GBM with Nate Adams

Nate Adams, The House Whisperer About this Episode In this episode, we talk with Nate Adams, aka "The House Whisperer" about the residential side of things, particularly energy performance. Nate shares how he got into the field of improving home energy performance and the powerful movement he is supporting to help make energy efficiency the norm in the industry. Key Talking Points Nate's nontraditional route into the "green" movement The "Electrify Everything" movement & Nate's mission to improve energy performance in every home Why home performance needs a measurement upgrade The importance of teaching while learning to make a stronger movement Key Milestones of the Episodes [1:19] Nate's background [2:13] Nate's nontraditional route into sustainability [4:16] The "Electrify Everything" Movement [8:00] Nate's movement into the "entrepreneur" side of building green [14:03] The "House Whisperer" Process [20:13] What should the industry be focused on? [21:57] Why we need standardized energy measures [23:59] Consistent routines & teaching while evolving Key Quotes "The math has flipped to where renewable energy is the least expensive source [of energy] in most places." Key Resource The Home Comfort Book: The ultimate guide to creating a comfortable, healthy, long lasting, and efficient home. Other Resources An Inconvenient Truth Electrify Everything! A Practical Guide to Ditching Your Gas Meter Energy-Efficient Homes Are Worth More. So Let's Create an Easy Metric for Buyers An Efficiency Manifesto: Energy and Home Performance Programs Need Serious Reform Get in Contact with Nate Nate Adams is the owner of The House Whisperer, green building industry writer, consultant, business partner for One Knob Consulting and Energy Home Performance, and author of "The Home Comfort Book" The House Whisperer Website Nate Adams on LinkedIn Don't forget to catch more episodes and resources for all of your green building news at the Green Building Matters website Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES: Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more insurances that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2019 GBES