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Talking turkey: the perils of life in a passive house, with Ross Cremin (Cremin Surveying)
On the night before, the night before, Christmas, we spent the morning with Ross Cremin a QS with a lot of experience in passive house building [I know what I wrote – ...
Revealing opportunity with thermal imaging, a chat with Stewart Little of IRT Surveys
We spent a little time with Stewart Little, a former architect who's been working to support energy efficiency and retrofit in the built environment for more than 20 y...
The man who said 'heat pumps are not the answer', with Ryan Philp (Daikin)
This week we're with Ryan Philp from heat pump manufacturer Daikin who caught our attention thanks to his article titled Heat Pumps Are Not The Answer. In truth, he is...
Meeting Muyiwa Oki, talking impact and sustainability with RIBA's incoming president
We were delighted to be able to have an early-doors chat with incoming RIBA president Muyiwa Oki. As one might expect, it was very architecture heavy: we talked about ...
Leading sustainability in Scottish architecture, with Chris Stewart, President of RIAS
Back in the summer Glasgow-based architect Chris Stewart became the new President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), so a chat with him was r...
BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep05 - Funding the decarbonisation of the build environment, with Eddie McAvinchey (Scottish National Investment Bank)
In our last episode from BE-ST Fest 2022 Alex and Eddie McAvinchey (Scottish National Investment Bank) explore the funding stages available to companies, from concept ...
BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep04 - Disrupting the industry to achieve net zero, with Christina Gaiger (former RIAS President)
In episode four of our mini-series, the ZAP team and Christina Gaiger discuss the need for a shift in perception within the industry of the domestic market and how it ...
BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep03 - A contractor's perspective on the challenges holding back procurement, with Jennifer Phin (A.C. Whyte & Co.)
Episode three of our mini-series from BE-ST Fest 2022, where we spoke with Jennifer Phin, MD of energy-efficiency contractor A.C. Whyte & Co. Following her appearance ...
BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep02 - Aiming for sustainability at speed and scale?
In ep two of our mini-series from BE-ST Fest 2022, fresh from the BE Inspired panel, we spoke with Ele George from Elevate, Catherine Cosgrove chair of the Scottish Ec...
BE-ST Fest 2022 - Ep01 - Net zero needs more ambition, with Chris Stark (CEO of the Climate Change Committee) and Stephen Good (BE-ST)
In this first BE-ST Fest 22 interview we spoke with Chris Stark, CEO of the Climate Change Committee (or Committee on Climate change, both names appear to be out there...
BE-ST Fest 2022 (a short intro to our ZAP mini series)
Last week, we went to BE-ST Fest 2022, we've definitely mentioned it before. We mention it again because while we were there we took an opportunity to catch up with so...
Getting sustainability into new-build housing, with Robbie McGrath, Head of Sustainability at D/RES Properties
We caught up with friend of the show, Robbie McGrath, Head of Sustainability at D/RES Properties in Ireland. He's a mechanical engineer who meandered his way into sust...
Burnout, bureaucracy, Energiesprong and Ealing (part two), with Tania Jennings Principal Domestic Energy Officer at Ealing Council
Part two of our long, rambling chat with Tania Jennings about delivering public sector projects including an Energiesprong scheme. Go back to part one if you haven't l...
Burnout, bureaucracy, Energiesprong and Ealing (part one), with Tania Jennings Principal Domestic Energy Officer at Ealing Council
This week we had a long, rambling chat with Tania Jennings about delivering public sector projects including an Energiesprong scheme. She has experience that wraps in ...
Hydrogen, Alex's passivshed, a practical approach to retrofit, and some social housing chat
Guestless for a change, we had a chat amongst ourselves and talked a lot about social housing and retrofit. Eventually, we even got on to talking about Alex's passivsh...
‘Dream house’ sustainability and environmental activism in Hollywood with Ed Begley Jr (Better Call Saul, St Elsewhere, Six Feet Under)
We got a chance to have a chat with a bonafide celebrity, Ed Begley Jr. As well as being a TV and Hollywood actor, Ed is a long-time environmental activist, and in tho...
Retrofitting for heritage, as well as the future with Dr Marina Topouzi (Environmental Change Institute) and Nigel Griffiths (Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance)
The immensely knowledgable and experienced Marina Topouzi and Nigel Griffiths joined us for a chat about retrofit, this time adding heritage into the mix and acknowled...
Talking Carbon with a Tier One Contractor, a Conversation with Allan Smith, Low Carbon Manager for Morrison Construction
Alex and Dan took some time to speak with Allan Smith, Low Carbon Manager at Morrison Construction, to find out about how a tier one contractor is approaching the low-...
Part 2 - Housing Policy with Gavin Smart & Callum Chomczuk of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
A great discussion with Gavin, the Chief Executive of the CIH, and Callum, who is the National Director in Scotland. We had a fascinating conversation that covered a ...
Bonus Episode - United Nations Centres of Excellence for High Performance Buildings with Scott Foster & Jenna Crammer
Last year before CoP26, we spoke to Scott Foster, the Director of Sustainable Energy and Jenna Crammer at the Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh. This year between...
Part 1 - Housing Policy with Gavin Smart & Callum Chomczuk of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
A great discussion with Gavin, the Chief Executive of the CIH, and Callum, who is the National Director in Scotland. We had a fascinating conversation that covered a ...
BONUS EP #2 ZAP x CIH from Scotland's Festival of Housing 2022 - the UK private rental sector
This Zero Ambitions bonus episode is the second part of our CIH collaboration, produced a Scotland's Housing Festival 2022. Again, we're joined by Callum Chomczuk ...
BONUS EP #1 ZAP x CIH from Scotland's Festival of Housing 2022 - the right to a home
This Zero Ambitions bonus episode is the first of a collaborative two-parter we produced a the Chartered Institute of Housing's Glasgow Conference, Scotland's Housing ...
Re-up: The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 2), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
Part two of our conversation with Robin McAlpine about Common Weal's Green New Deal, a fully-costed programme of action, explaining how life in Scotland will need to c...
Retrofit, procurement, contracting, and preparing for the future: a conversation with Jennifer Phin from A.C. Whyte
Last week we met with 'friend of the show; Jennifer Phin, MD of A.C. Whyte & Co., a firm with decades of experience delivering energy efficiency through retrofit measu...
The state of retrofit – with Russell Smith of Parity Projects and Retrofit works
This week Dan and Sara had the chance to speak with retrofit pioneer Russell Smith, of Parity Projects and Retrofit works. As a long-marcher in the retrofit space, we ...
Retrofit Reimagined mash up, with Charlotte Bailey of Civic Square
In this episode, Sara speaks to Charlotte Bailey from Civic Square.Sara spoke to Charlotte about how we value approaches to problem solving in the built environment, g...
A contractor's right to reply, but without any contractors, just Dan, Duncan, Jeff, and Sara
No guest this week, just us discussing the right of reply that contractors are probably due on Zero Ambitions (they come in for a lot of stick), and we also talked abo...
Overheating: design and build for heatwaves and a warming world, with Nick Grant, Alan Clarke, and Kate de Selincourt
With much of Europe in literal meltdown, we wanted to talk about another kind of overheating – natural, but very much carbon-assisted overheating. We took some time to...
The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 2), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
Part two of our conversation with Robin McAlpine about Common Weal's Green New Deal, a fully-costed programme of action, explaining how life in Scotland will need to c...