Passive House Weekly April 8th, 2024

Please read on for a selection of Passive House happenings, articles, interviews, and developments.

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Please read on for a selection of PHA Live Event, Featured Article, Podcasts, New videos, Events, and What We're Reading.

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1. Events of the Week

2. Featured Article of the Week

3. Passive House Podcast Episodes

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor of the Week

4. Videos

5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings

THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

Passive House Accelerator
Bhutan Law Library: Bridging Tradition and Passive Design (Apr 17)

Phius
2024 Phius Policy Summit (Apr 16 -17)

The Passive House Network
Pacific CPHD | Spring Cohort (Apr 18)
Atlantic Spring 2024 Cohort (Apr 18)
Passive House Retrofits: The EnerPHit Standard

Nominate Speakers for the Reimagine Buildings: PREFAB Conference  

If you know someone who belongs on the Reimagine Buildings virtual stage, we would love to hear from you! submit nominations  here!

Getting to Zero Forum
May 21-23 | Charlotte, NC

The Getting to Zero Forum is the premier event dedicated to building decarbonization. 

Future Events!

Passive House Accelerator
Bhutan Law Library: Bridging Tradition and Passive (Apr 17)

Passive House Canada
Achieving the Passive House Standard for Existing Buildings (Apr 23)
A Pattern Language from Passive House (Apr 26)

Emu Passive
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Brooklyn, NY (Apr 22-26)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Boston, MA (May 6-10)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Pittsburgh, PA (June 3-6)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Fort Collins, CO (June 24-28)

ZebX
Decarb Lunch: Introducing Energize Vancouver (Apr 26)

Built Environment Plus
Close the Gap(s): Decarbonizing Large Buildings Symposium  (May 2)
Building Tech Forum (June 11)

Green Building United
2024 Sustainability Symposium (May 22)

Passive House Institute
PHPP Expert Course (Sep-Jan)
Online PH Designer/Consultant Course in English (Oct-Dec)

Does your organization have an upcoming event? Submit it here to be included in our next newsletter.

Upcoming Conferences

The Humid Climate Conference (May 6-7)

Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

ASES SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy (May 20-23)

Getting to Zero Forum (May 21-23)

THRIVE Passivhaus Conference 24 (May 23-24)

Passive House Canada Conference (June 17-19)

American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour (Oct 4)

Greenbuild 2024 (Nov 12 -15)

6. What We're Reading

ECHR judges side with Swiss group in rights ruling (DW)
New EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer (AP)
It’s not just you—seasonal allergies may be getting worse for everyone because of climate change (Scientific American)
What the change in HUD leadership means for the housing crisis (Governing)
The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production (Grist)
Communities call for the end of the overhead transmission line (The Fifth Estate)
City looks to stem run-off by expanding rain retrofit program (CBC)
The unassuming material that could soak up carbon emissions (Washington Post)
Trains are cleaner than planes, right? (New York Times)
Fannie Mae: Households adjusting to higher mortgage rates (Builder Online)