Jacob Deva Racusin is the lead researcher at Builders for Climate Action and the co-founder of New Frameworks. Jacob comfortably bridges the gap between seemingly (though not, in fact) disparate worlds, valuing both the intuitive comfort of building with the natural materials our ancestors have used for millennia and the cutting edge of building and climate science.

In this episode, we discuss communication, empathy, straw, carbon emission calculations, and how knowledge sharing between large- and small-scale projects is a two-way street.

Connect with Jacob, New Frameworks, and Builders for Climate Action:

• Jacob on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-deva-racusin-7a41603/

• New Frameworks website => https://www.newframeworks.com/

• Builders for Climate Action website => https://www.buildersforclimateaction.org/

• BEAM Estimator Tool => https://www.buildersforclimateaction.org/beam-estimator.html

• Bio-Based Materials Collective => https://biobasedcollective.org/

Beth Eckenrode is the co-founder of AUROS Group, "where building science meets data science." Beth co-founded the AUROS Group with Craig Stevenson in 2017 to provide building owners with more confidence in their sustainable building investments. Together with academic sustainability expert Robert Sroufe, they co-authored the book, "The Power of Existing Buildings--Save Money, Improve Health and Reduce Environmental Impacts" (Island Press, 2019).

In this episode, we discuss the power of Passive House to help you uncover and reach a building's optimum performance potential, and how neglecting to do so can mean leaving significant amounts of money on the table for large building owners who are doing renovations.

Connect with Beth and AUROS Group:

• Beth on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/betheckenrode/

• AUROS Group on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/auros-group/

• Beth's co-written book, The Power of Existing Buildings => https://islandpress.org/books/power-existing-buildings

• AUROS Group's website => https://www.aurosgroup.com/

Enrico Bonilauri is an architect, trainer, passive house certifier, and the CEO of Emu Passive. Started as an architectural practice in Italy in 2009, they soon discovered passive house as the building science handrail they needed to guide their design decisions. In 2016, they decided to get into education to promote passive house ideas and methodologies, and help people become better at their profession. Emu Passive's mission is to bring the most advanced building science to mainstream construction, and they've set themselves the challenge of training 5,000 builders by 2030.

Connect with Enrico and Emu Passive:

• Enrico on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/enricobonilauri/

• Emu Passive on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/emu-building-science/

• Emu Passive on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/emubldgscience/

• Emu Passive on YouTube => https://www.youtube.com/@emupassive

• Emu Passive website => https://emupassive.com/