Building Insights
netMAGmedia, which publishes a range of titles for the construction sector, presents the Building Insights podcast, which speaks to key voices from across the industry. Engaging with thought leaders from the worlds of design, construction, development, self-build and social housing management, Building Insights will provide an array of enlightening and unique viewpoints from a wide range of experts.
Building Insights
Latest Episodes
#101: Passivhaus – the quality assurance system construction is crying out for
Passivhaus is more than just a sustainability best practice certification. It’s also a ready-made system of science-based quality assurance which could be harnessed to solve many of construction’s recent ills. Architect and Passivhaus Trust co-...
#100th Episode! Licensed to build great Passivhaus homes
Appropriately, five years from our first episode (Sarah Lewis, research and policy director at the Passivhaus Trust) we return to the subject of Passivhaus in action for our 100th edition. Dan Levey is a certified Passivhaus housebuilder who ha...
#99: Why We Need to Transform Construction
Construction polymath Sam Stacey (his CV ranges from key roles at Buro Happold, Wates and Skanska to running the Theresa May Government’s Transforming Construction Challenge) is on a mission to change the sector’s culture. He spoke to James Par...
#98: Decent Flooring for Decent Homes
James Parker presents the highlights of a recent Building Insights LIVE round table, in association with Beauflor, which looked at why flooring had been neglected in the Decent Homes Standard, but how the social housing sector is stepping up to...
#97: Approaches to Mitigating Overheating
In association with Caribbean Blinds, James Parker, editor of Architects Datafile and Housebuilder and Developer, speaks to two solar shading experts in a very timely Ask the Expert podcast, as the UK faces unprecedented heat waves. Zoe De Grus...