Mariana Pickering is the Chief Brand Officer and Community Director at B.PUBLIC Prefab. After graduating with a Master's in Design Science from the University of Sydney, she co-founded EMU Architetti in Italy with Enrico Bonilauri, doing sustainably focused architectural design for ~8 years. In 2017, they moved the company to the US, renaming to EMU Passive and pivoting to become one of the first accredited education providers with PHI, in order to address what they saw as one of the biggest gaps in passive house: training architects and builders. Then, having sold her partnership in EMU Passive, Mariana made her way to B.PUBLIC Prefab, where she continues the mission of marketing through education and community-building.

Connect with Mariana and B.PUBLIC Prefab:

• Mariana on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianapickering/

• Mariana on Bluesky => https://bsky.app/profile/passivemariana.bsky.social

• B.PUBLIC Prefab website => https://www.bpublicprefab.com/

• B.PUBLIC Prefab on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/b.publicprefab/

Renee Relf is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon, where she earned her Master of Architecture with a specialization in Architectural Technology. In the course of finishing her M.Arch, Renee also became a certified Passivhaus consultant (CPHC) and acquired a Living Future Accreditation (LFA). We discuss the differences she noticed between becoming a CPHC and acquiring the LFA, her experiences of viewing the world through new eyes as she completed her degree and certifications, and her upcoming internship, in which she expects her CPHC to be put into practice.

Connect with Renee:

• LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-relf-0b84b11b4/

Bronwyn Barry is an architect and principal at Passive House BB, as well as co-founder and recently retired Board Chair of the Passive House Network. It was from Bronwyn that I first came across the catchy phrase Boxy But Beautiful (#BBB) to describe the form factor that is key to optimal Passivhaus performance. She's also the first person I saw pointing out that Passivhaus' airtightness standards mean these buildings are also smoke-tight, which is increasingly important in these times of heightened air pollution from wildfires. In terms of marketing Passivhaus, it doesn't get much better than that! Listen to this episode for yet another catchy, alliterative turn of phrase! (You'll have to wait until almost the very end :-)

Connect with Bronwyn and Passive House BB:

• Passive House BB => https://www.passivehousebb.com/

• LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwynbarry

• Bluesky => https://bsky.app/profile/passivehousebb.bsky.social