Sustainable Builders Yak
For Australian construction professionals building high-performing, sustainable homes and homeowners looking to create their own sustainable, high-performing home.
Podcasting since 2021 • 53 episodes
Sustainable Builders Yak
Latest Episodes
Ep #51 Bamboo for a Sustainable Future: Building, Growing, and Innovating -With Jennifer Snyder
In this episode, Jennifer Snyder, President of the Bamboo Society of Australia, shares her journey from indifference to advocacy for bamboo in sustainable construction, environmental restoration, and carbon reduction. Born into a bamboo ...
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Ep. #50 EV Fires: Is Your Electric Vehicle A Fire Risk? - With Emma Sutcliffe
In this episode, Simon Clark and Brian Guinan chat with Emma Sutcliffe, Director of EV Firesafe, about the realities of electric vehicle (EV) fire safety. Emma shares how losing her plug-in hybrid in a 2018 bu...
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Ep #49 Ventilation, Air Quality & Energy Efficiency in High-Performance Homes – With Joel Seagren
In Episode 49 of The Sustainable Builders Yak, we’re joined by Joel Seagren, National Mechanical Ventilation Engineer at Fantech, to unpack the critical (and often overlooked) role of ventilation in high-performance ho...
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Ep #48 How Builders Can Better Qualify Clients and Win Back Time
How many hours have you wasted quoting jobs that never go ahead?In this episode of The Sustainable Builders Yak, we’re joined by Richard Armstrong, a former Melbourne renovation builder who turned over a decade of hard-ea...
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Ep #47 – From The Block to Building Better: Jesse Raeburn on Real Estate, Resilience & Sustainable Homes
In this episode, we’re joined by Jesse Raeburn, a former Block contestant, and real estate agent turned builder, who is now creating high-performance, sustainable homes in Melbourne.Jesse shares his journey from starting as...
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