Zero Ambitions Podcast

Zero Ambitions is a consultancy and weekly podcast about sustainability and the built environment. We find interesting and experienced guests who know what they're talking about, usually to discuss how we navigate the complexity of decarbonisation and sustainability in the built environment and its many related sectors.Hosted by Jeff Colley and Dan Hyde, publishers of Passive House Plus magazine (UK and Ireland), the podcast has now grow into a consultancy, Zero Ambitions Partners. The consultancy specialises in defensible sustainability communications. We create the strategy that makes built environment leaders stand out, enabling them to occupy positions that are distinct and defensible.As with the podcast itself, we help organisations to communicate about what they do and the value that they offer. Usually, this means strategies to change a conversation from price to value and how to futureproof an offer with evidence that makes its claims watertight. If you're a leader, o

Zero Ambitions Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Jeff and Dan, with 196 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 84. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jeff and Dan hosts Zero Ambitions Podcast, a society show with 196 episodes published.

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  Episode #194

  The reluctant house builder: Greencore is building homes that challenge expectations of what a house can deliver, and the performance modelling in PHPP, with Ian Pritchett (Greencore Homes)

  May 5, 20261h 31mS0

  <p>We are joined by Ian Pritchett of Greencore Homes to talk about his science-based approach to green building and the work that has led him from developing green building materials becoming the co-founder of a vertically-integrated developer and house builder.</p><p>There's a lot of history and legacy to cover because Ian has been in the green building game for decades and it's this that has informed the approach being taken right now.</p><p>Greencore is also challenging the Passive House Institute about the accuracy of its PHPP (passive house planning package) modelling software because their homes...

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  Episode #193

  How sustainable is Futurebuild? The state of green building through the lens of the UK’s biggest event, with Martin Hurn (Futurebuild)

  Apr 21, 20261h 20mS0

  <p>We take a look at the state of the green building sector through the lens of itss biggest dedicated show in the UK, Futurebuild. </p><p>It on 12–14 May this year and you can sign up here.</p><p>Helping us to peek behind the curtain is the event's director, Martin Hurn, a man who is, ultimately, responsible for it all.</p><p>It seemed with a conversation because this year Futurebuild was acquired by a new owner and repackaged to become a super event. The green building great big networking event has merged with UK Construction Week and th...

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  Episode #192

  The messy business of social value: retrofit, procurement, and the built environment, with Michael McLaughlin (LHC Procurement Group)

  Apr 7, 20261h 11mS0

  <p>What is social value? It's a messy, ill-defined beast that's increasingly a core component of public procurement, and it's something that we worked on recently so it's been front of our minds.</p><p>We invited Michael McLaughlin (LHC Procurement Group) onto the show to talk through what he thinks about social value, and what he thinks it could be if the sector was able to organise itself better. </p><p>No shade intended and we're not suggesting that it's easy to fix things, but we have looked into it. While there's a lot of great work being done...

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  Episode #191

  Infrared surveys for retrofit: triage, validation, and accountability, with Lucy Lyons (Kestrix)

  Mar 23, 20261h 6mS0

  <p>Lucy Lyons of Kestrix joins us this week to talk about their use of drones, infrared imaging, and AI to quicken the pace of retrofit surveying. Specifically, with regard to a case study detailing their work with Peabody housing association.</p><p>Kestrix is a software company that works with landlords to assess their building stock in terms of which homes need help and whether the retrofit works that have been carried out are performing. </p><p>They use their sophisticated broad-brush surveys and image analysis is is designed to help asset owners get the greatest value out of s...

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  Episode #190

  Musings on modelling performance and the impact of the Home Energy Model (HEM), with Baz Iyer (Vulcan) and Stephen Lloyd (Savills Earth)

  Mar 9, 20261h 14mS0

  <p>Baz Iyer (Vulcan) and Stephen Lloyd (Savills Earth) join us to talk about the likely impact of the UK's long-awaited Future Homes Standard (FHS) and, perhaps more importantly, the Home Energy Model (HEM).</p><p>HEM is the new model that will inform the UK's Energy Performance Certification (EPC) rating system. It's much more detailed in terms of the information that it demands about the buildings it is being used to rate, and therefore much more demanding of the assessors.</p><p>But this means that it can be much more useful for modelling the energy performance of buildings...

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