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Sustainable Builders Yak

Sustainable Builders Alliance
Passive House
Australia
Sustainable Building
Electrification
Air Tightness Testing
Bowens
Weathertex
Bamboo (as a Material)
Electric Vehicles
Melbourne
Hydrowood
Procalc
Building Envelope
Artificial Intelligence
Footy For Climate
National Australian Apprenticeships Association
Apprenticeships
HVAC / HRV / ERV
Australia Building Codes / NCC
Sustainable Builders Alliance

For Australian construction professionals building high-performing, sustainable homes and homeowners looking to create their own sustainable, high-performing home.

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What happens when you put hemp into a structural brick?

Will Stewart, director and co-owner of Natural Brick, joins us to unpack how his team is rethinking one of the most familiar building products around, from what goes into the ... more

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Most climate conversations in sport start with the elite game. Tom Campbell starts with the clubrooms: a grassroots footy club whose power bill dropped from $9,000 a year to $900, with the $8,000 difference going straight back into ... more

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Australia is the seventh most forested country on earth, yet it imports around $5 billion more timber than it sells, and the gap grows every year. Matt de Jongh, a forester of about 25 years and now with Responsible Wood, the body b... more

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Australia's National Construction Code climate zones and NatHERS and PHPP models built on them, are calculated from climate averages that are no longer holding. When Brian raises this, Monash University climate scientist Ailie Galla... more

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Recent Guests

Will Stewart
Sales Manager and co-owner, Natural Brick
Natural Brick
Episode: There's Nothing These Guys Won't Turn Into a Brick: Will Stewart, Natural Brick
Tom Campbell
Former AFL player and co-founder of Footy for Climate
Footy for Climate
Episode: An Ex-AFL Ruckman's Plan to Put Solar on 500 Footy Clubs: Tom Campbell, Footy for Climate
Ben Bardon
CEO of the National Australian Apprenticeships Association
National Australian Apprenticeships Association
Episode: Ep #65 Solving Construction's Skills Shortage: Apprenticeships & Workforce Development with Ben Bardon
Candice Halliday
Architect, CNA Design Studio; incoming president Imagine at the Australian Institute of Architects
CNA Design Studio / Australian Institute of Architects (Imagine)
Episode: Ep #64 Raising the Standard: Sustainable Design and the Future of Australian Housing with Candice Halliday
Ben Walsham
Certified energy assessor and founder of Arkata, a consultancy focused on energy efficiency, performance-based design, and sustainability in construction.
Arkata
Episode: Ep #63 Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Australia's Home Performance Crisis with Ben Walsham
Kyle Zanetto
Builder from Tasmania, co-founder of Future Builder
Future Builder
Episode: Bonus Episode: Scaling Your Building Business with Kyle & Luke from Future Builder
Damien Collins
Owner/Director of RecycleOn; leading sustainable construction waste recycling initiative
RecycleOn
Episode: Ep #62 Closing the Loop: Solving Construction's Plastic Waste Problem with RecycleAll
Maddie Carland
Builder, owner of Carland Construction; host of Mindful Builder podcast
Carland Construction
Episode: Ep #61 Building Better: Matt Carland on Sustainability, Mindset & Industry Change
Sean Maxwell
From ATMA (Air Tightness Testing and Measurement Association)
ATMA
Episode: Ep #60 Building Science & The Air We Breathe: A Deep Dive with Sean Maxwell

Hosts

Brian
Co-host and primary host, guiding conversations with industry professionals.
Simon
Co-host handling guest interviews and show flow.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 69 ratings
  • A necessary podcast for architects

    I’m an architect, and this is the one podcast I keep coming back to.. The candid conversations, tough questions, and genuine pursuit of better construction set it apart from the rest.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Lmgarner
    Australia10 months ago
  • Informative and engaging chat

    Thank you for your passion towards this wide ranging topic. Not being in the building industry myself, I have learnt so much from your interesting and informative chats and really appreciate the fact you genuinely want to educate people on building better and sustainable housing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    mslilf
    Australia2 years ago
  • Highly recommend to anyone looking at building better.

    Brian is one of the most knowledgable guys in the building industry and brings other top people on to discuss the latest innovations in sustainable building. Always practical and informative, these guys bring the details and facts only experienced professionals can.

    Keep up the good work!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Godders69
    Australia3 years ago
  • Great initiative by Builders Declare

    Great start guys and highly needed Podcast for the industry.

    Just saying, but Passivhaus is just a subset of Passive Solar…😁

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ghdhvch
    Australia3 years ago
  • Not anything like it.. great advice

    Great advice

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    oliterz
    Australia4 years ago

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Audiences value the practical, hands-on guidance and industry-specific insights that help professionals implement better practices.
The show is appreciated for bringing in diverse guests from architecture, construction, and planning to discuss sustainability with real-world relevance.
Listeners praise candid, practical discussions and tangible takeaway tips for improving home performance.

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Bonus Episode: Scaling Your Building Business with Kyle & Luke from Future Builder
Q: What should a builder talk about first when they come off the tools and start a business?
Focus on knowing your numbers, setting up a robust data flow between project management and accounting, and establishing a clear sales process to identify and qualify ideal clients.
Bonus Episode: Scaling Your Building Business with Kyle & Luke from Future Builder
Q: What's the biggest thing to set a new builder straight at the start?
The most critical first step is understanding how to price as you scale, because costs rise but pricing strategies often don't, which threatens profitability from day one.
Ep #49 Ventilation, Air Quality & Energy Efficiency in High-Performance Homes – With Joel Seagren
Q: What is the most common barrier to adopting mechanical ventilation in residential construction today?
Despite better energy performance, there is still confusion around cost, integration with existing HVAC, and the misconception that ventilation is an expensive add-on rather than a core part of design for health and durability.
Ep #48 How Builders Can Better Qualify Clients and Win Back Time
Q: Tell us a bit more about how Procalc works and who it's for.
Procalc lets builders quickly assess whether a client is the right fit by loading the plan, performing a rapid take-off, and then generating budget ranges that reflect current market data. It emphasizes qualifying the client early, focusing on location, job type, and budget, and uses a 3-tier output (low, medium, high) to manage expectations and guide conversations with clients.
Ep #55 Melissa Neighbour: Smart Planning & Sustainable Housing Incentives
Q: How does planning work from strategic to statutory levels?
Strategic planning looks long-term at community needs (roughly 10–20 years) to set the right controls, while statutory planning applies those controls at state and local levels to individual sites, guiding what can be built with layers like LEPs and zoning.

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What is Sustainable Builders Yak about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A practical, practitioner-led pivot toward high-performance, sustainable Australian homes. Episodes frequently explore design decisions, building science, energy efficiency, and policy or industry shifts that influence how builders, architects, and homeowners achieve better-performing houses. Guests are often builders, engineers, designers, and policy advocates who share hands-on experiences, real-world constraints, and practical paths to adopt higher standards, retrofit existing stock, and scale sustainable construction. The series tends to emphasize collaboration across architects, builders, and suppliers, with a strong focus on Passive House principles, airtightness, material choices, waste reduction, and the economics of upgrading homes... more

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1. Will Stewart
2. Tom Campbell
3. Ben Bardon
4. Candice Halliday
5. Ben Walsham
6. Kyle Zanetto
7. Damien Collins
8. Maddie Carland

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