Please read on for a selection of PHA Live Event, Featured Article, Podcasts, New videos, Events, and What We're Reading.
What an incredible year it has been! We are thankful for our dedicated team of staff and cohosts as well as our sustaining sponsors, presenters, interviewees, and of course, our community of practitioners. With your help we have continued to strengthen and cultivate a collaborative platform for sharing innovation and thought leadership, and we look forward to growing a larger community of the Passive House curious—and ultimately the Passive House committed—in the year ahead.
Event
Announcing the 24-hour, around-the-world, global online happening
1. PHA Live Events
Upcoming PHA Live! events in the New Year
Next Gen | Beyond Efficiency: Unveiling the Embodied Carbon Challenge in Low-Carbon Construction
Elisabeth Baudinaud, Founder of Carbon Wise, will join our January Next Gen series with an insightful discussion on embodied carbon. Join us for an exploration beyond energy efficiency, as Elisabeth delves into the nuanced dimensions surrounding the environmental impact deeply embedded in the materials and processes crucial to low-carbon construction practices.
In this session, Elisabeth will articulate why a sole focus on increasing energy efficiency is insufficient. She will underscore the vital necessity to address and mitigate the environmental repercussions inherent in the materials and processes integral to sustainable construction practices. As an esteemed leader in policy development and community resiliency, Elisabeth's wealth of experience and dedication to advancing low-carbon construction practices have propelled the establishment of Carbon Wise.
This free presentation will take place on Wednesday, January 10th 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
THANK YOU to Our Sponsor of the Week
4. Video
5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings
THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community
Passive House Accelerator
Beyond Efficiency: Unveiling the Embodied Carbon Challenge in Low-Carbon Construction (Jan 10)Emu Passive
On-Demand ONLINE Passive Design/Build™ core curriculum and CPHT exam prep (Jan 10)Passive House Network
PHPPv10 Update Session (Jan 10)
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Future Events!
Passive House Accelerator
Beyond Efficiency: Unveiling the Embodied Carbon Challenge in Low-Carbon Construction (Jan 10)
Project Showcase | Electrification the Multifamily Passive House Way (Jan 17)
Construction Tech | With Edward C. Ettinger (Jan 24)
101 Edition | Fresh Air with Heat Recovery (Feb 7)Emu Passive
On-Demand ONLINE Passive Design/Build™ core curriculum and CPHT exam prep (Jan 10, 17, 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
CPHD Winter Cohort (Jan 18)
Passive House Retrofits: The EnerPHit Standard (Jan 23)ASHRAE
ASHRAE Winter Conference – General, ASHRAE (Jan 20, 24)BEEX
Celebrate BE-Ex! A Decade of Excellence – NYSERDA sponsored (with Doreen Harris speaking) (Jan 31)Passive House Rocky Mountains
PHRM Chapter Meeting (Jan 17)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 groundbreaking 24-hour global online conference by Passive House Accelerator, shaping 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
Four ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing fires (NPR)
The surprise advances on embodied carbon emerging from MECLA’s latest webinar (The Fifth Estate)
How ‘greener’ steam could help Boston buildings cut climate-warming emissions (WBUR)
Ancient elements of cool (Washington Post)
The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes – so they’re building them from hemp (Next City)
Want more transit (and federal funding)? Building housing that supports it (CityLab)
Is this the most energy-efficient way to build homes? (MIT Technology Review)
I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong (The Guardian)
Advocating for code change to increase access to modular/emergency design (The Architect’s Newspaper)
Inflation insights: a deep dive into metro trends (Builder Online)