EARLY ADOPTER’S INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

DAN MORRIS, IAQ Consultant – HEALTHY BUILDINGS, INC

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WHAT INSPIRED OR CAUSED YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN GREEN BUILDING AND HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT

DURING THE FIRST ENERGY CRUNCHOF THE 1970’S WE BUILD SOME PASIVE SOLAR ENERGY HOMES AND SUPER INSULATED THEM.  IT WAS NOT VERY LONG UNTIL WE STARTED GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT ODORS AND SMELLS.  THIS CAUSED ME TO GO BACK AND ASK WHAT WE WERE DOING TO THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND WAS WHEN I REALLY REALIZE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING PROCESS.  I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN TESTING PROCEEDURES FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM IN THE 1960’S AND REALIZED WE BETTER TEST OUR THERORIES AND PRODUCT IF WE WERE GOING TO BE EXPOSING HOMEOWNERS TO THEM ON A LONG TERM BASES.

GIVE 2 OR 3 EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR EDGE

SPENDING TIME WITH THE LIKES OF THE DAHLI LAMA AND DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY REMAINING YEARS KEEPS ME ENERGIZED

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR YOU TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO INCREASE SOCIETIES CONSCIOUSNESS AS TO WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OURSEVES IF WE ARE GOING TO EFFECTIVELY CHANGE THINGS.  WE CAN DO THIS THROUGH EDUCATION, BETTER TESTING PROCEEDURES AND REVIEW METHODS. 

WHAT FEELINGS COME UP FOR YOU WHEN YOU THINK OF THES STEPS

IT FEELS VERY GOOD.  WE SHOULD DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE CHOOSE TO NOT FOR WHAT WE WILL GET OUT OF THEM.

WHAT ARE A COUPLE OF SUCCESS STORIES OF BRINGING ALONG YOUR NETWORK TO THEIR NEXT LEVEL

WE BUILD A HOUSE (THE DOBSON HOUSE) ON WIDBY ISLAND AND THE FIRST YEAR THEIR HEAT BILL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WAS $148.00

I WAS ABLE TO WORK ON THE BDX SCHOOLS.  ALSO I ENJOYED WORKING ON THE D.O.E NATURAL VENTALATION SCHOOLS

IF YOU WERE TO DESCRIBLE YOUR NETWORK AS A METAPHOR THAT COMES TO MIND… WHAT WOULD IT B…

SENSE OF COMMUNITY, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

YOUR NEXT STEPS IN WORKING WITH YOUR NETWORK IN HELPING AND INSPIRING THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL

ANY CHANGE NEEDS TO COME FROM WITHIN, WE NEED TO APPROACH OUR BUILDING WITH A SENSE OF INTEGRTY AND NOT FROM GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS.  THIS MEANS WE MUST NOT BUILD IN OR USE PRODUCTS THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE SICK AND DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT.  WE MUST BROADEN PEOPLES VISION.

WHICH ONES ARE YOU MOST DRAWN TO?

PERHAPS GETTING BUILDERS TO TAKE AN OATH NOT TO KNOWINGLY BUILD A HOME THAT WILL SICKEN ITS OCCUPANTS WOULD BE HELPFUL.

RESOURCES YOU WOULD SUGGEST?

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