Best Energyrating Podcasts (2024)

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EP162 Inside HVAC: Codes, Standards, and Shaping the Future at ACCA 2024 With Wes Davis, ACCA (MARCH 2024) 24:12

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In this episode recorded at the ACCA 2024 conference in Orlando, Eric Kaiser interviews Wes Davis, the Director of Technical Services at ACCA. Wes shares his extensive experience at ACCA, noting his nearly two-decade tenure and involvement in significant initiatives like code hearings and contractor accreditation efforts. He humorously remarks on h…

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EP161 Connecting the Dots: HVAC Excellence Conference Highlights and Industry Evolution With Josh Crawley & Casey Prater (April 2024) 29:11

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In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, hosted by Eric Kaiser, guests Josh Crawley and Casey Prater from TruTech Tools discuss their experiences at the HVAC Excellence National HVACR Education Conference held in March in Las Vegas, Nevada. They share insights on the conference's focus on education and technology advancements in the HV…

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EP160 From Recovery to Revolution: The Jason Julian HVAC Journey With Jason Julian (February 2024) 43:26

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In this engaging interview on the Building HVAC Science Podcast, co-hosts Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn welcomed Jason Julian, owner of Julian Heating and Air in Arkansas, to discuss his remarkable journey and the evolution of his business. Julian's story is one of resilience and transformation, beginning with his entry into the HVAC industry as a rec…

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EP159 Blueprints to Bytes: How Russ King is Redefining HVAC with Technology With Russ King (February 2024) 38:48

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In this podcast Bill and Eric interview their friend, Russ King, AKA Mr. Load Calcs from California. Russ has extensive background in HVAC, starting from his first job in 1988 doing load calculations and energy modeling for California's Title 24 energy code. He shares his journey from working with his mentor Marshall Hunt, through running a mechani…

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EP158 Comfort, Co-ops, and Climate Care: Revolutionizing HVAC in Ontario With Victor Hyman (February 2024) 34:18

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Eric and Bill welcome Victor Hyman to the podcast. Victor is the Executive Director of Climate Care Cooperative, an Ontario-based HVAC contractors' cooperative focused on residential services. Victor explains that Climate Care has been operational since 1992, and he has been its Executive Director for three and a half years. He highlights the uniqu…

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EP157 Heat Pumps, Homes, and High Tech Amply Energy's HVAC Evolution With Ed Smith and Eric Fitz (February 2024) 39:31

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In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, co-hosts Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn welcomed special guests Ed Smith and Eric Fitz from Amply Energy. The group began by sharing their experiences at the recent HVACR school symposium in Florida, highlighting the significance of personal connections and shared knowledge in the industry. Ed Smith…

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EP156 Inside the Toolbox- Rethinking HVAC with a High-End Twist With Chris Wisniewski (December 2023) 42:45

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In the episode Eric and Bill interview Chris Wisniewski, a high-end residential HVAC contractor. Chris shares his journey from having no initial interest in HVAC, influenced by his father's work, to taking over the family business after college. He emphasizes the importance of being in the field and understanding the technical aspects, leading to h…

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EP155 Sustainable Spaces: The Journey from Efficiency to Humanity in Design With Vali Homes (November 2023) 42:20

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In the podcast, Austin shares his experiences with sustainable building practices, particularly highlighting the initial venture into constructing a LEED platinum-level building to demonstrate that high sustainability standards can be achieved without excessive costs or complexity. He discusses the general approach where typical construction starts…

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EP154 Closing the Gap: AeroSeal's Quest for Net-Zero Buildings With Amit Gupta (January 2024) 33:43

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In this episode of the podcast hosts Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn welcomed Amit Gupta from AeroSeal, a company specializing in duct sealing technology. Amit shared the backstory of AeroSeal, which was originally founded based on technology invented by Dr. Mark Modera at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The technology struggled to gain traction …

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EP153 HVACR Horizons: From 12-Year-Old Prodigies to Industry Pioneers With Eric & Bill (February 2024) 46:40

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In this episode Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn review their experiences and insights from the 5th Annual HVACR School training symposium. They start by discussing the symposium's popularity, noting it had a cap of 300 attendees, indicating a high level of interest and engagement within the community. A highlight mentioned is a 12-year-old attendee, Atl…

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EP152 Ralph Wolf's HVAC Odyssey: Lessons, Laughs, and Legacies (December 2023) 41:30

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In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, Eric Kaiser introduces Ralph Wolf, a respected figure in the HVAC industry, known for his internet presence and contributions to the field. Ralph discusses his journey, emphasizing the impact of social media on his career and his current role in education. Despite his reduced online activity sin…

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EP151 From Ice to Inspiration: Highlights at the AHR Expo (January 2024) 24:46

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Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn share their experiences and observations from the 2024 AHR Expo, a major event for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) industry held this past week (Jan 22-24, 2024). Main points: There were thousands of vendors showcasing new products and technologies. We mention the educational sessions…

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EP150 Filtering the Future - The Journey of John Ellis in Reinventing Air Quality (November 2023) 40:45

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Bill & Eric had a great time digging into the details of all things IAQ with John Ellis. Our conversation covered a new air filtration product developed by John in collaboration with Dustfree. Eric queried John on the applications for and design of the product. John with his 43 years of field experience, describes the collaboration with Dustfree's …

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EP149 More Than Just Fixing Furnaces: Why NCI is the Heartbeat of the HVAC Industry With Dominick Guarino (December 2023) 41:10

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Eric and I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Dominick Guarino the Chairman & CEO of the National Comfort Institute (NCI) about its mission to improve the HVAC industry through education and training. Here are the key points: NCI's origin and mission: Founded in 1998 by Dominick Guarino and the late Rob Falke. Driven by the desire to improve…

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EP148 Trade Secrets Revealed: Inside Classset, the Platform Building a Blue-Collar Boom with Cooper Newby (November 2023) 37:50

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Eric and I had a great time learning about Classset, a platform that connects skilled trades workers with potential employers. Here's a 3-paragraph summary: Classset was founded by Cooper Newby and his co-founder Nick Jones, who were inspired by their previous experience recruiting blue-collar workers and their belief in the potential of the skille…

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EP147 Building science haiku with Shawna Henderson November 2023 40:18

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Eric and I had the pleasure of interviewing Shawna Henderson, as self-proclaimed building science wonk: who works to keep it real in the field and make it real with online training for builders and renovators. A unique thought she shares were her remarks on building science haiku: how structure, components and requirements can create thousands of v…

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EP146 Around the country in 227 days Or ELK's 2023 Travelogue (December 2023) 35:05

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We’ve kept Eric Kaiser, our Industry Engagement Manager, busy for the last couple years and especially in 2023. Part of his busy-ness was related to traveling to various conferences, meetings and events. In this episode, Bill and Eric chat about these experiences and how they help us better serve customers and the industry. This episode was recorde…

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EP145 Product innovation from Holland - a conversation with Niek-Jan Bink of ACIN Instruments (October 2023) 39:23

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Niek-Jan’s Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/niek-jan-bink-18b6203/ ACIN Products: http://www.acin.nl/ RETROTEC and ACIN at TruTech Tools: https://trutechtools.com/retrotec Eric and I had the pleasure of interviewing Niek Jan Bink, a Dutch national who has been working in the HVAC industry for over 20 years. He is the founder of Acin, a company…

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EP144 Tailor made training for the trades with Louise Kellar from UEi (October 2023) 34:25

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Eric and I had a great conversation with Louise Kellar, the National Training Manager for UEi Test instruments. We share a lot of common ground with Louise on education and proper application in test and measurement. And in this interview Eric and Louise literally shared the common ground they were standing on during the interview which was conduct…

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EP143 Using AI in your HVAC Business with Tersh Blissett (October 2023) 44:38

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Eric and I agree: Tersh Blissett would win the best-dressed in HVAC award if there was one. But beyond his dashing apparel, Tersh is a person of many talents. As a visionary creator of the Service Business Mastery podcast (now with co-host Josh Crouch), he is a font of wisdom and inspiration that has been flowing since 2017 when he became part of B…

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EP142 The Malco Story: Good Stewards Supporting the Trades with Rebecca Talbot & Rich Benninghoff (October 2023) 36:04

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Listen in as Eric and I interview two of the leaders of Malco products and learn how they have become the nation’s leading solution developers and manufacturers of “tools of the trade” for HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning), exterior remodeling, and more. Joining us is Rich Benninghoff, President & CEO, along with Rebecca Talbot, Malc…

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EP141 Sustainability is complex, why simplicity is more important than ever with Steven Biersteker (October 2023) 40:15

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Another post on LinkedIn is what got this conversation/episode started. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7104814299386171392/ Perhaps it was the architectural rendering of a piece of cake that caught my eye – well done Steven! (FYI as of this writing this post has 564 reactions, 59 comments and 45 reposts- that’s influence!) Mee…

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EP140 Thoughts on the push for heat pumps and the accompanying funding for electrification With Cindy Zeis (October 2023) 32:41

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Eric and I had a great conversation with Cindy Zeis of Performance Systems Development, https://psdconsulting.com/, a company with the tag line: “Moving Energy Efficiency Forward” and description. We combine building science with technology to help utility companies, program implementers, and building performance professionals achieve energy saving…

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EP139 Creating a culture of #betterhvac with Tim DeStasio (August 2023) 39:07

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DEFINITION of Culture Learned patterns of perception, values, and behaviors, SHARED by a group of people that are dynamic and heterogeneous. (diverse in character or content.) I like having guests on the podcast share their journeys and important lessons learned along the way. We explore these topics and more with Tim Destasio as he explains how he…

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EP138 Tying it all together - The Whos Whats and Whys of Ty Branaman (August 2023) 39:48

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We had a great time interviewing the man behind the brand “Love2HVAC”. Ty Branaman’s passion for all things HVAC education certainly comes through in every conversation and interaction we’ve had. Ty has a lot of patience (and a small pointer finger thing) that help explain and highlight whatever topic is teaching at the moment. He stresses the use …

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EP137 Growing businesses need structure, EOS can provide it with Derek Pittak (September 2023) 40:11

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I’m not exactly sure when I got introduced to the concepts of EOS, the Entrepreneurial Operating System. It was likely during my 12 week “crash course” in business with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program or 10kSB (https://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000-small-businesses/US/ ) – probably one of the 145 people in my National Cohort #6…

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EP136 Utilizing Smart Maintenance plans benefits your customers and your business with Josh Teekell (August 2023) 41:31

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Eric and I had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Teekell, founder of SmartAC.com Josh has envisioned, developed, and built a straightforward, EASY-to-install tech product that enables Smart Maintenance plans. Josh describes the net result for HVAC and plumbing companies is for them to maximize their revenue by dramatically increasing their membersh…

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EP135 Making Sustainable Building Mainstream Building With Robby Schwartz (August 2023) 43:30

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Meet Robby Schwartz, founder of the BuildTank and the BuildTank Podcast who aims Robby on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robby-schwarz-b17b956/ I have been engaged in Applied Building Science, Resiliency and Sustainability, energy efficiency, Codes etc. since the early 1990’s. My experience is varied, including several years working as a com…

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EP134 The Science of Air leading to Healthier Indoors with Alex DeGagne’ (August 2023) 32:41

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My guest today, Alex DeGagne’, is one of those very interesting people I have met in my travels in the last few years. Alex is CEO & owner of MINOTAIR, a manufacturing company currently based in Gatineau in southwestern, Quebec, Canada. His main product is the Pentacare-V12, a compact, ultra efficient air exchanger that incorporates a HEPA filter, …

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EP133 Commissioning an HVAC System is hard- doing it with measureQuick is easier with Jim Bergmann (August 2023) 42:23

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Eric Kaiser and I had the pleasure of interviewing the man, the myth, the legend (and our friend) Jim Bergmann in this episode. As Jim’s business has grown, there are a lot of new updates, activities and events happening and coming up soon. Go to the mQ site for more details, especially the resources page: https://measurequick.com/resources/ Some s…

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EP132 The Heat Pump Summit with Brent Davidson (August 2023) 23:42

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I’ve been meeting a lot of interesting people from the tech world in in the last year or so. My new colleague at Duckling, John Hoehn, Shelby Breger at Conduit and most recently, Brent Davidson. Brent has created the first US Heat Pump Summit coming up this November in Berkeley, CA- links below for details. He defines success for the event as the a…

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EP131 The responsible contractor in my backyard with Mat Stone (August 2023) 30:10

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This episode started in 2018. I have had the notion for quite a while (since 2018) of the need for a responsible contractor network or RCN. This came up when my widowed sister that lives many states away was having trouble with her HVAC system in her home. She asked who I might recommend. I had no immediate answer. I created a few basic principles …

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EP130 The VETO ProPac story with Roger Brouard (August 2023) 1:02:29

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“Art and sweat built the tool bag.” This statement summarizes my interview with Roger Brouard, the founder of VETO Pro Pac. Roger shares with us the full story of his work life which lead him from a Fine Arts degree in Sculpture to becoming a carpenter and building wooden lobster boats – which is not an easy task, “it’s like making a zucchini out o…

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EP129 Free remote training is key to the future of HVAC/R with Jennifer Manzo (August 2023) 33:03

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Jennifer Manzo is a powerhouse. I do not know where she finds the time to do all she does. From running a HVAC business and raising a family in Maine with her partner Valentino Valeriani, to creating the HVAChicks Coalition to running a free tech support line (see below) and much much more, I really do not know how she does it! In this podcast she …

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EP128 He blinds us all with science or not? with Allison Bailes (July 2023) 36:48

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(He blinded us with science) (Science) (Science) (Science) Actually he spends a lot of time illuminating us with details about building science. Join us as Allison Bailes, “a well known troublemaker and a general pain in the asterisk” shares with us the career path that lead him to form the Energy Vanguard. You see, a vanguard is the group of peopl…

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EP127 ACCA Standards help contractors build knowledge and improve performance with Wes Davis (July 2023) 38:27

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Wes Davis joins us to provide some definitions, insights, and perspectives on HVAC Codes and Standards from his role as Director of Technical Services at ACCA - The AirConditioning Contractors of America. We dig into details of the ANSI/RESNET/ACCA Standard 310, The Standard for Grading the Installation of HVAC Systems, published in June 2020. The …

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EP126 Forced to learn the fundamentals in order to make the math and science work with Jim Bergmann (July 2023) 47:37

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Let me take you back to a time, long, long ago, when Jim Bergmann did not understand everything in HVAC. Listen in as we delve into the story of Jim Bergmann and how the communities of HVAC, and more recently building science, helped to encourage and challenge Jim to become the HVAC guru that we know today. From his self-described times of annoying…

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EP125 Breaking the cycle of settling for the status quo with Shelby Breger (July 2023) 32:21

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Connect and support: a kind and noble mission that can span all elements of humanity. Connect in one way to understand. Connect in a second way to bring information streams together. Conduit Tech is developing a means of rapidly connecting technical information to help HVAC contractors excel - what a cool basis for the name of a new company! In thi…

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EP124 Business Philosophy, why did we hire an ELK? With Eric Kaiser (July 2023) 25:43

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A simple episode where Eric Kaiser (ELK) and Bill Spohn (OverKill Bill) riff on TruTech’s business philosophies: Core Values, Purpose and Niche and what kind of actions we take to put these words into action in the world. Also what we feel it means to be a good steward to the industry. OH and cheer on #HVACLIFE team in the Maine 70.3 Ironman on Jul…

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EP123 Business owner feature When's a good time to think about succession with Laurie Barkman (June 2023) 41:42

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This episode should be helpful to business owners. However, anyone working IN a business should find it interesting to know more about one of the topics on the mind of many business owners: business succession planning. After walking the walk of leading a $100M family-owned business through their transition, Laurie is now a guide to business owners…

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EP122 Applying disciplined interrelationships leads to better buildings with Brian Uhler (June 2023) 40:23

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Brian Uhler calls himself a naturally observant builder. This personal characteristic has served him well as understands the residential construction market with some keen observations. Join as Brian explains how he came to learn about building science, later building it into all projects. Also, hear about how he found this podcast by mistake! Here…

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EP121 An unapologetic solocast with Bill Spohn (June 2023) 17:58

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Listen in as Bill chats with… himself! Again! He shares some recent, personal and business encounters and discussions that left an impression on him. We hope you find them interesting. This episode was recorded in June 2023.

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EP120 Mindset and determination made the Mentor with Trevor Matthews (June 2023) 44:15

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Trevor Matthews shares with us his fascinating life story: from the moment he shifted his life interests from travel and surfing into the trades and as it led to forming the Refrigeration Mentor a training, education and mentorship program for the refrigeration trade. Some notable thoughts from this episode: “You can get a handle on anything with y…

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EP119 There’s an ELK running around loose at TruTech! with Eric Kaiser (June 2023) 34:13

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The 349 common connections Eric Kaiser and I share in LinkedIn speak a lot to the common perspectives we share. Yet, it’s in the differences, in the weeds, where the conversation gets interesting. Please welcome Eric Kaiser as TruTech Tool’s new Industry Engagement manager. And new co-host of this podcast. We call Eric the ELK, his initials, to dif…

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EP118 Building a thriving business with attentiveness and determination with Jeremy Begley (May 2023) 35:50

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Jeremy’s been studying the details for many years. Details like: Building and energy codes are becoming more and more stringent. Green building programs are driving more and more high-end construction. Products and construction techniques are rapidly evolving. He’s also paid attention to what is sorely needed and missing. That's why he’s helped to …

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EP117 From Aerospace to Aeroseal Zac Reed shares fresh insights into residential duct and air sealing (May 2023) 34:04

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Zac Reed, Product manager at Aeroseal, joins us today to share the technology, history and applications for Aeroseal products. Aeroseal was developed in Dr. Mark Modera’s California garage in 1993. For the first time ever, it was possible to seal leaks and holes in air ducts from the inside out. Up until that time, the only way to seal ductwork was…

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EP116 Another of Bill's monologues (May 2023) 11:20

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Listen in as Bill chats with… himself! He shares some recent, personal and business encounters and discussions that left an impression on him. We hope you find them interesting. This episode was recorded in May 2023.

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EP115 Advancements in technology through the eyes of Ben Walker at RETROTEC (April 2023) 35:16

12M ago35:16

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Listen in as Bill chats with Ben Walker, the Co-CEO of Retrotec about a wide range of technology related topics from sensors to programming to AI-Artificial Intelligence. Ben shares with us his experiences over his career in tech companies, primarily with Retrotec, one of TruTech’s major vendors of air tightness and air flow testing gear. We learn …

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EP114 The power of Big Picture Thinking with Chris Stephens (April 2023) 45:58

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In this episode, Bill interviews Chris Stephens Refrigeration Business owner and Social Media Influencer extraordinaire! There are so many nuggets to mine out of this episode, I hope you spend the time to listen to all of it. Chris is truly a multidimensional person, not like in the SciFi way though where he can walk through walls. His Big Picture …

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EP113 Mold Restoration: An Insider's view with Michael Rubino of Home Cleanse (March 2023) 25:54

1y ago25:54

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In this episode, Bill interviews Michael Rubino founder of HomeCleanse.com We discuss the technical & business aspects of mold removal and where it fits in to addressing and solving mold problems in a home or building. Michael is a forward thinker, having created his own mold remediation school for employees. At the school, they utilize the concept…

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