2019 New Gravity Housing Conference
https://greenbuildingunited.org/events/2019-new-gravity-housing-conference
By Green Building United – 03/15/2019
Envelope and Details
Actively Passive
Such building consume about 90% less heating energy and 75% less overall energy than “average” new construction, according to the Passive House Institute (PHI)-
By Richard Pedranti – 07/01/2019
Adding a Window Seasonal Net Energy Balance Calculator to the PHPP
Adding window net-energy calculations to a PHPP
By Ed May – 08/25/2019
Architect Magazine Shares Five Details to Reduce Embodied and Operational Carbon
Architect Magazine shares five examples of building assemblies that take a "both/and" approach to the problems of embodied and operational carbon emissions.
By Zachary Semke – 02/05/2020
ASTM Symposia Paper on Whole Building Envelope Air Leakage Testing
Two Project Case Studies and the Lessons They Teach about Whole Building Envelope Air Leakage Testing
By Craig Stevenson – 10/31/2019
Big discount on course package celebrates PHC's launch of Pathway to Certification series
Passive House Canada launches course bundle with 50% discount for limited time.
By Passive House Canada – 03/30/2020
Climate Resiliency
When designing high efficiency buildings and infrastructure, engineers are increasingly considering Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) in the design process.
By Jeff Clarke-Janzen – 03/07/2020
CNN Covers Passive House - These 100 year old homes are on the cutting edge of energy efficiency
These 100 year old homes are on the cutting edge of energy efficiency - Passive House covered on CNN
By Passive House Accelerator – 06/18/2019
Columbia County Habitat for Humanity Passive Townhomes
Columbia County Habitat for Humanity built a pair of townhomes to develop a cost-justified Passive House prototype design for future projects.
By Jordan Dentz – 03/26/2019
Designing Healthy Building Assemblies Using ThermaCork - Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Cork
Love cork but worried about using it for insulation? This article provides information about how to determine the right amount of cork for your home.
By Josh Palmer – 02/06/2020
Good Energy Haus as a Case Study and Beacon for Sustainability
After spending his career in Passive House design, Tim Eian is building his very own Passive House with an aim to bend the ear of local government.
By 475 High Performance Building Supply – 09/05/2019
High Performance Double Wall Construction
Read about how you integrate double wall construction with a continuous air barrier and still achieve moisture control and Passive House airtightness
By Matthew Bowers – 04/09/2019
How To Make that Old Leaky Masonry Row House Airtight
475 takes a focused look at achieving Passive House levels of airtightness when undertaking historic masonry rowhouse retrofits.
By 475 High Performance Building Supply – 04/11/2019
How to Talk Windows with a Passive House Nerd
How to Talk Windows with a Passive House Nerd
By Steven Winter Associates – 03/23/2020
Integrating Energy Modeling: Designing with WUFI Passive Software
The WUFI Passive software creates a powerful whole building performance report. Learn how to integrate this useful information into the design process.
By John Loercher – 02/20/2019
Just Your Typical Blower Door Test… in Sri Lanka – Star Garment Innovation Center
Just Your Typical Blower Door Test… in Sri Lanka – Star Garment Innovation Center
By Steven Winter Associates – 03/27/2019
Measured Performance of Four Passive Houses on Three Sites in New York State
All 3 Passive Houses used less energy than similarly sized homes built to the NYSECC. However, energy consumption was 24%-82% higher than predicted PHPP models.
By Jordan Dentz – 03/01/2019
NAPHN Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training, Minneapolis, Nov. 12-16
Spread the News! PHMN (an NAPHN Chapter) are excited to offer the Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training in Minneapolis on Nov 12-16.
By North American Passive House Network – 10/03/2019
Passive House Buildings Magazine Spring Issue
The Spring issue of Passive House Buildings covers exemplary projects, news, useful products, and building science.
By Mary James – 04/17/2019
Passive House Plus Magazine - Newest Issue
Passive House Plus Magazine
By Passive House Accelerator – 06/17/2019
Passive House Principles in Action
This video series is intended to provide an overview of the Passive House Principles and show how they're being implemented at the Corona Senior Residence
By Adam Romano – 02/15/2019
Passive Retrofit Detail: Tying Floor plates to Exterior Walls
Diving into a detail of continuing an air barrier around an historic plaster crown and existing floorplates.
By Baxt Ingui Architects – 09/10/2019
Passive Retrofit: A Systematic Approach
Different approaches to airsealing a masonry retrofit townhouse.
By Baxt Ingui Architects – 06/28/2019
Pursuing Passive
Strategies for a High Comfort, Low Energy Retrofit in NYC - Building Energy Exchange a fantastic resources for Passive House
By Passive House Accelerator – 06/10/2019
Pursuing Passive: Strategies for a High Comfort, Low Energy Retrofit in NYC
This report describes how capital planning might be organized, code and regulatory barriers to pursuing retrofit, and important technical and market challenges.
By Building Energy Exchange – 11/26/2019
Resilience is the New Green
Attitudes are shifting from avoiding catastrophe to managing it with strategies including resilience and adaptation - GBA - Fernandao Pages Ruiz n
By Passive House Accelerator – 08/05/2019
Smart and Sustainable: Sidewalk Labs Reimagines the Built Environment
Sidewalk Labs is reimagining the built environment from the bottom up, from construction methods and materials to energy sourcing, management, and waste.
By Christian Bergland – 12/17/2019
Tackling the Built-in Climate Challenge: The Energiesprong Approach
By Jeff Clarke-Janzen – 03/06/2020
Ten Golden Rules for Foam-Free Flat Roofs
With foam out of the equation, we examine how to avoid condensation, rot and mold in our structures.
By 475 High Performance Building Supply – 06/05/2019
The Increasing Impact of Passive House
Beyond the more obvious energy and carbon reduction rationale, passive construction brings a much higher level of comfort.
By Jeff Clarke-Janzen – 03/20/2020
The Power of Existing Buildings--Forward By Dr. Wolfgang Feist
The Power of Existing Buildings explains how to realize the potential of existing buildings and make them perform like new.
By Craig Stevenson – 08/10/2019
Top 6 rookie air sealing mistakes
Don’t get caught making these common rookie mistakes (and what to do instead!)
By Jessica Kumor – 12/18/2019
Turning Data Into Action
This study finds that implementing recommended retrofits would reduce multifamily energy use in NYC by 11% and have a simple payback of less than 6 years.
By Building Energy Exchange – 12/10/2019
Video: Tim McDonald on Making Multifamily Passive House a Reality
Video: Tim McDonald shares his experience completing Passive House Certified multifamily buildings in Pennsylvania.
By Andrew Michler – 10/28/2019
VISUALIZING PHPP WINDOW ENERGY BALANCE DATA IN SKETCHUP
Linking PHPP calculated values back to a DesignPH Sketchup model for visualization and error checking
By Ed May – 07/01/2019
When the Rubber Meets the Road
Identifying Passive House air tightness requirements and its application in the Cornell Tech building.
By Steven Winter Associates – 02/27/2019