{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP109 The Pretty Good House with Emily Mottram","description":"Those that educate the market, own the market. Emily Mottram   We\u2019ve all heard of advanced housing concepts that require little net energy to operate. &amp;nbsp; Architects, builders, and suppliers in the residential construction industry often get together at conferences and locally and sometimes birth new concepts while challenging others. &amp;nbsp; What kind of ideas develop when you ignite their passions, crowd source ideas, and marinate for a few years? &amp;nbsp; What if you aspire to build a Pretty Good House? What does that look like? How do you go about educating others? &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Joining us on today\u2019s podcast as&amp;nbsp;Emily Mottram of Mottram Architecture describes for us a passion project that started out of local discussions in her home state of Maine and has branched out into a book, a course, a podcast, webinars and regional events!Emily describes a Pretty Good House (PGH) as an open-source framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a home that focus both on its inhabitants and the environment\u2014but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a \u201cperfect\u201d solution. The PGH concept respects financial and practical constraints to meet both home owner and environmental needs. https:\/\/www.prettygoodhouse.org\/ &amp;nbsp; In July 2022, Emily, Christopher Briley, Daniel Kolbert, and Michael Maines began selling a book that organizes and presents the PGH framework: https:\/\/www.tauntonstore.com\/pretty-good-house &amp;nbsp; They have also created the Pretty Good House course launching on January 4, 2023:&amp;nbsp;finehomebuilding.com\/prettygoodhousecourse&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; The course will offer eight (8) RESNET&amp;nbsp;Professional Development Credits&amp;nbsp;for Quality Assurance&amp;nbsp;Designees and Instructors. &amp;nbsp; SPECIAL OFFER: The course offers a special discount code: RESNET100. The code is good for $100 off the course cost. The code expires on the day the course begins. &amp;nbsp; For details on documenting RESNET Quality Assurance Designee or Instructor Professional Development Credits,&amp;nbsp;contact&amp;nbsp;Scott Doyle, Technical Director, Quality Assurance &amp;amp; Training. Scott@RESNET.us &amp;nbsp; Emily, also a HERS Rater, shares her experiences on energy and efficiency in her podcast, E3: Energy and Efficiency with Emily, now in its fourth season: https:\/\/www.mottramarch.com\/the-podcast &amp;nbsp; Her podcast focuses on building science, architecture, and female entrepreneurship and stresses teamwork. &amp;nbsp; Her passion continues to exude as Co-host of the BS+Beer Show: https:\/\/www.thebsandbeershow.com\/ &amp;nbsp; Link to Emily\u2019s bio: https:\/\/www.mottramarch.com\/emily-mottram-about &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; RESTalk: To the RESNET community, we hear you and want to engage. Learn more at www.RESNET.us Or for more info on this topic contact RESNET at INFO@RESNET.US ","author_name":"RESTalk","author_url":"http:\/\/www.resnet.us\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25022856\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/021c40\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/140505978"}