The Building Science Podcast
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The Building Science Podcast

by Positive Energy

The Building Science Podcast is a show hosted by MEP engineering firm Positive Energy principal Kristof Irwin. The show covers everything from the basics of building science to adjacent scientific disciplines to more fully understand how the built environment shapes our lives as human beings on planet earth.

100 episodes
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1
Our Second PSA, The Humid Climate Conference in Austin May 4th & 5th!
16:54 Mar 23, 2026
2
Our Hidden Roommates
1:03:59 Feb 12, 2026
3
Hydronics: The OG HVAC - Part 2
1:22:24 Jan 27, 2026
4
Buildings as Habitat: Biodiversity-Informed Investments in Public Health
1:17:24 Jan 20, 2026
5
Hydronics: The OG HVAC - Part 1
1:24:14 Dec 23, 2025
6
Beyond the View
1:31:29 Dec 1, 2025
7
Cementing Carbon
1:01:15 Oct 31, 2025
8
Systems Thinking to Save the World - 50 Years of Serious Commotion
1:24:31 Oct 21, 2025
9
Navigating the Path to Passive
1:07:39 Sep 27, 2025
10
Blurring the Edges Between Inside and Out
1:16:11 Aug 18, 2025
11
Commissioning Matters
1:14:31 Aug 4, 2025
12
Architectural Epidemiology
1:17:23 Jul 7, 2025
13
Design Matters: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Architectural Impact
1:04:26 May 29, 2025
14
Architecture of Risk: Managing Liability & Uncertainty in the AEC
1:06:41 Apr 30, 2025
15
Building the Movement
1:01:01 Apr 10, 2025
16
Sustainability & Climate Wordcraft
1:28:32 Mar 20, 2025
17
Telling Better Stories
1:15:55 Feb 26, 2025
18
Architecture Out of Balance
1:15:01 Dec 7, 2024
19
An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book - Part 3, Causing Good Design to Happen
1:14:58 Nov 19, 2024
20
Designer Desiccants, Molecular Filters, and Lots Of Dehumidification
1:06:03 Nov 4, 2024
21
Unlocking Electrification with Passive Buildlings
1:14:49 Oct 9, 2024
22
More Influence, More Impact, More Satisfaction
1:25:21 Sep 8, 2024
23
Tools for a Habitable Future
1:19:35 Aug 16, 2024
24
Rethinking the Wood Supply Chain
48:01 Jul 29, 2024
25
Modular Part 2 - Working Skillfully Within Constraint
46:35 Jul 9, 2024
26
Modular Part 1 - It doesn't have to be so *$%! Hard!
52:24 Jul 2, 2024
27
Pickleball Goes Passive
58:04 Jun 11, 2024
28
Is There a Passive House Aesthetic?
1:07:08 May 23, 2024
29
Our First PSA, Humid Climate Conference in Austin, May 6-7!
11:19 May 1, 2024
30
Ultrasonics Comes to Market
1:06:59 Apr 22, 2024
31
Next Level Leverage
58:50 Apr 10, 2024
32
Houses are Made of Stories
1:17:04 Mar 26, 2024
33
Entropy, Insight and Our Time to Shine
1:14:17 Mar 12, 2024
34
Wood is Good?
1:25:27 Mar 1, 2024
35
Circles All the Way Down
1:17:04 Feb 13, 2024
36
Air-To-Water: Hydronic Hype or the Future?
1:19:24 Jan 24, 2024
37
Not Your Grandpa's Home Improvement Show
51:18 Jan 16, 2024
38
Excuse Me, Your Coil is Leaking
1:19:41 Dec 18, 2023
39
Healthy Home Revolution
1:03:46 Dec 1, 2023
40
Green Glop and Ham Shirts
1:05:02 Nov 27, 2023
41
An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book Part 2: Practice
1:19:59 Nov 21, 2023
42
Filter Feast Part 2
54:44 Nov 7, 2023
43
Filter Feast Part 1
54:44 Oct 18, 2023
44
The “Roaring 20s” for IAQ
1:14:39 Sep 26, 2023
45
An Architectural Optimist Wrote a Book
1:06:56 Sep 11, 2023
46
Making Quality Homes A(a)ffordable?
53:08 Aug 25, 2023
47
The Future of Homes
1:18:18 Aug 17, 2023
48
Hempcrete Homes: A Growing Industry
1:15:29 Aug 9, 2023
49
Architectural Solar: A New Normal
1:08:10 Aug 2, 2023
50
Build. Not too much. Mostly with plants.
1:22:24 Jul 19, 2023
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