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Build It Forward
by Nick Falkoff and PRMEABL_
Build It Forward is about the people, ideas, and decisions shaping the future of high-performance residential construction. Hosted by Nick Falkoff, GM of Auburndale Builders, and produced by PRMEABL_, the name is a play on “pay it forward.”Conversations range from technical decisions and process to people, culture, history, and collaboration — exploring what’s working, what isn’t, and what might be interesting to try next.These conversations are worth having, and worth sharing, because the best buildings come from communities that share what they know and build forward together.
Episodes
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What Building Science Misses About Healthy Homes with Ashley Murphree
Ashley Murphree built herself a tiny house out of a shipping container using every good building science practice she knew. Something in it was still making her sick. It was not mold. She knew the building well enough to rule that out. But despite testing and doing everything right, the symptoms...
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Building Plans Need Better Grammar with John Straube
John Straube has spent a career breaking buildings on purpose and investigating the ones that failed by mistake. Test huts exist so that when the experiment goes wrong, nobody gets hurt. The forensic work is the other half. As John puts it, the experiments he could never ethically run himself get...
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Be the Developer, the Architect, and the Builder - Vertical Integration with Tim McDonald
Become the developer. Become the architect. Become the builder. Tim McDonald didn't do this because it seemed like a good idea. He did it because he couldn't figure out any other way to build what he was trying to build. In this conversation on Build It Forward, recorded at Tim's home on the…
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Builders: The Goalposts Just Moved with Florence McGregor
NESEA just turned 50. And according to Florence McGregor, that's not a moment to celebrate and coast. It's a moment to ask what's next. In this conversation on Build It Forward, recorded at NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, Nick Falkoff sits down with Flo, Executive Director of NESEA, in the…
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New Skills Builders Need Now with Ace McArleton
The building industry has always demanded a wide range of skills. Ace McArleton thinks it's time to widen the circle a little further. In this conversation on Build It Forward, recorded at NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, Nick Falkoff is joined by Ace McArleton, co-founder of New Frameworks, a...
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Teaching Kids to Use Power Tools with Mason Lord
Most kids never get the chance to hold a tool before someone tells them it's not for them. Mason Lord is trying to change that. Mason is the founder of TradesUp and owner of Hudson Valley Preservation, a design-build company in Kent, Connecticut with 35 years of preservation and high-performance...
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How Passive House Became the Gold Standard in America with Katrin Klingenberg
Katrin Klingenberg didn't set out to build a movement. She was finishing her own home in Champaign-Urbana when a persistent phone call pulled her into a room full of building science legends and nothing was the same after that. Recorded live at NESEA BuildingEnergy Boston 2026, this conversation…
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What's Missing in HVAC Today with Ross Trethewey
In this conversation on Build It Forward, Nick Falkoff of Auburndale Builders sits down with Ross Trethewey of TE2 Engineering and This Old House to talk about where HVAC systems are heading, and why that future looks different from what most builders are used to today. They start with the Studio...
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Building a Culture of Asking Questions with Steve Baczek
In this conversation on Build It Forward, Nick Falkoff of Auburndale Builders sits down with Steven Baczek, Architect, and Amy Lieb, Executive Director of Studio HPDC, to talk about carpentry training, learning culture, and how people actually grow in the trades over the course of a career. The...
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Building Community in High-Performance Construction with Ben Bogie
In this first episode of Build It Forward, Nick Falkoff, General Manager of Auburndale Builders, sits down with Ben Bogie, Director of Building Science at Building Performance Cooperative, and Amy Lieb, Executive Director of the Studio for High Performance Design and Construction, to talk about…
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Quality Building Is High-Performance Building with Josh Salinger
Josh Salinger doesn't see any daylight between quality building and high-performance building. Design it well, use the right materials for the project, install them correctly, and test it when you're done. To Josh, that's just quality, and it gets you a building that lasts longer, is healthier,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Build It Forward is about the people, ideas, and decisions shaping the future of high-performance residential construction. Hosted by Nick Falkoff, GM of Auburndale Builders, and produced by PRMEABL_, the name is a play on “pay it forward.”Conversations range from technical decisions and process to people, culture, history, and collaboration — exploring what’s working, what isn’t, and what might be interesting to try next.These conversations are worth having, and worth sharing, because the best buildings come from communities that share what they know and build forward together.
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