Passive House Weekly April 22th, 2024

We wanted to take a moment to wish you a very Happy Earth Day  ! Today serves as a reminder of the importance of caring for our planet and taking meaningful steps towards sustainability. 

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

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
Following the Little Red Line: Developing and Executing Air Sealing Strategies for Panelized Buildings (Apr 24)

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)

ZebX
Decarb Lunch: Introducing Energize Vancouver (Apr 26)

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
101 Series: [Un]usual Suspects Of Building Science: Details That Matter (May 1)
Accelerating Building Decarbonization with Gradient Window Heat Pumps (May 2)

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

Green Building Solutions
Application for this years’ (GBS) Summer University (May 5 - Jun 30)
Green.Building.Solutions. Summer University (Jul 13 - Aug 4)

Emu Passive
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)

Passive House Northwest
The HVAC Summit for Passive Buildings (May 10)

American Solar Energy Society
SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy (May 20-23)

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

There are now more than 500 U.S. cities where the average home price is $1M (Dwell)
California can’t curb homelessness? Look what Texas cities have done. (Governing)
Clean energy investments must prioritize climate-resistant affordable housing (Next City)
Resident builds city’s first net-zero property – and shares exactly how she did it (The Cool Down)
What happens after a highway dies? (CityLab)
Navigating the path to net zero (Metropolis)
Passivhaus needn’t be daunting – it’s just a shift in mindset (Construction News)
Biden administration announces rule to strengthen protection of public lands (New York Times)
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a prince (The Guardian)
Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025 (Space.com)