Prefab Highlights for 2023
Prefabrication has been a major topic for the Accelerator and the Passive House community for years, and we're lucky to have had the opportunity to feature so many projects that utilize panelization or modular construction in 2023 so far! One of the major obstacles to decarbonizing our buildings stock is scaling, and prefabrication offers a pathway to rapidly increase output to meet our housing needs while also bringing manufacturing jobs back to industrial centers. Continue reading
3. Upcoming Conferences
2023 Passive House Network Conference (Sep 28-Oct 6)
At the 2023 Passive House Network Conference, we will share our ambitions for a better world. Today, we have huge opportunities to change course. As communities are being stressed and assaulted by the escalating effects of the climate crisis: wild fires, droughts, floods, conflicts, energy insecurity, poverty, sickness and inequality – let’s explore how we can build better buildings, better communities and a better world. Passive House is the platform. Passive House education and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing has the power to change our vocabulary, our conversations, and our culture. Let’s expand the conversation. The conference program will include industry leading designers, builders, developers, manufacturers, and owners, from across the country and around the world.
Energy and Environmental Building Alliance High Performance Home Builder Summit (Oct 10-12)
Bringing Sustainability Home, Where Every Home is High Performing, Healthy & Resilient Join EEBA on October 10-12, 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT for a High Performance Home Builder Summit focused on providing the tools and networking that builders, raters, analysts, and architects need to take high performance, healthy, resilient homes to new heights.
BuildingEnergy NYC (Oct 12)
NESEA's BuildingEnergy NYC conference and trade show is a chance to immerse yourself in a full day of networking and intensive learning with your peers from the fields of design, construction, engineering, policy, finance, and beyond. This unique event is designed by and for our community of practitioners, ensuring that the content is useful, relevant, and on the leading edge. Conference sessions present best practices and lessons learned based on real case studies and proven data, as well as showcasing innovative technologies and programs. If you are a building sustainability professional in any stage of your career, mark your calendar now, and plan to join us on Thursday, October 12, 2023 in New York City!
PhiusCon (November 7-10)
PhiusCon 2023 is headed to the Lone Star State! By hosting this year’s conference in Houston, we have our eyes set on the next frontier of passive building: hot and humid climates. The need for reliable, efficient buildings has never been greater in Texas and beyond, which is why now is the perfect time to expand Phius’ footprint in the south. Phius buildings are designed with the grid in mind – providing energy independence and hardening the larger grid system. Despite the challenges posed, the Phius methodology has proven to be effective in hot and humid climates. PhiusCon 2023 will provide an entryway into the Phius community for local practitioners, developers and policymakers, equipping them with a blueprint to create more resilient, grid-friendly, healthy communities.
27th International Passive House Conference (April 5-6, 2024)
Look forward to the 27th International Passive House Conference which will take place on 5th and 6th April 2024 on the campus "Technik" of the Leopold Franzens University in the beautiful city of Innsbruck, Austria!
The theme of the conference is: "Retrofit. Have an impact."
The call for papers is now open. Submit your abstracts and be part of the conference program for 2024!
Living Future 2024 (May 7-9, 2024)
Save the date! Call for proposals open August 1st.
4. New Video
Community question! What do you want to see on Reimagine buildings? Passive House design basics? Case studies of completed projects? Interviews with leading experts in the field? Videos to share with potential clients?
Drop your ideas in the comments of our recent video or send us an email: [email protected]
Thanks for your input!
5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings
Phius
Architect’s Guide to Ultra-Low-Energy Buildings, Microgrids and Direct Current with Lisa White (Aug 22)
Phius Certified Passive House Builder Training (Sep 27)
Building Performance Institute
Inflation Reduction Act Webinar Series, Final Webinar (Aug 23)
Passive House Network
Passive House Network Design Award Submissions (Due Sept 4)
CPHD On-Demand Trainings
Peel Passive House
Passive House Design & Construction Course (Sep 12)
International Passive House Association
Large & Complex Passivhaus Masterclass Series (Sep 13)
Urban Green Council
Crushing the Code NYC: Residential/ Urban Green Council (8/30)
Crushing the Code NYC: Residential/ Urban Green Council (Sep 6)
What's New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code/ Urban Green Council (Sep 27)
Crushing the Code NYC: Commercial/ Urban Green Council (Sep 28)
Passive House Institute
PHPP Expert Course (Sep-Jan)
Online PH Designer/Consultant Course in English (Oct-Dec)
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6. What We're Reading
Dementia risk tied to wildfire particulates, other air pollution (Medpage Today)
‘Gamechanger’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial (The Guardian)
Can Sweden’s visionary wood city outrun its real estate crisis? (CityLab)
Salvage superstar: Doors Unhinged (Metropolis)
The clean energy future is arriving faster than you think (New York Times)
Industrial property going green—new Goodman project (The Fifth Estate)
Cass Gilbert’s Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House is going green thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (The Architect’s Newspaper)
A unique opportunity to address the affordable-housing crisis: off-site construction (Governing)
Feds ease Colorado River cutbacks after positive forecast, but more work remains (NPR for Northern Colorado)
Shifts, trends, and opportunities in financing master-planned communities (Builder Online)
