Passive House Weekly March 11th, 2024

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

The featured project above is Huff'n Puff House in the foothills of Australia’s Strathbogie Ranges. The project is featured in the Spring Edition of the Passive House Accelerator Magazine Learn More

Please read on for a selection of PHA Live Event, Featured Article, Podcasts, New videos, Events, and What We're Reading.

Do you have a recent Passive House and/or high performance project that demonstrates PH principles, electrification, low embodied carbon and high performance construction? Submit here to be featured in a future edition of Passive House Weekly, Podcast or LIVE! program. 

The spring 2024 issue of Passive House Accelerator is a lesson in optimism. As a companion to next week's big event, Reimagine Buildings '24, our newest edition shows that people from around the world are adopting better building techniques that not only embrace Passive House standards, but also embodied carbon, plant-based materials, and localized approaches to decarbonization and resilience.

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1. PHA Live Events

2. Featured Article of the Week

Check Out the Latest Issue of Passive House Accelerator Magazine
Our spring issue contains loads of articles about Passive House projects, building science, and housing policy. You can read the full magazine for free by following the link here!

3. Passive House Podcast Episodes

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor of the Week

4. Upcoming Passive House Happenings

THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

Passive House Accelerator
Making the case for ERV's in Multifamily Buildings (Mar 13)

Metropolis
Design Optimism Talks Do Cities Need a Design Leader?  (Mar 12)

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

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

Future Events!

Passive House Accelerator
Making the case for ERV's in Multifamily Buildings (Mar 13)

NYSERDA
Buildings of Excellence Awards Ceremony (Apr 2)

Metropolis
Design Optimism Talks How Can We Get to Zero? (Apr 9)

The Passive House Network
Pacific CPHD | Spring Cohort (Apr 18)
Atlantic Spring 2024 Cohort (Apr 18)
Passive House Retrofits: The EnerPHit Standard

Emu Passive
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 Pittsburgh, PA (June 3-6)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Fort Collins, CO (June 24-28)

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

Building Energy Boston (March 19-20)

27th International Passive House Conference (April 5-6)

The Humid Climate Conference (May 6-7)

Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

THRIVE Passivhaus Conference 24 (May 23-24)

ASES SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy (May 20-23)

Passive House Canada Conference (June 17-19)

American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour (Oct 4)

Greenbuild 2024 (Nov 12 -15)

5. What We're Reading

Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power (Washington Post)
The need to protect unspent affordable housing money (Governing)
Zoning reform, now a bipartisan cause, tries to build a bigger tent (CityLab)
This Brooklyn multifamily community is sustainable—and affordable (Metropolis)
Opinion: Beware the Trojan horse of alternative housing proposals (City Limits)
ADUs might not be making Chicago more affordable, but they might make it more sustainable (Dwell)
The ZIP code shift: why many Americans no longer live where they work (New York Times)
Passivhaus, banks and ESG, plus a Gold Coast case study (The Fifth Estate)
As deadline approaches, Colorado River states are still far apart on water sharing (NPR)
Wildfire smoke and its neurological impact (JAMA Network)