{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Zero Ambitions Podcast","title":"Speeding up external wall insulation installation and preparing a retrofit start-up for scale, with Max Bloomfield (VundaHaus) and Alex Whitcroft (KIN; VundaHaus)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4278,"description":"What's it like trying to scale a retrofit start-up?\nThis episode welcomes Max Bloomfield and Alex Whitcroft, two of the folks from VundaHaus, to talk about their product, its ongoing design and development, and their preparations to scale the business as they raise investment.\nVundaHaus designs and manufactures a rapid-fit insulation solution for external wall insulation (EWI) of residential homes. It's a a sophisticated off-site, MMC, insulation jigsaw that’s been developed to make the logistics of installation much easier than traditional EWI.\nThere's more to the story but you can listen to that on the episode.\n\n\nNotes from the show\nThe VundaHaus website \nThe KIN website \nMax Bloomfield on LinkedIn; email Max here\nAlex Whitcroft on LinkedIn; email Alex here\nThe TransformER project \n\n\n**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**\nWe don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.\nFollow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a proper website)\nJeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience\nSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)\nCheck Lloyd's Substack: Carbon Upfront\nJoin ACAN\nJoin the AECB \nJoin the IGBC\nCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women\n\n**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/imp-PGTK0p-Yir06lCKyRzcHa9UWxL7NtYiXEdkSiXw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2NDY5LzE2OTYy/ODc4ODAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}