Passive House Weekly September 25th, 2023

September 25th, 2023

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

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1. PHA Week in Preview

Student Residences in Passive House: Scaling Challenges & Insights

Marine Sanchez joins our September Construction Tech edition to present the challenges and successes of the construction of the first generation of PH student residences in North-America (including the University of Victoria's and Toronto's projects). The focus will be on the construction phase of these projects, to highlight the changes in construction processes and challenges encountered when scaling up Passive House to large complex buildings. Topics will include discussions on air leakage tests, thermal bridging tracking, submittal processes, ventilation commissioning, alongside general construction challenges that have surfaced and approaches used to mitigate them. These topics will also be reviewed from an energy modelling standpoint, understanding their interdependency through the rigorous energy budget management required to deliver Passive House buildings.

As part of North America’s highly experienced PH professionals, Marine leads RDH’s Passive House services. She focuses on the design of large-scale institutional and mixed-use projects, channeling her passion and expertise to drive climate action within our industry. Her role includes developing PH designs on leading-edge typologies (such as commercial kitchens), guiding site teams new to PH towards successful delivery. She also supports government in implementing carbon reduction policies, while serving on the Passive House Canada board and the City of Toronto Climate Advisory Group.

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THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

Passive House Accelerator
Student Residences in Passive House: Scaling Challenges & Insights (Sep 20)

Source 2050
Source 2050 for Builders Workshop (Sep 26)

Phius
Phius Certified Passive House Builder Training (Sep 27)

Urban Green Council
What's New in the 2020 NYC Energy Code/ Urban Green Council (Sep 27)
Crushing the Code NYC: Commercial/ Urban Green Council (Sep 28)

Passive House Network
2023 PHN Conference (Sep 28-Oct 6)

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2. Featured Article of the Week

Passive House Helping Shape State Energy Codes

If recent updates to codes in Massachusetts and Washington are any indication, states across the U.S. may begin implementing stretch codes with performance levels that approach or even meet Passive House targets. Continue reading