Housing Innovation Alliance's Podcast

Get to know Nicole Granath, Co-Founder and COO of Tangible – your platform for managing embodied carbon. Hear her story –how she got from Harvard to China and back again, why she became interested in the environmental impact of real estate, key insights featuring embodied carbon as the next era of building codes, and much more. Read more via this LinkedIn article: Embodied Carbon The Next Era of Building Codes Support the Show.

Listen in for a snapshot from each of our 2023 Pitchfest finalists! At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear from... Mohsen Zehtabchian, Amatec Cliff Fetner, Soil Connect Jim Scott, StructureBot Robert Benjamin and Helene Cornell, Aris Hydronics Sameer Sood, FwdSlash Derek Cowburn, LumenCache Needham Hurst, Up&Up Eric Law, Urban Machine Paul Cardis, On3 Tomas Garcia, Arx Branka Minic, Jobs to Build Jordan Wojtowecz, TraceAir Read more about Pitchfest and the Housing Innovation Summit. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode you'll hear from Tomas Garcia of Arx. Tomas was a finalist in the Tech + Data category. Read more about Pitchfest and the Housing Innovation Summit. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, Jordan Wojtowecz of TraceAir will give her pitch. You'll also hear from their client, Dan Galasso of Tri Pointe Homes. TraceAir participated in the Tech + Data category. Read more about Pitchfest and the Housing Innovation Summit. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear Derek Cowburn from LumenCache. Derek was a finalist in the ESG category. Visit their wefunder. Read more about Pitchfest and the Housing Innovation Summit. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear Paul Cardis from On3 give his pitch. Visit the Summit website. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear Sameer Sood from FWDSlash give his pitch. Visit the Summit website. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear Cliff Fetner from Soil Connect give his pitch. Visit the Summit website. Support the Show.

This series highlights our Pitchfest finalists. At the 2023 Housing Innovation Summit, we introduced a new program, coined: Pitchfest in order to bring new ideas to light, offer feedback that startups can use to advance their solutions, and introduce these innovators to potential advisors, partners, investors, and clients. A dozen companies made it to the final round, and four came out on top. In this episode, you'll hear Eric Law from Urban Machine give his pitch. The presentation starts rockin' out with a short 20 second video at min 2.50. Watch the video here. Visit the Summit website. Support the Show.

Get to know Margaret Whelan, CEO of Whelan Advisory Capital Markets. Margaret is passionate about the opportunities for innovation across the U.S. housing industry. Her firm has recently advised and raised capital for several of the more progressive companies in the industry including Entekra, Resicap, Thomas James Homes, and Brewer Companies. In this episode we discuss 3 main topics: Margaret is a Keynote speaker at our Housing Innovation Summit, April 27, 2023 where she'll talk about leaving a legacy and will share inspiring stories of leaders in the housing space and how they’re giving back to their teams + peers, the communities they serve, the industry, and the planet. Learn more: https://housinginnovationsummit.com/ Support the Show.

Previously on LinkedIn Live: Making the Switch to Offsite: Your Roadmap to Lead Organizational Change The increasing costs and shortages of skilled labor and materials are pushing more single-family homebuilders to consider modern methods of construction to boost production, reduce waste + costs, and help deliver more attainable housing. While there's no one-size-fits-all approach, this session will present a roadmap for adopting factory-built solutions developed by a working group of homebuilders, code experts, researchers, design professionals, and providers that details + demystifies the process required to integrate into your business--in the field, at the office, and in your design + sales centers. Hear from those who are making and enabling the transition--both successes + fail forwards. Co-hosted by Dennis Steigerwalt of the Housing Innovation Alliance and Rich Binsacca of ProBuilder. Panelists Include: • Sara Ann Logan of Volumetric Building Companies • Ryan Colker of the International Code Council • Christopher Fox of Van Metre Homes • Eric Holt of University of Denver Support the Show.

Nancy Keenan, President of DAHLIN Architecture, Planning and Interiors, discusses #HerStoriesInHousing, collaboration and staying on top of innovation in design with our own, Betsy Scott. Find out what attracted her to the industry and the advice she'd share with #NextGen talent. Connect with Nancy and DAHLIN. Support the Show.

In this bonus episode, we've pieced together best-of insights from a conversation with Gerry (“Mr OffSite”) McCaughey. Covering topics such as process optimization and adopting innovation. Gerry is a Founder & Board Member at Entekra LLC and CEO at OffSite TEK LLC, leading the charge in the transition to offsite construction with experience spanning multiple continents and decades. Connect with Gerry and learn more about Offsite TEK. Support the Show.

Every Third Tuesday at the Housing Innovation Alliance, we dial in to our network to connect the dots on big ideas, identify new connections and help facilitate realistic innovation. You can count on us to host timely, insightful and actionable conversations that build into real value for your business. This online round table discussion was held for our network in January of 2022. The version you're hearing has been edited. Find the full archive, snapshots + video on our website. Listen in to hear a brief snapshot from each of our panelists as well as Q&A. They'll be sharing what they're doing to drive the future of housing, the benefits they're delivering to homeowners, the industry and the environment, and how you could partner with them. Hosts PartnerFifth WallPresidentHousing Innovation AlliancePanelists CEO + FounderOrbital SystemsFounder + CEOSPANCEODandelion EnergySupport the Show.

Every Third Tuesday at the Housing Innovation Alliance, we dial in to our network to connect the dots on big ideas, identify new connections and help facilitate realistic innovation. You can count on us to host timely, insightful and actionable conversations that build into real value for your business. This hybrid event was hosted by MiTek, during our Innovation Road Trip to St. Louis in June 2022. It was also broadcasted to LinkedIn Live. The version you're hearing has been edited. Find the full archive + video on LinkedIn. During this panel discussion, we explored the intersection between industrializing your construction process – on-site or off-site – and hitting key ESG milestones such as reducing your carbon footprint, eliminating waste in the production process, delivering a healthier building, reducing costs on the builder / developer side, expanding production to deliver more housing and offering greater attainability to consumers. Listen in if you'd like to: This conversation is facilitated by our own, Betsy Scott. The expert panel includes: • Paul Grahovac, LEED AP, Vice President New Business Development, Build SMART • Jack Oslan, Co-Founder + CEO, Diamond Age • Edwin Tatum, CEO, TatumTek • Nigel Watts, Vice President, Product, Rheia Support the Show.

We're talking all about navigating the complexities of hiring and retaining talent in today's world with Heather Breidenthal, Chief Human Resources Officer at Tri Pointe Homes. Heather’s expertise includes strategic planning and implementation, total rewards and benefit program design, M&A activities, workforce/succession planning, leadership and talent development, organizational health, and talent acquisition. Prior to joining Tri Pointe Homes, Heather served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for CalAtlantic Group and Standard Pacific Homes, where she oversaw all facets of the HR organization for over 17 years. She is a former advisory board member for Chapman University’s Leadership Services and Extended Education division, and an active member of the National Human Resources Association. Heather received her B.S. in Business Administration from California State University Long Beach. Connect with Heather and Tri Pointe Homes Many thanks to our partners at the University of Denver for their assistance in post-production. The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, teaches the full life cycle of the built environment. From integrated project leadership skills to a cohesive understanding of the built environment ––experience the only school of its kind! "Upbeat Party" is brought to you by Scott Holmes, songwriter from Free Music Archive. Support the Show.

In this episode Heather shares #HerStory as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Tri Pointe Homes. Heather’s expertise includes strategic planning and implementation, total rewards and benefit program design, M&A activities, workforce/succession planning, leadership and talent development, organizational health, and talent acquisition. Prior to joining Tri Pointe Homes, Heather served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for CalAtlantic Group and Standard Pacific Homes, where she oversaw all facets of the HR organization for over 17 years. She is a former advisory board member for Chapman University’s Leadership Services and Extended Education division, and an active member of the National Human Resources Association. Heather received her B.S. in Business Administration from California State University Long Beach. Connect with Heather and Tri Pointe Homes Many thanks to our partners at the University of Denver for their assistance in post-production. The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, teaches the full life cycle of the built environment. From integrated project leadership skills to a cohesive understanding of the built environment ––experience the only school of its kind! "Upbeat Party" is brought to you by Scott Holmes, songwriter from Free Music Archive. Support the Show.

Chris Finlay, Founder and Managing Partner of Middleburg Communities talks about Single Family Build for Rent, how they're thinking differently and the importance of industrialized technology, alternative materials and green tech . Many thanks to our partners at the University of Denver for their editing and post-production talents. The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, teaches the full life cycle of the built environment. From integrated project leadership skills to a cohesive understanding of the built environment ––experience the only school of its kind! "Upbeat Party" is brought to you by Scott Holmes, songwriter from Free Music Archive. Support the Show.

A natural teacher and communicator, Dr. Charner Rodgers, shares stories about growing up in the housing industry, gaining respect at a young age as the principal of a contracting company and the growing opportunity for people of color –particularly women. Associate Professor of Architecture + Construction Science Management at Tuskegee University, an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), Dr. Charner Rodgers is a champion in our "Rethinking Labor" working group where we're focused on changing the narrative –it's a career, not a gig–, enabling mentorships, and fostering diversity + inclusion. Many thanks to our partners at the University of Denver for their editing and post-production talents, specifically Lija Miller and Lisette Zamora-Galarza. The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, teaches the full life cycle of the built environment. From integrated project leadership skills to a cohesive understanding of the built environment ––experience the only school of its kind! "Upbeat Party" is brought to you by Scott Holmes, songwriter from Free Music Archive. Support the Show.

Jen Yosef, a trained civil and nuclear engineer with nearly a decade of leadership experience talks about entering the housing industry as CEO of Mighty. What would she say to women looking to get into the PropTech or housing space? Listen in. Many thanks to our partners at the University of Denver for their editing and post-production talents, specifically Lija Miller and Lisette Zamora-Galarza. The University of Denver Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, teaches the full life cycle of the built environment. From integrated project leadership skills to a cohesive understanding of the built environment ––experience the only school of its kind! "Upbeat Party" is brought to you by Scott Holmes, songwriter from Free Music Archive. Support the Show.