Passive House Weekly August 28th, 2023

August 28th, 2023

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

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1. PHA Week in Preview

See you in September!

Hello, Passive House Accelerator community! While our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! programming is on hiatus for the month of August, we're publishing new articles to the website, new episodes to the Passive House Podcast, and new videos to our Reimagine Buildings Youtube channel. So please dig in! And you can always check out any previous PHA LIVE! episodes that you may have missed by going to the Passive House Accelerator YouTube channel.

See you live in September!

Join us next Wednesday, 9/6 for PH 101 Series: Airtightness with Shaun St-Amour. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from an industry leader and engage with the PHA community. See you there!

NOW LIVE: New Passive House Podcast Episode

THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

Passive House Network
Passive House Network Design Award Submissions (Due Sept 4)

Urban Green Council
Crushing the Code NYC: Residential/ Urban Green Council (Aug 30)

Do you have Passive House news that we should share in a future edition? Email us at: [email protected]

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2. Featured Article of the Week

Passive Construction Plays Central Role in Brownsville Revitalization

Developed by Blue Sea Development Company, Gilbane Development Company, and Artspace Projects, the Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments will bring 290 units of affordable housing and much-needed cultural spaces to the Brownsville neighborhood. Continue reading

3. Upcoming Conferences

Rainscreen Association in North America Annual Conference (Sep 21)
This will be a live in-person event (also held virtually for those who can’t attend in person. It will be hosted by the Building Energy Exchange in NYC at 31 Chambers Street. It is a full day event with RAiNA Committee updates during the morning session and 3.5 AIA/CEU programs in the afternoon. Following the networking lunch at 11:30am, there will be three programs of extreme relevance to the NYC Design/Architecture Community (and beyond)

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!