44 Ways #06: Choose an Aligned Team

About this episode

In this episode, Amelia Lee discusses the importance of choosing an aligned team for sustainable home projects.

Hello! This is Episode 406. This is Way #6 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series, and the second episode of Section Two: Sustainable Design Strategies. In Episode 405, we covered Way #5: Designing a Smaller, Smarter Home. The case for asking what is enough, and building to that rather than to the status quo that drives a bigger home with more in it. Way #6 is choose an aligned team. [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/406 ] In this episode, we are covering something that will affect every single sustainability decision you make in your project, from the very first design conversation all the way through to the final stages of construction. Way #6 is choosing an aligned team. Teamwork really does make the dream work in any new build or renovation project. But in a project with sustainability goals, I find it can matter significantly. Because the building industry is not universally aligned with sustainability. Building codes and regulations set a minimum floor, and most projects simply meet that minimum. The professionals who go beyond it, who have made sustainable design and…

People in this episode

Host: Amelia Lee

Topics covered

• sustainable design
• team alignment
• construction
• sustainability goals
• building industry

Keywords

• sustainable home
• aligned team
• construction
• design strategies
• building codes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Undercover Architect

Books & works: 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home, Designing a Smaller, Smarter Home

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