BS+beer Boston

BS+beer Boston Building science meetup group.

Meetup Alert! 🚪🔨🧪Join us Thursday 5/21 for:“Doors, doors, the Barn’s new door!”with architect Stephanie Horowitz  of .We...
05/15/2026

Meetup Alert! 🚪🔨🧪

Join us Thursday 5/21 for:
“Doors, doors, the Barn’s new door!”
with architect Stephanie Horowitz of .

We talk about windows all the time… now it’s time for doors to shine.

Who better to learn from than someone who’s spent the last 20 years designing incredible high-performance and Passive House homes?

Stephanie will walk us through ZeroEnergy Design’s approach to door detailing and installation, how their process has evolved over time, and some lessons learned along the way. We’ll look at details that worked, details that maybe didn’t, and how to make your next door install perform and last.

Plus, we have a guest star:⭐️
The brand new “Barn” door, provided by , was just installed! We’ll get an up-close look at this impressive triple-pane door and dig into the details together. I can’t wait to see it.

Huge thanks to Studio HPDC for hosting (it’s been a while!) and to European Architectural Supply for supporting the event 🍕🍻🥤

Thursday 5/21, 5:30 PM at the Studio HPDC Barn
942 Chestnut St, Newton, MA

Please park on Winter St, Summer St, or High St.

05/06/2026

Forgot the head flashing.
Is this Risky Business ??

Well that was inspiring! Our panel discussion last week, supported by Jack Condon , was phenomenal. Thank you Stego! Tho...
05/05/2026

Well that was inspiring! Our panel discussion last week, supported by Jack Condon , was phenomenal. Thank you Stego! Those sweet v***r barrier cutters were gone in two seconds! 💨

Tagore Hernandez 📐 discussed what it takes to start a movement and the three action agents needed to make any movement gain traction and create durable change.

Advocates like 🍄‍🟫 Sara Kudra stretch the imagination. Implementors like 🔨 Evan Smith build to see what’s possible. Validators like 🧪 Mike Brown ask whether it actually works.

The roles push and pull each other forward, both antagonizing and supporting the other two along the way. It was an inspiring discussion that left us all with a better understanding of ourselves, our “why”, and the role we play in this BS* movement as well as an awareness for the perspectives of others and how we can all work together productively. Thank you to our host and panelists for sharing your experience and expertise with us all so generously!

📷 Thank you to for snapping photos!

See you all again real soon. 🍻

04/29/2026

Thursday! “More with Less, but Together!” An ⭐️all-star⭐️ panel discussion on building for a lower-energy future with Sara Kudra , Mike Browne , and Evan Smith with Tagore Hernandez ! Lucky us!

This is sure to be an engaging and wide ranging conversation with diverse perspectives on how we push and pull each other forward toward a future built environment that we can attain, maintain and sustain.

Thank you to for supporting this meetup! 🍕 🍻 🥤

Thurs 4/30 at 5:30p at the Group Design Build Shop (worth coming to see!) 425R Watertown St in Newton. Please park on the street, not in the lot, as the building neighbors need the lot space and we are a considerate bunch! See you soon geeks!

Thursday! “More with Less, but Together!” An ⭐️all-star⭐️ panel discussion on building for a lower-energy future with Sa...
04/28/2026

Thursday! “More with Less, but Together!” An ⭐️all-star⭐️ panel discussion on building for a lower-energy future with Sara Kudra , Mike Browne , and Evan Smith with Tagore Hernandez ! Lucky us!

This is sure to be an engaging and wide ranging conversation with diverse perspectives on how we push and pull each other forward toward a future built environment that we can attain, maintain and sustain.

Thank you to for supporting this meetup! 🍕 🍻 🥤

Thurs 4/30 at 5:30p at the Group Design Build Shop (worth coming to see!) 425R Watertown St in Newton. Please park on the street, not in the lot, as the building neighbors need the lot space and we are a considerate bunch! See you soon geeks! 🔨

03/29/2026

This stuff works. And it’s made of wood. 🪵 .insulatebetter

Was great to just kick back and BS* a bit with the Boston geeks at  last week. We talked air sealing, helical piers, ERV...
03/02/2026

Was great to just kick back and BS* a bit with the Boston geeks at last week. We talked air sealing, helical piers, ERV ducting, insulation strategy, and I finally got to learn what a grade beam is! Great to meet new friends…the more the merrier…and help each other out. Plus we gave away a beanie and a tee. Thanks for having us over Steveworks, the workshop looks great, and we will see you all again in March!

This was part of a MA CSL continuing ed class yesterday. Great to see…hope they mentioned you can lay it flat for a perf...
03/01/2026

This was part of a MA CSL continuing ed class yesterday. Great to see…hope they mentioned you can lay it flat for a perfect floor or angle it for a perfect roof! I bet the next slide was all about monopoly framing! 🔨

02/25/2026

Meetup tomorrow geeks! Thurs 2/26, 530p at the workshop. B.Y.O.BS*! Bring your own building science questions, topics, details, ideas and we can talk about whatever you like. It's been a while since we had a chance to talk about whatever YOU wanted to with all these great presenters so this a great opportunity to get insight and info from your fellow building geeks whatever it is your working through and thinking about. Pizza and cold drinks as always. See you soon! steveworks - 186 Riverview Ave in Waltham!

Thursday! B.Y.O.BS* meetup at . Bring your own topics questions, ideas, questions, details and we can discuss anything y...
02/23/2026

Thursday! B.Y.O.BS* meetup at . Bring your own topics questions, ideas, questions, details and we can discuss anything you all like! It’s been a while since we had a opportunity for a less structured meetup and I know there is always something going on that some good ol’ group input can always help out with so that’s what this meetup is all about. 2/26 at 5:30p at 186 Riverview Ave in Waltham! 🍕 and 🍻 as always! See you there!

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