisture and humidity in challenging climates to the often overlooked importance of detailing, sequencing, and on-site training. The conversation explores how small decisions can lead to major building failures, why education and consistency matter across crews, and what the industry can learn from both successes and mistakes. It’s a candid, insightful look at building science, problem-solving in the field, and navigating the construction world as women in the industry.

Inside a recent episode

S8E5: Pretty Good Curriculum

Published 30 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But I got to go and hang out with the students for a day. And they put in some of the best looking air barriers that I've ever seen before. And I'd like people to stop saying some of this stuff is really hard. These high school kids who may not even go into the trades program were so excited about They really cared about and paid attention to some of those details. And I mean, like I looked at it and went, why do my contractors complain about this? This looks pretty easy. The high school kids did it. And so one of the things I hope that you built into it and that Dan and I have talked about, because I teach it from the design perspective, is sequencing. […]

Who has been a guest on E3: Energy & Efficiency With Emily

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dan Kolbert
• Mike Maines
• Chris Briley
• Matt Blomquist
• Charity Fain

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,684

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

40 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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