Your Building Isn't Making You Sick by Accident — Why Comfort, Air Quality & Building Science Are Designed, Not Discovered – Episode 147 with Sarah Gudeman

Podcast: Better Buildings For Humans · BBFH is hosted by Joe Menchefski and powered by Advanced Glazings, Ltd.

Opublikowano: 2026-07-29

This week on Better Buildings for Humans, host Joe Menchefski sits down with Sarah Gudeman, mechanical engineer at BranchPattern, for a thought-provoking conversation about building science, indoor environmental quality, and why truly great buildings are designed around human outcomes—not just mechanical systems. Drawing on her expertise in sustainability, healthy buildings, and building performance, Sarah explains how air quality, thermal comfort, moisture management, daylight, acoustics, and resilience must work together to create spaces where people can genuinely thrive. The discussion explores everything from health-based and value-based sustainability to high-performance building envelopes, HVAC design, Passive House principles, glazing st...