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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Event
Announcing the 24-hour, around-the-world, global online happening
1. PHA Live Events
Electrification the Multifamily Passive House Way
Building electrification is a key strategy for reaching our climate goals but how do we do it efficiently and with a grid sensitive approach? Multifamily affordable housing has the answers. One of Magnusson Architecture and Planning's latest, Highbridge – a NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence and Blue Ribbon for Design Excellence winner – is a prime example. This fully electric, passive house, which will provide 316 affordable and supportive apartments and 106 family shelter units has the size and scope to offer a variety of lessons and to dispel some of the misconceptions around this work.
Sara Bayer and Lara Caballero will join our January Project Showcase event to shed light on the imperative role of Passive House construction in achieving electrification goals and its profound impact on the grid.
This free presentation will take place on Wednesday, January 17th at 9am PT / 12pm ET and will be followed by a lively Q+A session. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from an industry leader and engage with the PHA community. See you there!
2. Featured Article of the Week
3. Passive House Podcast Episode
1/11/24
Component Spotlight: New ERV/HRV Hits the North American Market, with Brink (Arthur Dijkstra) and 475 (Gabrielle O’Grady)
After 475 High Performance Building Supply conducted a round of focus groups asking North American Passive House practitioners what new Passive House materials and components they needed, one clear message kept coming through: give us a new alternative for HRVs and ERVs.
Podcast
1/9/24
172: Fostering Longterm Sustainability
Passive House Podcast co-hosts Ilka Cassidy and Mary James speak with with Amanda Bonelli, an Associate at Bright Common, a Philadelphia-based firm.
Podcast
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4. Videos
1/10/24
Beyond Efficiency: Unveiling the Embodied Carbon Challenge in Low-Carbon Construction
Elisabeth Baudinaud, Founder of Carbon Wise, joined our January Next Gen series with an insightful discussion on embodied carbon.
Video, Embodied Carbon, Passive House Accelerator Live
1/27/24
Join us for Reimagine Buildings '24 on March 7-8, 2024
Announcing the 24-hour, around-the-world, global online happening: Reimagine Buildings ’24.
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5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings
THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community
Passive House Accelerator
Project Showcase | Electrification the Multifamily Passive House Way (Jan 17)Emu Passive
On-Demand ONLINE Passive Design/Build™ core curriculum and CPHT exam prep (Jan 17)Passive House Rocky Mountains
PHRM Chapter Meeting (Jan 17)Passive House Network
CPHD Winter Cohort (Jan 18)ZebX
2023 CLF BC Award Winner: Discover Montessori - Webinar (Jan 19)ASHRAE
ASHRAE Winter Conference – General, ASHRAE (Jan 20)
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Future Events!
Passive House Accelerator
Project Showcase | Electrification the Multifamily Passive House Way (Jan 17)
Construction Tech | With Edward C. Ettinger (Jan 24)
Component Spotlight | Rockwool (Jan 25)
101 Edition | Fresh Air with Heat Recovery (Feb 7)Emu Passive
On-Demand ONLINE Passive Design/Build™ core curriculum and CPHT exam prep (Jan 24, 31 + Feb 7, 14)
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 Fort Collins, CO (June 24-28)Passive House Network
Passive House Retrofits: The EnerPHit Standard (Jan 23)ASHRAE
ASHRAE Winter Conference – General, ASHRAE (Jan 24)ZebX
Productive Disruption: Virtual Decarbonization Planning - Decarb Lunch Webinar (Jan 26)BEEX
Celebrate BE-Ex! A Decade of Excellence – NYSERDA sponsored (with Doreen Harris speaking) (Jan 31)Phius
Phius Project Cert Workshop (Feb 7)Passive House Institute
PHPP Expert Course (Sep-Jan)
Online PH Designer/Consultant Course in English (Oct-Dec)
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Join Reimagine Buildings, a one-of-a-kind 24-hour global online conference by Passive House Accelerator, sharing the future of low-carbon building.
Upcoming Conferences
Reimagine Buildings '24 (March 7-8)
Building Energy Boston (March 19-20)
27th International Passive House Conference (April 5-6)
Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)
ASES SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy (May 20-23)
Greenbuild 2024 (Nov 12 -15)
6. What We're Reading
U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming (NPR)
U.S. takes another big step on climate ‘super-pollutant’ (Washington Post)
5 real estate trends that will rule the market in 2024 (Architectural Digest)
Housing costs continue to weigh on inflation (Builder Online)
Smart city tech is evolving to include sustainability features (Government Technology)
Governor Hochul lays out major transportation plans for New York City’s Second Avenue Subway Extension and Interborough Express (The Architect’s Newspaper)
New report offers path to achieve zero carbon aligned housing (Forbes)
To do historic preservation right, we need to move beyond our fixation on historic material (Next City)
break ground on state’s first multifamily passive housing project (Crain’s Grand Rapids Business)
Manitoba couple embraces green living in province’s sole certified Passive House (Global News)