#183 - Building in New Zealand with Engineer Peter Raimondo

Peter is a Canadian engineer from Toronto that moved to Auckland New Zealand 3 years ago and is now working to educate and innovate the building envelope industry in NZ. Working with oculus architectural engineering, he works on new builds, investigations, and retrofits, and also generates educational content for oculus' website and social media platforms. In this episode,  For MazumaGO promo: https://www.mazumago.com/tcb For more from Peter: Website: oculusltd.co.nz IG: @pink.moose     4:00 New Zealand Climate   5:0 Building Code    12:19 Most exciting project    15:00 Passive House    16:30 Asthma, indoor air quality people live with windows open the entire time, no screens on windows (north america only)    19:00 Arguments against passive     22:07 Where is the construction industry going in NZ    24:10 Embodied carbon, blower door should be required