Mary James

Name: Passive House Accelerator
Price range: $

Bio

Mary James is the editor and publisher at Low Carbon Productions. Her books include New York Passive House 2015; Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables; Recreating the American Home: The Passive House Approach;and American Passive House Developments: Multifamily, Multi-Use, and Retrofit Buildings. For 10 years she was the editor and publisher of Home Energy magazine, which covers building science topics.

Articles

- Video
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) Dennis Wedlick: The Rural Build Initiative

Dennis Wedlick, founder of BarlisWedlick Architects, presented on The Rural Build initiative, a Passive House project in Columbia County, New York.
- Retrofits
- News
Passive Survivability
- Retrofits
The Evolving Practice of Onion Flats

Tim McDonald, architect and principal at Onion Flats in Philadelphia, is an innovator who isn’t hesitant to share his expertise and his opinions.
- Video
(Video) Amy Failla Presents Preservation and Passive House-Minded Details at the Happy Hour

Baxt Ingui is overseeing the restoration, expansion and Passive House retrofit of the Engine 16 building.
- Video
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) Jesper Kruse: Multiyear Home Retrofit in Maine

Jesper Kruse, owner of Maine Passive House, describes the three-year retrofit of his own house in Maine.
- Video
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) Deborah Moelis: Guiding University of Toronto to Passive House

Our recap of Deborah Moelis' fast, fun, factual Happy Hour presentation
- Retrofits
Ken Soble Tower EnerPHit

Built in 1967, the Ken Soble Tower is the oldest high-rise multifamily building in the portfolio of City Housing Hamilton.
- Video
- Construction Tech Tuesdays
(VIDEO) Airtightness and the RED Door of Truth: Construction Tech Tuesday Episode 9
- Video
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) Cillian Collins: SoLo Passive House

Cillian Collins, senior architect at Perkins + Will’s Vancouver office, shows off SoLo, an off-grid, all-electric, mass timber Passive House residence in B.C.
- Affordable Housing
Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre Passive Housing
- Video
(VIDEO) Michael Ingui, Baxt Ingui Architects: PH Plus Retrofit in NYC Landmark District

Check out the details from Michael Ingui's Happy Hour presentation on retrofitting for Passive House Plus certification in a Landmark District.
- Video
(Video) Prefab Summit 2 — A Deeper Jump
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) GLOBAL PASSIVE HOUSE HAPPY HOUR: The Heights

Gesa Zellermann and Scott Kennedy from Cornerstone Architecture talked about The Heights, an 85-unit apartment block in Vancouver, B.C
- Passive House Modelling
Stress Testing for a Changing Climate

Passive House specialist Monte Paulsen grapples with how to design climate specific buildings in a changing climate
- Retrofits
A Multiyear Home Retrofit

Jesper Kruse, builder in Maine, did a phased retrofit of his family's home in Bethel.
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
(VIDEO) GLOBAL PASSIVE HOUSE HAPPY HOUR: Vancouver’s Passive House Proliferation

Chris Higgins, a green building planner with the city of Vancouver, discusses the policy changes that have made Vancouver into a Passive House hot spot.
- Envelope and Details
The Heights: Case study in Vancouver, BC

This mixed-use six story building houses 85 rental units in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Global Passive House Happy Hour
The Happy Hour Lowdown: Artscape Edition

Neil Norris, certified Passive House Designer & part of Morrison Hershfield’s Façade Engineering group, talked about the Artscape project in Vancouver.
- Retrofits
- News
Pennsylvania Wilds Going for Passive

Retrofitted from the shell of an 1897 structure, the reimagined building will be used to support organizations such as the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship.
- Prefab
Prefab Summit Hits Great Heights

Six very experienced prefab manufacturers brought their passion and their expertise to the Accelerator’s first Passive House Prefab Summit.
- Retrofits
A Remodel Designed for the Austin Market

At first designed with the 2015 PHIUS standard in mind, the Austin, Texas, home is now a pilot case for the 2018 PHIUS standard in a hot-humid climate.
- Commercial
Gastown Childcare: Passive House for kids on a downtown Vancouver rooftop

Acton Ostry Architects has a reputation in Vancouver for solving challenging problems.
- Residential
Passive House Under the RADAR

On the gradient between splashy and subtle Passive House projects, Blackstone Apartments falls so far toward the subtle end as to fall off the graph completely.
- Retrofits
Kick-Starting Industrialized Retrofits in Halifax

Lorrie Rand, Principal at Habit Studio, worked with Nick Rundnicki, of RSI Project to found the ReCover Initiative tackling deep energy retrofits.
- Residential
Nine New Flats for Sale in Boston

These Boston Passive House flats combine advanced building envelope with PV array that is expected to offset most of the buildings energy use.
- Residential
Model CLT Multifamily in Boston

Placetailor is making strides in Boston's Passive House market by designing, building and developing cutting edge Passive House projects.
- Events
PassivhausMAINE Virtual Fall Forum

Retrofit solutions, zero carbon building content and the 50 Houses initiative.
- Mechanical and Ventilation
- Market Transformation
RetrofitNY Issues New Solicitation

NYSERDA has issued a solicitation (PON 3519) to design and manufacture what it is calling an energy pod.
Industrializing Deep Energy Retrofits

NYSERDA's RetrofitNY initiative is pursuing industrialized approaches to deep energy retrofits.
Passive House Buildings Magazine Spring Issue

The Spring issue of Passive House Buildings covers exemplary projects, news, useful products, and building science.