For years people have been getting together locally to talk building science. And now we are bringing it to the whole country with an online discussion group / panelist format. The BS + Beer Show is an online talk show focusing on hot topics in building science.

The next episode of  The BS + Beer Show: “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Advanced Framing” will be live on Zoom Thursday, June, 18 from 6 – 7:30 pm ET

What are effective approaches for reducing the amount of material used when framing a house? Why would you want to reduce material usage? Is it safe to do so?

With special guests:
Tim Uhler and Mike Guertin

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Getting involved in the movement

Recently we sat down (via Zoom, of course) with Michael Maines, Emily Mottram, and Travis Brungardt. Some of you might be familiar with Mike who has written for Fine Homebuilding and Green Building Advisor for many years. Emily is a Maine-based architect focused on high-performance, sustainable, and healthy homes. Travis is a Kansas-based builder, a partner at Catalyst Construction, and an advocate for raising the bar in residential building though education, building science, durability, and energy-efficiency—topics near and dear to the mission of GBA and our members. Mike, Emily, and Travis are the hosts of the new BS + Beer Show (*Building Science). Some of you will know of BS + Beer, the grass roots effort kicked off, now many years ago, by Dan Kolbert and Steve Konstantino to share information and knowledge and elevate the budding green building community in Portland, Maine.

Among the group’s most successful outputs is the Pretty Good House concept.More recently, local BS + Beer chapters have been popping up across the country. There’s one in Tennessee, one in Connecticut, one in Washington, DC., and Travis leads a group in Kansas City, to name a few. It feels like a movement and we love it. So, when Mike, Emily, and Travis let us know that they were starting a weekly show available online, we moved as fast as we could to join the team. Myself, Scott Gibson, and Allison Bailes joined the panel Thursday evening with a bunch of smart and interesting industry professional for a discussion of indoor air quality.Going forward we’ll be announcing the episodes, topics, and panelists through our newsletters and social media channels as far ahead of time as possible and we’ll provide you all the information you need to join us live.

We’re planning on Thursday evenings at 6 PM EST. at this point, but everything is still pretty fluid, so stay tuned for more information. If you can’t make the Zoom meeting, you’ll be able to watch the episodes GBA or on the soon-to-be live BS + Beer website and YouTube page.Join the mailing list to get notifications what the next show topic will be.– Originally posted on Greenbuildingadvisor.com

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