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Project Sustainability

Each month, the show welcomes a new guest who will unpack a specific topic, spanning multiple episodes. Host Peggy Smedley will dive into her guest’s desire to provide alternatives that will empower each of us on what it means to have a healthy home. Simply all the innovations from energy, air, water, lighting, security, appliances, and more that impact our homes.

With a focus on technology—and how it works in the home—listeners will gain a deeper understanding of what’s coming next and what’s already possible today. Determined to give a glimpse into the future, Smedley ends every series with the same question: How can we do even more simply by managing our energy consumption to help make the world healthier, safer, and greener today and for future generations?

Unregulated: Indoor Air Quality

Apr 26, 2022

The air in our home is often two-to-10 times more polluted than the air outside. Peggy and Erik Bernal, CEO, Elite Water Systems, talk about the unregulated industry of indoor air quality. He says we spend 90% of our times indoors, so where are we getting sick when we get sick: indoors.

They also discuss:

What exactly...

Is Our Water Clean?

Apr 19, 2022

Peggy and Erik Bernal, CEO, Elite Water Systems, talk about the Clean Water Act—where we were and where we are today. He says in the 1970s, the Clean Water Act was implemented because of microbiological contamination—and that not much has changed since then.

They also discuss:

How many people have access to safe...

How to Pandemic Proof Our Healthy Homes

Apr 13, 2022

Peggy and Erik Bernal, CEO, Elite Water Systems, talk about the biggest purchase we will make in our lives: our home. He says it might as well be a healthy one. Prior to the pandemic, we were spending 90% of our times indoors. He says when the pandemic hit, that changed, and we accelerated the need for agility within...

All about Water

Apr 5, 2022

On the inaugural episode of Project Sustainability Podcast, Peggy and Erik Bernal, CEO, Elite Water Systems, talk about wellness and how water has to be at the forefront of homes. When Katrina hit, there was a cocktail soup bowl of mess in the water. He shares the four things he asked an army reserve...