Passive House Podcast · Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy
269: High-Performance Building with Ben Bogie
December 23, 2025·1 hr 6 min·5 clips
Ben Bogie argues that hygrothermal models are built on theoretical physics equations — and nobody is actually measuring real buildings to check if the models are right.
As heard by us
A grounded talk about building ethics, material tradeoffs, and the practical choices that make them real.
The piece treats high performance building as a moral choice, then gets specific about what that looks like in practice: reclaimed stone piers, straw insulated panels, rigid wood fiber roofing, mineral based paints, lime, and a push to cut petrochemicals out of the material…
Why you'd press play
You want the moral case for high-performance building, plus the assembly details.
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