Passive House Weekly November 20th, 2023

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. 

1. PHA Live Event

NEXT Week: Air Management in Warm/Humid Climates

Our November Construction Tech presentation is a case study on the Beacon Hill Passive House, the first certified Passive House (Phius) in the state of Missouri. While the team had previously deployed just about every type of wall assembly out there, experimented with different waterproofing and air sealing strategies, tried different glazing packages... this was the first home where they made the commitment to certify and it was a challenge to cross the threshold. David Schleicher and Joe Nickels (Kala Built) will hone in on their strategic approach to control and manage air. They will give an overview of the strategy that was doable in the Kansas City market: it had to be economically viable, it had to appraise, it had to provide the performance level desired for a structure in one of the most challenging climates in the country with hot/humid summers and cold/dry winters. 

This free presentation will take place next week on Wednesday, November 29th at 9am PT / 12pm ET and will be followed by a lively Q+A session. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from industry leaders and engage with the PHA community. See you there!

2. Featured Article of the Week

3. Passive House Podcast Episode

THANK YOU to Our Manufacturer Sponsor of the Week

4. New Videos

5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings

THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

• Passive House Canada
  Built in Canada: Banff Recreation Grounds Public Pavilion in Banff National Park (Nov 20)

• Peel Passive House
  Certified Passive House Designer Course with Peel Passive House Consulting (Nov 21)

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

Future Events!

• Passive House Accelerator
  Air Management in a Warm/Humid Climate (Nov 29)

• Passive House Canada
  Passive House Construction Training Course for Trades Theoretical & Practical (Nov 28)

• Emu Passive
  Colorado Passive Design/Build Bootcamp + CPHT Exam (Dec 11)
  ALL-IN-ONE: Passive Design/Build™️ Boot Camp (Dec 11)

• 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

• BuildingEnergy Boston (March 19-20)

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

• Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

• Greenbuild 2024 (Nov 12 -15)

6. What We're Reading

• Sustainable finance: Australia is on the right track, but moving too slowly (The Fifth Estate)

• ‘This is going to be a back breaker’: landmark climate law poses test for NYC’s co-ops (City Limits)

• Tackling climate change starts with a focus on health, Lancet report says (MedPage Today)

• NYC Congestion pricing could unleash a transportation revolution (CityLab)

• Biden wants network of 500,000 EV chargers. Two states are getting a head start (Washington Post)

• Climate events, displacement, and mental health—Uprooted (Journal of the American Medical Association)

• Residential retrofit—is EnerPHit the answer? (Architecture Today)

• This startup says it’s figured out how to trap carbon affordably (TIME)

• World’s largest energy-efficient ‘passive house’ office building opens in Boston (Boston Globe)

• Riverside Primary School wins prestigious award (Project Scotland)