231: Building the Movement: BuildingEnergy Boston '25

In this special episode of the Passive House Podcast Ilka Cassidy is joined by Kristoff Irwin of Positive Energy at NESEA's BuildingEnergy Boston '25.

Ilka and Kristoff are joined by the following inspiring speakers and organizers of NESEA 25:

  • Jacob Deva Racusin, New Frameworks Natural Design/Build

  • Andrew Himes, Carbon Leadership Forum

  • Laura Bailey, Vermont Council On Rural Development

  • Heather Ferrell, Prism Design Lab

They dive in to the conferences main take aways, lessons learned, and calls to action.

Speaker links:

https://www.newframeworks.com/

https://carbonleadershipforum.org/

https://www.vtrural.org/

https://www.prismdesignlab.org/

https://positiveenergy.pro/
https://positiveenergy.pro/building-science-podcast

Ilkas call to action resources:

https://www.echo-project.info/

https://www.greencommons.net/peer-networks

https://www.climateheritage.org/

https://www.mep2040.org/

https://nesea.org/about-buildingenergy-bottom-lines

http://massdesigngroup.org/work/research/bio-based-materials-collective

https://www.buildersforclimateaction.org/

https://se2050.org/

Published: March 26, 2025