Shannon Pendleton, CPHC of Sanderson Design designs and build panel systems for companies and homeowners looking for a higher energy efficient project. What attracted you to your role/position? Love for the natural, the manmade, and the design process. What are your goals for the next 24 months? Inspire + Elevate all the young minds I can, either in person or online. To show them we have the solutions to climate change at our fingertips and all we have to do is find our place

OffSite Dirt host Audree Grubesic talks with Thomas Nichols, a high school shop class teacher. Thomas helps his students build high-performance houses. Thomas was a student that went into teaching including Matt Blomquist, trades instructor at Taylorville, Illinois High School. The introductory shop class starts with basic tool identification and then moves to woodworking projects and mechanical drafting programs before moving onto building projects outside the school. "It i

By Mark Wille On a warm summers evening early in 2020 I got a call from Steven Baczek, my architect friend. We were both too tired to sleep. We started talking about a project he was drawing for a town called Taylorville, Illinois. This town has a high school construction program for the Building Trades. They build a Student Built home for their community. We reviewed the plans, and he introduced me to Matt Blomquist. https://www.instagram.com/build_learn_teach/ https://ww

Edie Dillman, Co-Founder of B.PUBLIC Prefab, Shannon Pendleton, CPHC of Sanderson Design, and Ilka Cassidy with Holzraum System all expand on they way they build high performance wall panel structures. These companies are changing the way homes are being built. The panel systems are measured for of LEED, Passive House and Green certification if requested by the client or homeowner. Silvergreen Photos - Credit Steven Conroy Hosts Mark Wille and Audree Grubesic dive deep into