Latest Residentialconstruction Podcast Episodes
056 // The Home-Building Process: Who To Have On Your Team
Healthy Home Design - August 30, 2023 19:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsToday we’re talking about who to have on your project team as you design and build your new home, renovation or addition. When you’re ready to build a custom new home or renovate your existing home, you have options on who you want to help you complete the project. If you’ve never gone thr...
055 // Core Green Building: Why You Should Use A Green Certification Program When Designing Your Home
Healthy Home Design - August 15, 2023 10:11 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe living building challenge is a program created by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). It is about creating buildings that improve the planet and people by being built. It's very aspirational and pretty hard to achieve. That’s why ILFA created a second certification program c...
054 // How to stay within budget when building or renovating your sustainable, healthy home
Healthy Home Design - June 21, 2023 14:24 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWhat makes building a house so expensive? Rising construction costs have put a lot of projects on hold or have sent the design team back to the drawing board. How can you renovate or build a new home in these expensive times without compromising your sustainable and wellness-focused desi...
053 // Getting your home design ideas out of your head and into a floor plan
Healthy Home Design - May 16, 2023 19:11 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsLink to Blog Post that has ALL the links I mention in the eposide!! Are you ready to start designing your dream home, but have no idea how to get all the thoughts and ideas you have floating in your head down on paper? If you’ve been thinking about your house design for a while, and have b...
052 // Interior Design Options For A Low-Maintenance And Durable House
Healthy Home Design - May 03, 2023 20:44 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn Part 2 of the How to design a durable house episode, we’re covering all things interior. There are some great ways to make sure the inside of your home is easy to maintain, will keep you safe and healthy, and will last a long time. We’ll get into materials, ventilation, lighting, and even s...
051 // Design Strategies for a Durable, Low-Maintenance House
Healthy Home Design - April 18, 2023 19:48 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCreating a durable home is a big part of creating a sustainable and healthy home. A durable home means that the house will last a long time and be relatively low-maintenance. This will help save you money in the long run, so it’s well worth it. It also helps maintain a healthy indoor environm...
050 // Biophilic Kitchen Design: Bringing Nature Into Your Home
Healthy Home Design - April 11, 2023 12:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsLooking to create a kitchen that brings the beauty and tranquility of nature into your home? Tune into this week’s episode all about biophilic kitchen design! We’ll explore the benefits of incorporating natural elements into your kitchen, and learn how to design a space that's not only funct...
049 // Hempcrete and Hempwool Building Solutions with Hempitecture
Healthy Home Design - March 28, 2023 17:07 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHempcrete is an amazing alternative building technique that fits into the category of natural building methods. In this episode, I interview Mattie Mead, the founder and CEO of Hempitecture, a public benefit corporation that supplies hempcrete building materials and makes hempwool insulation...
048 // 10 Sustainable Design Strategies for your home reno project or new build
Healthy Home Design - March 20, 2023 13:47 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAnd we're back! This week we're exploring 10 sustainable design strategies that you can incorporate into your home renovation / addition or new build project.
047 // How can the lighting in your house affect your sleep AND your health? Interview with Greg Yeutter, founder of Restful.
Healthy Home Design - October 25, 2021 18:02 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAnd we're back! Today's podcast episode is an interview I had with Greg Yeutter from Restful, the company that created the Bedtime Bulb. We're diving into all things sleep, lighting, and circadian rhythms. What you'll discover: Why is sleep so important, and how can your living ...
046 // The Best Insulation For Your Home with Andrew Legge of Havelock Wool
Healthy Home Design - June 29, 2021 16:42 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAndrew is founder and managing partner of Havelock Wool. He has a passion for all things New Zealand, where the company procures its wool, that is mirrored by a desire to affect positive change in the built environment. He has lived and traveled around the world and seeks to leverage those exper...
045 // All About Indoor Air Quality with Jay Watts from AFM Safecoat
Healthy Home Design - June 04, 2021 19:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe have a special guest interview today, from a company I love to recommend, but first I have a quick, fun announcement. If you've tried visiting my Balanced Home Balanced Life website lately, you probably noticed that it's no longer there! I decided to combine my two websites into one, and no...
044 // How To Make The Ultimate Sustainable Wellness Home
Healthy Home Design - May 04, 2021 18:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThere is a lot to discover about the Living Building Challenge and how you can create a Living House. This month's podcast episode is bringing you an overview of the concepts and how you can bring the ideas into your own home design. You'll Discover: What the Living Building Challenge is and...
043 // How to Find Healthy and Sustainable Materials When You're Renovating Or Building A New Home
Healthy Home Design - April 08, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHave you ever started searching for a healthy product and then found yourself three hours later even more confused than when you started? I have been there. Searching for healthy and earth-friendly building materials for your home renovation or new home build is hard! It's exhausting and con...
042 // What You Need To Know About Kitchen Ventilation
Healthy Home Design - February 02, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe spend a lot of time in our kitchens, but do you know what’s in the air when you operate your stove or cook food? It sounds a bit silly, but cooking can actually be dangerous! Cooking puts a lot of toxins into your air, so whenever you're cooking, those toxins are releasing into your air ...
041 // How to Design a Small House Without Sacrificing Comfort or Flexibility
Healthy Home Design - January 19, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsCan you live in a small house? Now, we’re not talking about tiny houses, which are wonderful for the planet, but a small house relative to the number of people and how those people live their lives. Being comfortable in a small house, or any house, is all about the design. You can walk into ...
040 // How much will your project cost? How long will it take? Should you phase the construction?
Healthy Home Design - January 12, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsStarting a renovation or a new home build can be daunting and there are often a lot of questions at the beginning. Everyone always wants to know how much the project will cost, how long it will take, and if they should phase the construction. So what should you consider when asking these ques...
039 // How can the design of your home make you more productive?
Healthy Home Design - January 05, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re spending a lot more time in our homes and as work and family responsibilities merge, we’re finding ourselves more distracted and less productive. With January being the time we set goals and figure out how to make our lives better, I wanted to share some ideas that can make your new home...
038 // How to Help Everyone Live In A Healthy Home
Healthy Home Design - December 22, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis might be bad timing, with it being 3 days before Christmas, but I've been meaning to talk about this subject for a while, and finally had the chance. So here we go... Who's really affected by all the things we buy (and then throw away) in this country? Who's primarily dealing with ast...
037 // What is a site analysis and why do you need one before designing your renovation / new build?
Healthy Home Design - December 15, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHow well do you know your site? If you're planning a renovation or building a new home, you need to know it REALLY well. You need to spend time on your property conducting a site analysis. A site analysis is probably one of my favorite things to do. I realize I say this for a lot of ...
036 // My top 8 healthy and sustainable products from my renovation adventures
Healthy Home Design - December 01, 2020 05:38 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsNotes coming soon...
035 // 10 Questions to ask a potential contractor when building / renovating your sustainable wellness home
Healthy Home Design - November 10, 2020 15:03 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsChoosing a contractor can be a tricky task! Not all contractors are created equal. Some contractors are much more experienced in building durable, energy efficient, healthy homes than others. The best way to find a contractor that will build your healthy home correctly is to ask lots of qu...
034 // Biophilic Design and How To Design Nature Into Your Home To Reap Wellness Benefits
Healthy Home Design - November 03, 2020 13:36 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings“…the enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it, tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it; and thus, through the influence of the mind over the body, gives the effect of refreshing rest and reinvigoration to the whole system” -American landscape architect Frederick...
033 // Ventilation Systems to Keep Your Home Healthy and Safe
Healthy Home Design - October 27, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsVentilation is at the top of everyone's minds these days thanks to COVID. And while a lot of attention is being focused on commercial ventilation systems, there is less talk about home ventilation systems. We're in our homes more than ever before. And there's more people in the home at one ...
032 // 8 Things I Learned During My Healthy Home Renovation
Healthy Home Design - October 20, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe did it! It's finally done. Three years later, my husband, Pieter, and I finished our DIY healthy home renovation. There were good times, bad times, you know we had our share. .. And I'll be getting into all of it in today's Healthy Home Design Podcast episode. We had A LOT of lesso...
031 // Everything You Need To Know About Healthy Wood Flooring
Healthy Home Design - October 13, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWho doesn't love a wood floor?! It's comfortable to walk on, it looks beautiful, it can come in so many different styles, and it can last a very long time. But what is the best type of wood floor for a healthy, sustainable, wellness-focused home? What types of finishes are safe? Do you...
030 // Part 4: Creating a Sustainable, Healthy Outdoor Environment at a Home Designed For Wellness
Healthy Home Design - September 23, 2020 12:56 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis week wraps up the Components of a Wellness House series, and we're going outdoors. A wellness house merges the indoor and outdoor environments, so it's important to consider all the outdoor spaces early in the design process. What You'll Discover: Best materials for your driveway, walk...
029 // Part 3: What are the mechanical, lighting and water systems of a Wellness House?
Healthy Home Design - September 16, 2020 01:07 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn part 3 of the Components of a Wellness House series, we're digging into systems: mechanical, lighting and water. In this episode you'll discover: Most efficient heating and cooling systems Water heating systems Mechanical ventilation strategies Net zero design Lighting for circ...
028 // What Does It Feel Like To Live In A Wellness House?
Healthy Home Design - September 08, 2020 10:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn Part 2 of the Components of a Wellness House series, we're digging into what it feels like to live in a wellness home. We'll explore daylighting, ventilation, and how the essential spaces of a home designed for sustainability, health and well-being should feel and function. We'll look into ...
028 // Part 2: What Does It Feel Like To Live In A Wellness House?
Healthy Home Design - September 08, 2020 10:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsIn Part 2 of the Components of a Wellness House series, we're digging into what it feels like to live in a wellness home. We'll explore daylighting, ventilation, and how the essential spaces of a home designed for sustainability, health and well-being should feel and function. We'll look into ...
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