Ross Elliott joins Casey on The Conscious Builder Podcast and shares his experience of 40+ years working in the field. Ross was formerly the owner of Homesol Building Solutions an Energy Consulting and Certification firm. He has since retired and spends his time gathering sap to produce maple syrup with his wife Kathryn and working on various personal building projects. He shares his experience building and living in a Net Zero home, what's going on during maple syrup season on his 5 acre organic farmstead, 4Syte and the future of indigenous housing.

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Table of Contents: ⏱️
0:00 Guest Background and Introduction
3:15 Ross’s Introduction into the Industry
9:00 Changes in the HOME ENERGY MODELLING between now and 1980’s
10:45 What is the Difference between CERTIFIED PASSIVE HOUSE & PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSE?
18:30 What is THERMAL MASS and is it Important?
23:45 Ross’s personal LEED certified Farmhouse
30:05 Ross’s SOAP INSULATED Greenhouse
35:00 What can we as individuals do to combat CLIMATE CHANGE?
45:00 Every Builder’s DILEMMA when Building Better!
56:15 Construction Developments for the Future: Automation, 3D printing…
1:02:50 A day in the life of Retired Life with Ross Elliott

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Lively Up Harvest: https://www.livelyup.ca/
Lively Up on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livelyupharvest
HomeSol Building Solutiond: https://homesolbuildingsolutions.com/

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