This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne is discussing volunteerism with architect Leah Kreger. Leah has been donating her time to relief efforts in Breezy Point and The Rockaways in Queens, New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Tune in to learn about the roles that...

This week on Burning Down the House, host Curtis B. Wayne revisits the German Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency in a building, this time with both Stephanie Bassler Ryan Enschede. They discuss specifics such as air infiltration, air stream heat reclamation cost efficiency on a very informative and...

This week on Burning Down the House Curtis addresses Henry Gifford (of Gifford Fuel Savings INC) and his claim that the US Green Building Council's system of rating how "green" a building is (the LEED system) is a scam, and does not actually translate into positive effects for the environment...

Greed for LEED. October 1, 2009. Burning Down the House, Curtis B. Wayne discusses "Green Building" with Henry Gifford, Gennaro Brooks-Church, and guest interlocutor Nicole Slaven. http://burningdownthehouse-radioarchitecture.blogspot.com

On this episode of Burning Down the House Curtis B. Wayne poses the question: Recycling; bonus or bogus? Guests: interlocutor Katie Keiffer and Michael Cockram, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation at Univ. of Oregon.