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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...
The Politics of Change and a Real Green New Deal (part 1), with Robin McAlpine of Common Weal
This was a much more political conversation than usual, but don't be put off. Robin McAlpine is an experienced political strategist and founder of the Scottish think t...
Retrofit Reimagined with Immy Kaur of Civic Square and Jack Minchella of Dark Matter Labs
This week we spoke to Immy Kaur of Civic Square and Jack Minchella of Dark Matter labs about the upcoming Retrofit Reimagined festival, who is taking part, why it's ha...
Commercial sustainability, doing it right and making it pay, with Gary Wilburn (EP Projects', AECB)
We had a chat with architect and building physicist, Gary Wilburn (EP Projects, AECB) about sustainable construction and pushing innovation in sustainable architecture...
Dr Peter Rickaby (part 2) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
In this second of a two-part interview with Peter Rickaby, we discuss the challenges of how we upgrade the UK’s historic housing stock and the difficulties we face wit...
Dr Peter Rickaby (part 1) on Retrofit, Heat Pumps, EPCs, PAS 2035, LADs, Climate Change, and everything in-between
Last week Jeff, Dan, Sara and Duncan met up with Dr Peter Rickaby to talk about all things retrofit. The conversation centred on PAS 2035 and the work that is going o...
EnerPhit in Action with John Gilbert Architects, Dr Ken Gibb, and Yogini Patel of The Passivhaus Trust
Great discussion with Yogini of the Passivhaus Trust, Dr Ken Gibb at Glasgow University and Chris Morgan of John Gilbert Architects on the retrofit of the sandstone te...
The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 2) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
Discussion with Andy Simmonds CEO of the AECB who are the largest member group for sustainable building in the UK. The conversation covers the AECB retrofit standard;...
The CarbonLite Retrofit Standard (part 1) and a database for Low Energy Buildings, with Andy Simmonds of the AECB
Discussion with Andy Simmonds CEO of the AECB who are the largest member group for sustainable building in the UK. The conversation covers the AECB retrofit standard;...
Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), with Stephen Good and Douglas Morrison
Decarbonising the built environment is the greatest engineering challenge the UK has ever faced. We are now in an unprecedented period of transformation that requires ...
Reissue #1 The UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson (ep #3)
This week we’ve gone back to an episode of the podcast that we recorded in the Autumn of 2021 about the UK Energy Market with Professor Kevin Albertson. The episode...
Collective Purchasing with Chris Clarke at Scape Group - The power of procurement frameworks to change the dynamic
Conversation with Chris Clarke, who is the Performance and Improvement Director at Scape Group. Scape is one of the UK's leading public sector procurement authority w...
BetaTalk meets Zero Ambitions: we need to do better with our heating, and for our heating engineers
We met with Nathan Gambling of the Beta Teach platform and BetaTalk podcast. A champion for better heating systems, better training and education, renewables, and clea...
ZAP's Good Friday late-night roundtable: should we be building new homes at all?
A slightly rambling discussion about the place of new build in a low-energy and low-carbon world.
Central heating problems: systemic issues in design, accessibility, and economics
This week we are joined by Jo Alsop of The Heating Hub and Leah Robson of Your Energy Your Way. We talked about how poor system design inhibits accessibility (and opt...
Helping Retrofit Reach a Wider Audience, with author and influencer Laura de Barra
How do we move out of the silos we are in and reach the widest audience? Given the scale of the challenge and how quickly we need to bring about change in the construc...
Social Justice in Retrofit, with Tara Gbolade and Marianne Heaslip
We spoke to Tara Gbolade and Marianne Heaslip about how work towards demand reduction and healing our homes must be grounded in social justice. In what will be one of ...
Training for a just transition, with Caitriona Jordan of BE-ST
Caitriona Jordan from BE-ST (formerly Construction Scotland Innovation Centre) spoke with us about the importance of training in supporting a just transition and share...
How We Actually Use Buildings, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (usablebuildings.co.uk)
#31 Adrian Leaman & Bill Bordass If you’ve started looking into building performance and post occupancy evaluation at all you’ll soon come across research and tools...
Ireland's National Retrofitting Scheme, with Eamon Ryan (TD)
Yes, it's possible! A long term national retrofit strategy. We're delighted to bring this week's episode to you. Ireland's National Retrofitting Scheme with Eamon Ryan...
Driving the EU to Net Zero, with Ciarán Cuffe MEP
20 years after an EU directive introduced energy performance certificates for buildings across Europe, Ciarán Cuffe explains why the directive is being recast to drive...
Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings Patrick Harvie - "No Pathway to tackling Climate Change without More Ambition"
"There is no path to meeting our climate targets that doesn't involve much more ambition [on buildings]. By the end of this decade, we need to see a million homes conv...