Building Healthy

Live from AHR 2025 in Orlando, host Tim Wearing dives into conversations with industry leaders who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable building solutions and indoor air quality.

A special shoutout to Kevin Ridder and Chris Vintinner from Distech Controls, Eddie Legaspi from Q-PAC, Audwin Cash from GPS Air, and Bill McCarthy from Fujitsu for sharing their insights.

Chris Higgins, from the City of Vancouver and BC Hydro, joined the Building Healthy podcast and talked about a wide ranging number of topics regarding sustainable building and indoor air quality, including the city's partnership with the city of Vienna to build Vienna House, a 123-unit affordable rental housing project constructed to Passive House standards.

Making buildings more efficient isn’t just about new buildings. Betsy Agar, Program Director, Buildings, for the Pembina Institute, sits down with the Building Healthy podcast to discuss all about retrofitting to decarbonize buildings. We talk about how Pembina engages with the industry, how they come up with their recommendations and some of the challenges and advantages to retrofitting.

This month on the Building Healthy podcast, we sit down with Mariko Michasiw from the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre to discuss all things building electrification. From industry trends, the current electrification climate in BC, and where we're heading in the future. You won't want to miss this episode!

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In this episode of the Building Healthy Podcast, we sit down with Cyrus Kangarloo from Jaga Climate Systems to discuss the evolving trends in the HVAC industry, how the changing climate affects the way we heat, cool, and ventilate buildings, and the importance of building connections in an established industry.

In this episode of Building Healthy, we talk virtually to Ovidijus Petrauskas, Salda UAB's Product Manager, about Europe's 2030 Net Zero Directive, the stringent European building standards, and the changing landscape of energy efficient technology.

In this episode, we sit down with Stuart Hood, Passive House Designer and Vice President at Introba. Stuart has over 30 years of experience designing high-performance buildings and is an expert in designing large, complex Passive House Buildings.

Don't miss our tour of the West Bay Passive House located in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Check it out here!

This month, we are excited to present a 10-minute conversation with Distech Control's Ham Daneshmand, OEM Director of Sales. In this short episode (our first ever filmed!), we discuss who Distech Controls is, the innovative solutions they provide, and the big shifts and changes in the building automation field.

We're joined by Heather Burpee, from the University of Washington Integrated Design Lab, to discuss decoupled systems, the innovative work Integrated Design Lab is doing and talk about the Bullitt Center, their office building which is designated a Living Building.

In this episode of Building Healthy podcast, we talk to Christian Weeks, from enVerid Systems, to learn more about sorbent filtration, Indoor Air Quality Procedure and hear about some new updates to the ASHRAE 62.1 standard.

On our first episode of the Building Healthy podcast, we are joined by Will Dean of Aria Brands. Will is a former 2X Olympic rower turned energy recovery expert. Using the principle of "Build Tight, Ventilate Right", Will walks through what Energy Recovery Ventilation is and how to incorporate it to create healthy and safe buildings while also saving money and energy.