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TOP PASSIVE HOUSE NEWS LAST WEEK

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Passive House Accelerator
– July 27, 2020

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Here’s a roundup of last week’s top Passive House tweets!

The program for the 24th International Passive House Conference has been released, featuring 16 session with more than 90 presentations. There is an early bird discount available until August 5.

This past week, the iPHA interviewed Bronwyn Barry, the President of NAPHN, in their Women Driving Passive House Industry series.

A recent study was published evaluating the energy savings of over 2000 Passivhaus dwellings (built between 1990 and 2018), as determined by their as-built thermal and space heating performance.

Es Tresidder clarifies the building physics and misunderstandings of thermal mass and heating demand reduction on behalf of Highland Passive in an article titled, “How Much Does Mass Matter?”

The Passivhaus Institut published a report investigating overall energy balance over a glazing’s life cycle to determine the best approach to Europe’s energy balance.

A case study from Papagos Greece shows that, even in economically different times, utilizing retrofits in residential buildings helps generate more energy than they consume all while being affordable and easy enough to accomplish.

Lloyd Alter of TreeHugger gave his take on net-zero and how we can go beyond that goal.

On July 20, the Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation gave the green light to the city of Windsor to proceed with 3100 Meadowbrook Lane, a Passive House development that will be the largest of its kind in Ontario.

Designed by Ryder Architecture with PWL Partnership and Colliers Canada, 157 more Passive House homes are making their way to Vancouver. The project was unanimously approved.

Planning consent granted for a landmark Passivhaus social housing development of 36 units in Glasgow’s East End.

The Shell House in Japan is not only built to Passive House standards; it also used rammed earth and local wood to create a unique aesthetic.

The new Rouen City Hall has been certified as Passive House Plus.

Check out the Halodome: China’s first residential Passivhaus-certified building.

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