Gabbing about training – homeowner training specifically. It is all about habits – habits and training. Homeowner and building owner training, documentation and resources are crucial if you want to operate and maintain your home. It sounds a little dry but this is a big deal.” How many times do you get a homeowners’ manual … Continue reading Driving Your Home →

Eric Tilden joins us to gab about Sustainability and Green Building at NAHB – National Association of Homebuilders located in Washington D.C. NAHB is a trade association of home builders and others in the home builder industry representing nearly 140,000 members across the United States. Home Builders Associations (HBAs) and Building Industry Associations (BIAs) are local … Continue reading NAHB Sustainability & Green Building →

With Dr. Katie Belisle-Iffrig gabbing about her book Going Green for the Genius. Dr. Katie discovered her love for nature at an early age. She came to work at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Center in St. Louis and there worked with gardens and nature in many ways – butterfly … Continue reading Connecting with Nature to Connect with Our Inner Green →

Gabbing with Green Jean Ponzi of Missouri Botanical Garden’s Earthways Center.  Jean has long been a pillar of the green and sustainability movement in the St. Louis area through her work and her show Earthworms. She is a mentor to Marla and both of us have worked with her in various capacities over the years … Continue reading Green Home Festival and Green Jean Ponzi →

Marla and Tony are joined by special guest Angie Mendica from Crescent Plumbing Supply. The plumbing industry is acknowledging that water is our most precious resource. The plumbing industry promotes water efficiency aesthetically to commercial and residential sides of the market. As an outside sales leader with Crescent Angie does this by educating her customers … Continue reading Water Conservation with Plumbing Fixtures →

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is currently more focused than ever the green building movement. This is very important in the resources materials we build with and the standards and codes we regulated building with. Matt Dobson of the Vinyl Siding Institute joins the Green Gab today. Matt is a past chair of … Continue reading Vinyl and the Life Cycle Assessment →

Say Economics and many people groan at the thought of microeconomics and macroeconomics in school.  Economics is actually a language – the language of business.  Elliot Eisenberg of the Bow Tie Economist gabs with us about many economic aspects of green and sustainability.  Elliot was a senior economist with the National Association of Home Builders … Continue reading Economics of Green →

Gabbing about sustainability today. Sustainability, and its cousin – green – are two words that have many meanings and are often misunderstood.  Both words often are perceived as political buzzwords to be ignored. Some people think of sustainability and green as a mainstream way of life. Whatever the “truth” may be, the basic principles of … Continue reading Sustainability… for Men →

Homes involve so many components and things to keep track of whether managing a home or remodeling or building a home. It’s important to homeowners to keep a home in tip-top shape while living there and then that well-maintained home is a selling point when the time comes to sell it. As homeowners work through … Continue reading Moisture – Not In My Home… →

While reviewing this podcast and the podcast notes from Tony, my mind flashed on a scene from an older movie on the subject of home control.   I was seeing (in my mind) the movie PillowTalk with Doris Day and Rock Hudson.  And more specifically, a scene in his “bachelor pad” where the stereo turns on, the lights … Continue reading Energy Efficiency through Innovation →