Passive House Weekly April 29th, 2024

How can prefab construction help you create healthy, low-carbon buildings? Join us on May 17th to find out! Register here!

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
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)

Green Building Solutions
Application for this years’ (GBS) Summer University (May 5 - Jun 30)

The Humid Climate Conference
The Humid Climate Conference 2024 (May 6-7)

Nominate Speakers for the Reimagine Buildings: PREFAB Conference  

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Reimagine Buildings PREFAB Conference | May 17th

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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
Building Tech Forum (June 11)

Green Building Solutions
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

Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

Reimagine Buildings: PREFAB (May 17)

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

We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized (Vox)
Scottish government encouraged to ‘hold its nerve’ on Passivhaus policy (Project Scotland)
Buildings are a big part of New England’s emissions. States are working to change that. (WBUR)
Biden rolls out new minimum energy standards for affordable housing (CityLab)
Real affordable housing is possible (The Fifth Estate)
Boise’s zoning reform is actually working – ADU permits are surging (Next City)
America’s first Passive House-certified hotel is a smart weekend getaway from New York City (Forbes)
Some gains, many losses: what went wrong for climate in this year’s state budget (City Limits)
How abrupt U-turns are defining U.S. environmental regulations (New York Times)
Freedom for the wolves (The Atlantic)