Passive House Weekly October 9th, 2023

Please read on for a selection of PHA Live Event, PHA Magazine, 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 Gen: Life Cycle Analysis

Join the October episode of Passive House Accelerator LIVE! Next Gen, featuring Kate Bren, Performance Consultant at Cyclone Energy Group. In this role, Kate applies complex building science principles to a myriad of high-performing projects, converting them into actionable steps.

The session will commence with an introduction to the LCA workflow and the analytical methods methods used for analysis. Following this, there will be an exploration of key insights, including Kate's experience with environmental product declarations and LEED compliance. We will also focus on future research, with a special focus on the interaction between embodied and operational carbon, and a discussion on other potential areas of development in relation to high performance and Passive House design.

This free presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 11th 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. The Fall 2023 Issue of PHA Magazine is Here!

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 Accelerator
  Next Gen: Life Cycle Analysis (Oct 11)

• Energy and Environmental Building Alliance
  High Performance Home Builder Summit (Oct 10-12)

• Passive House Canada
  Pathway to Passive House Trades Certification (Oct 11)
  Pathway to Passive House Designer/Consultant (Oct 11)
  Master Class Series – Building Enclosure Control Layers (Oct 12)

• ADFF
  Architecture & Design Film Festival (Oct 12-14)

• Emu Passive
  Online Passive Design/Build CPHT Autumn Crew (Oct 12, 19, 26)

• NESEA
  BuildingEnergy NYC (Oct 12)

• AIA
  AIA Philadelphia Home Tours (Oct 14 - 15)

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

Future Events!

• ZEBx
  Decarb Lunch: The Opportunities and Challenges of Deconstruction (Oct 17)

• NESEA
  All-Electric, Urban Infill Project in Ithaca, NY (Oct 20)

• Emu Passive
  California Passive Design/Build Bootcamp + CPHT Exam (Oct 30)
  Online Passive Design/Build CPHT Autumn Crew (Nov 2,9,16)
  Colorado Passive Design/Build Bootcamp + CPHT Exam (Dec 11)

• Passive House School
  Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Online Course (Nov 8)

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

• Passive House Institute
  PHPP Expert Course (Sep-Jan)
  Online PH Designer/Consultant Course in English (Oct-Dec)

• Passive House Network
  CPHD On-Demand Trainings

Does your organization have an upcoming event? Submit it here to be included in our next newsletter.

Upcoming Conferences

• 2023 ACE NY Fall Conference (Oct 25-26)

• Building Performance Association 2023 New England Conference & Trade Show (Nov 7-8)

• PhiusCon (Nov 7-10)

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

• Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

6. What We're Reading

• Climate solutions are necessary. So we’re dedicating a week to highlight them (NPR)

• Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany (ABC News)

• The quest for the low-budget park (CityLab)

• UTSC’s new residence aims to cut energy consumption by over two-thirds (The Varsity)

• Passing pro-housing legislation is only the first step in making housing more affordable (Brookings)

• ADUs can help address the lack of housing. But they’re bad urban design. (NextCity)

• Exploring the growing trend of passive homes (NBC Boston – VIDEO)

• Poor ventilation in homes causing worrying health implications for Wales residents (Wales Herald)

• Against preservation: an architecture of transformational change (The Architect’s Newspaper)

• How to advance a regenerative economy (Nonprofit Quarterly)