Exploring Green Building and the Future of Construction

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[billkemp]

Thanks, Matt for publishing the video! As an architect and multi-discipline engineer, I have been for decades trying to educate clients to incorporate these technologies. Sadly building owners are short term thinkers who only think about the initial building costs and don't consider the long term saving potential in operating costs utilizing these technologies.

[KJSvitko]

You should do an interview with a Net Zero or Passive House architect and home owner.
It would be interesting to hear about how they went thru the process of building green.

[MythosGandaar]

My mom's old office was LEED certified. Had a garage with EV charging and solar panels on the roof

[markodeen]

Pretty good over view Matt. When I saw the title I was thinking "here we go again, Green Washing", but you steered clear of many of the things you get LEED points for. I prefer the Net Zero concept since it's a bit more straight forward as far as lowering energy use or offsetting it with on site generation.

[larrykearns]

Excellent summary. I suggest following with an episode on the Passive House movement.

[dimitrisgf]

Hello Matt great video!! I am engineer and passive house consultant. Maybe you should do a video about passive house institute efforts that are targeting the household mainly and greater scale buildings. Keep up the good work!

[shunity]

I'm a B.Tech Civil grad. Felt the need to lean into my creative nature and incorporate it into my workflow.. going for M.Des Sustainable Design now. Wish me luck fellow humans🖐😎

[charlesbusskohl]

Know of any companies working towards these same goals in the residential area? Thank you for the great and exciting content

[paulogden]

Working from home saves more than 100% of lifetime building energy costs: You don't have to build an office building, you don't have to power it, and you don't have to drive to it. This is the way of the future.

[iaindowling]

I ran a LEED certified building as the building engineer and it was a disaster for occupant comfort, the heating system wasn't properly designed and created cold and hot sections as well as drafts and I kept being accused of using too much energy. The architects and engineers should be made too work in these building as punishment.
A lot of the buildings built in the 60's with windows that opened were the most comfortable. It doesn't matter how efficient a building if it isn't comfortable.

[Fenix]

The benefit that you neglected to mention from the mycelial bricks is that concrete production produces a huge amount of carbon dioxide which would be reduced. By using the corn stalks in the building you mentioned, that building essentially also sequestered all the carbon from those plants instead of putting it back into the carbon cycle (until they broke it down for the biodegradability demo). This could provide the opportunity to build buildings with a SIGNIFICANTLY reduced carbon footprint or even a net negative one all the way back to the base resources.

[michiganengineer]

We have a "low flow" crapper. Usually we have to flush it _AT LEAST_ 3 times to get solids to go down the drain. And yes, I've had the rest of the plumbing checked, no blockages in the drain lines at all. If I was going to replace it with another low flow I'd look into a system designed for marine or RV use since for those you REALLY don't want any extra liquid than is absolutely necessary going into your holding tank (or sewer system).

[portice_design]

LEED is a good start; Don't forget the even more rigorous building certifications through the Living Building Challenge, or Passive House certification.

[AnimalFacts]

Have you done a similar video on net-zero single-family houses?

[fajrilhanif]

Way to minimize heating and cooling and lighting energy consumption:
•Green roof, Energy efficient window with triple pane glass and low emissitivity coating, as well as good insulation
•Non toxic eco friendly ans sustainable material

Example of green building
The Crystal, london
•70% natural light, truple glazed windows
Us
•lighting by triple glazed curtain wall and good orientation of building

[Dan-Simms]

Am a little late coming to this video, I've been going through your back catalogue since discovering your channel. My dad has built a few green buildings, using hay bales. The walls may be thick but does it ever make for good insulation, it is so easy to heat and cool.

[GreenwaterScientific]

Every step towards green building is a step towards a sustainable future. This video gives hope for what's coming next for our cities🌿🏢

[CyPorter]

Fungus is amazing! Read, "Teaming with Microbes." Living soil is what I dream nanotech will be like one day.

[anshumandash]

that intro music always gets me so hyped for ur video! Usually I don't like intros, but yours is an exception for sure

[Elementaro]

Here's a concept I think would make an interesting video topic, how feasible is converting the updrafts from a skyscraper into wind generated power?