Building Greener, Smarter, and Off the Grid with Pangea Builders CEO Jonah Reynolds

Horacio spoke with Jonah Reynolds, CEO at Pangea Builders. Pangea Builders is a design and build firm for sustainable and off-grid buildings. Pangea focuses on the home's water, power, wastewater, and heating/cooling systems. In this episode, Jonah discusses the benefits of sustainable off-grid systems, their advantages to traditional buildings, and the company’s mission to educate future sustainable builders.Discussion topics include:Building off-grid custom homes and EarthshipsConventional backups to help sustainable systemsUsing thermal mass, or earth-type material, for frame wallsAdding value to homes by making them self-sufficientWorking with municipal governments for green buildingUsing thermal mass to complement solar powerInviting designers and architects to Pangea buildsFrame buildings designed to be as cheap as possibleCalifornia laws requiring new homes have solar power systemsBuilding in Haiti after the 2010 EarthquakeJumping through bureaucratic red tape to build after disastersGetting sustainable buildings into the mainstream---Follow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta: https://instagram.com/alts_co- Link to Alan Goldsher playlist