Horacio spoke with Jonah Reynolds, CEO at Pangea Builders. Pangea Builders is a design and build firm for sustainable and off-grid buildings. Pangea focuses on the home’s water, power, wastewater, and heating/cooling systems. In this episode, Jonah discusses the benefits of sustainable off-grid systems, their advantages to traditional buildings, and the company’s mission to educate future sustainable builders.
Discussion topics include:
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Building off-grid custom homes and Earthships
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Conventional backups to help sustainable systems
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Using thermal mass, or earth-type material, for frame walls
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Adding value to homes by making them self-sufficient
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Working with municipal governments for green building
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Using thermal mass to complement solar power
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Inviting designers and architects to Pangea builds
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Frame buildings designed to be as cheap as possible
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California laws requiring new homes have solar power systems
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Building in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake
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Jumping through bureaucratic red tape to build after disasters
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Getting sustainable buildings into the mainstream
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