Working on patterns in the wind

Jason Quinn has interests in three types of sustainable business:
1. DIY double glazing kit for windows (warmhealthyhome.co.nz)
2. Sustainable Engineering Ltd - building science consultation and certified Passive House design
3. COR Associates (Wellington) offering building engineering services and advice
We began by asking Jason about the DIY double-glazing kit. Each Space Window Insulation Kit contains quality polyolefin film and aerospace-grade bonding tape, with detailed instructions. The plastic film is taped to the inside or outside of the window frame and heat-shrunk to seal it tight.
Inspiration for the kits began when Jason needed to do something urgently about a cold house in which he lived. He remembered his grandmother in Massachusetts (preparing for snow for five months of the year) stapling builder's plastic over the windows of her house each autumn. Jason adds, "Bubble wrap is a cheap insulation option for bathroom windows, just wet the window and place the shiny side of the bubble wrap against the glass."
Jason acknowledges that his father provided some of the inspiration to follow a sustainable path. Two of his father's books: The Underground House Book and The Solar Home Book motivated him to draw his own pictures before he could even read the text.
Before moving to Whanganui, Jason worked on "space stuff" at NASA, team leader of 70 staff working on a spaceshuttle replacement programme. His first visit to New Zealand was while honeymooning and, returning later, he worked for a year with Q-West boat builders as a mechanical engineer. He undertook the Passive House training in Auckland following that.
Some of Jason's work is in "wind comfort science" - the study of how wind travels across spaces and around buildings, creating tunnel effects. Jason's consulting work for the Ministry of Education has included recommendations that some schools' outdoors areas could be made more comfortable by positioning barriers to deflect the wind.
Jason would like to do more work in this field as well as in Passive House design. He'd also like to do more residential work on low energy homes with local builders. COR Associates plan for Jason to work principally on mechanical systems for large buildings: switching from conventional air-conditioning heating to hybrid. A hybrid system adds the heat generated by people, lights and electronics into the overall equation and sensors inform the HVAC system when to "turn off" and "tell" people to open the windows.
What would help?
Improving the building code: "While builders mostly build to a higher standard than regulations require, building according to current regulations can create buildings which will develop mould within three months." Jason explains, "As you add insulation to walls they dry out more slowly. Some builders know to prevent air flow through walls and insulation, thus keeping rain on the outside and warmth on the inside. However, architects don't always get this kind of building science knowledge in their training."
Jason's own personal commitment to a sustainable lifestyle includes his choice to live at Quaker Settlement which is an intentional community. His commuter mileage is low as he works from home, travelling to Wellington only once a month.