Building HVAC Science

EP288 Where Duct Cleaning Meets HVAC Performance with Zach Ortwine (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:  "You can't really separate good air quality from good HVAC performance."    "I wouldn't recommend to someone something I wouldn't recommen

EP287 BPI, Building Science, and the HVAC Opportunity With Amanda Hatherly (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:    "You don't know what you don't know."    "That knowledge outside of energy efficiency is key for anyone working in the built environme

EP286 Stop Waiting for the World to Change with James Childre (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:    "The only way that change is going to occur is if I make it happen."    "What makes a high-performance building? It's just good buildi

EP285 You Can't Control a System That's Open - Ken Allison on HVAC and the Building Envelope (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:    "I don't need the house to breathe. I need the people to."    "You can't control a system that's open."    "I would just go make t

EP284 What I Learned Building My Own Net-Zero Home With Bill Spohn (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:  "Net zero wasn't the goal—it was the outcome of making hundreds of good building science decisions."     "One tiny installation mistake de

EP283 AI in HVAC: Beyond the Hype With Tyler Nelson and Billy Spohn (August 2026)

Quotes from the episode:  "This is no longer a push-pull industry. This is a thinking person's game now."   "The better context you give AI, the better partner it bec

EP282 Building Better Leaders: Jane Sidebottom on Mentorship, Workforce, and the Future of HVACR (July 2026)

Quotes from the episode:    "It's not just about features and benefits anymore. It's about the impact your products have on your customer's business."    "Trainin

EP281 Building a Diagnostic-First HVAC Company with Derek Aarstad

Quotes from the episode:    "When your HVAC system is performing at 100%, but the home isn't, the problem isn't the equipment anymore."    "Our job is to be inves

EP280 What 130 Million Homes Can Teach HVAC with Scott Rosenberg (June 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "You sell an amazing product that represents the future of home heating and cooling. But selling it, promoting it, and capturing consumers' att

EP279 Curiosity, Heat Pumps, and the Details That Matter – A Conversation with Edward Louie (July 2026)

Quotes from the episode:   "Comfort isn't just about air temperature—it's also about the temperature of everything around you."   "If it's difficult to maintain,

EP278 From Boiler Timers to Predictive Control: Smarter Heat for Multifamily Buildings with Heather Zoberman from Entech (June 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "Technology does its best work when it turns invisible problems into obvious next steps." "Most buildings are already telling us what they ne

EP277 Dirty Little Secret: Why Heat Pumps Need Deep Cleaning with Gabriel Erde-Cohen (June 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "Heat pumps can't meet their promise if they're not properly maintained." "Vacuuming the filter matters, but it is not the same thing as deep

EP276 When "Passed Inspection" Isn't Good Enough with Cy Porter (May 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "Passed inspection is not the same as built correctly." "The best inspectors keep learning, because no one person masters every trade, every

EP275 The Sound of Better Buildings with Kieren McCord (May 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "The tighter your envelope, the more attention you have to pay to ventilation and indoor air quality." "The acoustics of the ordinary rarely

EP274 The Heat Pump Summit Is Building More Than Better Systems with Brent Davidson (May 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "Stop trying to HVAC your way out of bad buildings, and your results will market themselves." "The quality work and word of mouth are real wh

EP273 Think Like an Air Molecule with Dan Stradford (May 2026)

Quotes from the episode: "Ducts matter. Nobody cares much about them until something goes wrong." "HVAC systems are designed assuming clean, bare sheet metal." "Ev

EP272 Live from NHPC 2026: Where HVAC, Buildings, and People Intersect With Brynn Cooksey from HVAC-U PART 2 (April 2026)

Quotes from the episode:   "High-performance homes are not about the equipment. They are about the outcomes for the people inside."   "The gap is not in technolog

EP271 Live from NHPC 2026: Where HVAC, Buildings, and People Intersect With Brynn Cooksey from HVAC-U PART 1 (April 2026)

Quotes from the episode:   "High-performance homes are not about the equipment. They are about the outcomes for the people inside."   "The gap is not in technolog

EP270 Scaling with Simplicity: EOS, Growth, and the Malco Evolution With Rich Benninghoff (May 2026)

Quotes from the episode:   "We're not just selling tools anymore — we're building solutions that make the trade pro's life easier."   "EOS gave us the discipline

EP269 Collaboration Over Competition: A New Playbook for Contractors With Rhydon Atzenhoffer (April 2026)

Quotes from the episode:   "Great equipment doesn't build a reputation. Great technicians do."   "Use AI like a tool, not a crutch. The work still belongs to the