#023 - James Major - Sustainability in designing homes

On today's show we have James Major who is the CEO of HUBB.pro. James is on a mission to build a platform for house builders, property developers, architects and contractors to build high quality, low carbon and net zero homes in the most efficient way possible. In this episode, we talk about sustainability and creation of better quality homes. If you’re enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review! This helps us get more amazing guests to give you guys the best and most informative content on technology in the built world. --------------------------------------- James Major | Founder of HUBB.pro --------------------------------------- Today's Sponsor: beta - Construction and technology network platform - connecting the tech industry with traditional partners. Chek: www.the-beta.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 --> 00:01:19 - Intro 00:01:19 --> 00:02:04 - Sponsor 00:02:04 --> 00:03:15 - History of James journey from consulting to Hubb Pro 00:03:15 --> 00:04:32 - Mindset of people in construction and technology industry 00:04:32 --> 00:05:54 - How was the process of transition for your? 00:05:54 --> 00:06:57 - How do you enforce keeping deadlines within your team? 00:06:57 --> 00:09:13 - Fractional roles in James’ business 00:09:13 --> 00:13:42 - The importance of having CPO role 00:13:42 --> 00:15:24 - Is having a CPO better than having a CTO? 00:15:24 --> 00:21:23 - Introducing Hubb Pro and explaining how it works 00:21:23 --> 00:21:52 - Is there any regulations that designers can follow to improve the sustainability of homes? 00:21:52 --> 00:25:38 - What do you think about market's stance on sustainability? 00:25:38 --> 00:28:58 - What are some of the biggest mistakes you’ve made whilst building Hubb Pro? 00:28:58 --> 00:32:09 - How much more expensive it is now to build something sustainable? 00:32:09 --> 00:33:12 - James’ productivity tip 00:33:12 --> 00:33:51 - What book could you recommend? 00:33:51 --> 00:35:10 - James' hobbies 00:35:10 --> 00:35:32 - More about James 00:35:32 --> 00:35:50 - Outro