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Top Passive House Tweets Last Week

Passive House Accelerator

– February 22, 2021

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

The #PassivhausChallenge is up and running with Passivhaus owners sharing their experience turning off their heaters during the winter and seeing how long it takes to cool down.

The PHIUS+2021 launch is scheduled for March 2 at 5 pm CT. Register now!

The NAPHN Symposium, “Let’s Clear the Air,” is coming up March 10.

Nith Valley Leaf Trust won a SURF Award for their initiative to develop Scotland’s first community-owned homes, which were built to Passivhaus energy standards.

Mikhail Riches and North Somerset’s Nailsea Passivhaus scheme was granted planning permission in Nailsea, a town in South West England.

Edinburgh has planned the first Passive House-designed high school in Scotland.

Chris Higgins is assisting a supportive housing project being proposed in Vancouver that would add a total of 230 Passive House homes to the city’s housing stock.

South West College will be welcoming students to their new Passivhaus Erne campus in September.

In SustainableNI’s latest blog, Barry McCarron (Chair of PHA Ireland) discusses progress of Passive House in Northern Ireland.

Lloyd Alter checks out Home-Grown Homes from Woodknowledge Wales, which covers it all: embodied, operational, renewable, performance and even a bit of tree planting.

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