Residentially Speaking hosted by Alan Hubbell: Recent Episodes
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Building science is an evolving concept key to building high-performance homes that will stand the test of time. Join DuPont Residential Marketing Leader Alan Hubbell each month as he sits down with builders, dealers, thought leaders and influencers across the residential construction industry to bring interesting and informative content to the builder community.
Ron Jones joins Residentially Speaking to discuss how he got started in construction, his thoughts on the state of the industry and where we are headed. He has served on the national boards of the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and is also the President and Co-founder of Green Builder® Media.
Noted building science consultant Steve Easley believes in building smarter and greener in order to build better. Internationally recognized for educating building industry professionals and their trade partners, Steve joins Residentially Speaking to discuss increasing the quality of construction and sustainability.
This special episode is a replay of the Mighty Buildings Podcast episode starring DuPont's own Global Sustainability Director Shawn Hunter. Shawn sat with Sam Ruben, co-founder of Mighty Buildings, to talk about the DuPont 2030 Sustainability Goals and his aspiration to drive the move to a more sustainable Earth.
This week's guest is the CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, LLC, John Burns, who is considered a premier expert in real estate data and research. He joins Residentially Speaking to delve into his career journey and the intriguing differences between generations and their approaches to home buying.
Gord Cooke, a noted building science educator, is currently principal of Building Knowledge Canada and a partner at Construction Instruction. He joins the Residentially Speaking podcast to bring a Canadian perspective to the state of building science in the residential construction industry.
For our fourth episode we bring in some of our own DuPont experts to talk about flashing. Jim Katsaros is a Research Fellow / Global Applications Development Leader with DuPont, Keenan Watson is Field Development Specialist for the DuPont Building Knowledge Center and Tom Baiada is Product Consultant for the DuPont Building Knowledge Center.
Meagan McCoy Jones is President of McCoy’s Building Supply, a family-owned business that began in 1927 by Meagan’s great-grandfather Frank McCoy. She chats with Alan about her family’s role in the residential construction industry and brings a unique perspective on how to make building science relevant to the marketplace.
Bill Smithers is CEO of CBUSA, a network of premier custom and independent home builders across the United States. He joins Alan to discuss his real-world experience in learning and applying building science to the homes he’s built and how it can be used to resolve or prevent building performance issues.
Noted educator and construction industry thought leader Mark LaLiberte is a co-founder and principal of Construction Instruction. In this inaugural episode of Residentially Speaking Mark sits down with Alan to discuss the state of building science in the residential construction industry and why it’s so important to meeting today’s challenges.