Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP243 Three Sensors, One Strategy: Making Maintenance Truly Smart With Kevin Weaver from SmartAC (October 2025)
Episode Quotes from Kevin Weaver:
"If we can quantify delivered capacity on the air side, we can work our way back to what's happening on the refrigerant side."
"We don't have to diagnose everyt…
Published on 10 hours ago
EP242 Give Every Heat Pump a Cell Phone - Predictive HVAC with Thalo Labs With Brendan Hermalyn (October 2025)
QUOTES from the Episode
"Instead of landlines everywhere, give every heat pump a cell phone and let it call home."
"We're seeing close to 40% of heat pumps undercharged or leaking—no wonder callbacks…
Published on 1 week ago
EP241 Hydronics, Storage, and a Single Box: Berlin Raj's Totex Vision (September 2025)
Totex co-founder Berlin Raj joins Eric and "Overkill Bill" to unpack a single-box, hydronic monoblock system that combines space conditioning, domestic hot water, pool heating, thermal + lithium stor…
Published on 2 weeks ago
EP240 Run Into the Fire: Curiosity, VRF, and the Rise of Roman Baugh (October 2025)
Quotes from the Episode:
"If it helps one person, then it's worth its weight in gold." —Roman
"Stop asking 'What if I fail?'—ask 'What if I'm amazing at this?'" —Roman
"I ran into the fire and resc…
Published on 3 weeks ago
EP239 Psychrometrics, Mobile Apps, and the Future of HVAC with Carmel Software (September 2025)
Stephen Roth—founder of Carmel Software and current owner of Hands Down Software—joins Bill and Eric to trace a multigenerational journey from a 1920s Ohio roofing firm to modern HVAC software that p…
Published on 4 weeks ago
EP238 From Talk to Proposal: NOSO's Take on Ethical, Measured Sales With Winston Chi (September 2025)
"Use AI to augment people, not replace them."
"Windshield time is 30% of a tech's day—let's turn it into sales prep."
"Proposals should translate specs into homeowner value—comfort, savings, and choi…
Published on 1 month ago
EP237 From Data to Decisions: Tools, Demos, and Takeaways from NCI With ELK and Bill (September 2025)
Some quotes:
"When we treat the house as the biggest duct, comfort and performance finally line up."
"Field data becomes financial data the moment a homeowner decides—so it has to be right."
"If yo…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
EP236 Details Matter, but So Does the Big Picture A Conversation with Lisa White of PHIUS (August 2025)
In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn welcome Lisa White, Associate Director of PHIUS, to explore the evolving world of passive building. Lisa shares her jo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
EP235 Counter-Culture, Catharsis, and Craft: Nathan Orr on Kalos, Blue Rabbit, and Beyond (August 2025)
In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, Eric and Bill welcome Nathan Orr, Sales Director at Kalos and co-founder of Blue Rabbit. Nathan is candid, reflective, and unfiltered, sharing ho…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
EP234 Heat Transfer and Heart: What 40 Years in HVAC Can Teach Us All With Mike Uselof (July 2025)
In this episode of the Building HVAC Science Podcast, Eric Kaiser and Bill Spohn welcome longtime HVAC instructor Michael Uselof, who shares his remarkable journey from answering a humble job ad in 1…
Published on 2 months ago