Climate Action Entries

Articles Collection

• Is Efficiency Dead? Passive House’s Role in the Clean-Energy Revolution.
• California’s New Path to a Low-Carbon Future
• Passive House Canada: Transforming How We Build
• Denver City Council Approves Green Code and Lists Passive House Certification as Compliance Path
• A 10 Year Look Ahead for Passive House in the Northwest
• Insights from Vancouver: Decarbonising our Built Environment
• In the Face of Climate Change Buildings Need Thermal Resilience
• Climate Action and the Spirit of 1776
• How Do Passive Houses Stay Comfortable in the Summer?
• Resilience is the New Green
• We Have Powerful Climate Solutions Like Passive House, We Just Need to Use Them
• Does Passive House Amplify Our Embodied Carbon Decisions?
• Carbon Drawdown Now! Jacob Racusin in PH Rocky Mountains Video
• We Know How to Create Zero Carbon Buildings Right Now
• DNV GL Energy Transition Outlook 2019 (PSST... Passive House Can Help)
• Conference in China Reveals Step Jump for Passive House Construction
• Interview with Eric Corey Freed, Keynote at Passive House Canada Conference
• Passive House Worldwide
• What Are the Barriers to Integrating Passive House into Architectural Practice?
• Passivhaus First in 2020
• Reflections on the New Year
• Interview with Andrew Peel CPHC for the Subaru Passive House Dealership
• New Yorkers Are Taking an Active Interest in Passive House
• The Natural Order of Sustainability
• A Big Bold Idea: The City of Vancouver Sets a Targets and Maps the Path
• Architect Magazine Shares Five Details to Reduce Operational and Embodied Carbon
• The Effort Is Definitely Worth It! How Social Housing Can Be Realized in an Energy Efficient and Cost-Effective Way
• Vancouver's Zero Emissions Buildings: Accelerating Passive House Uptake
• New York States 80X50 Progress Implementing High Performance Codes
• NYC Climate Mobilization Act: A Brief History
• Bloomberg: Net Zero Passive House Are the Answer to Housing Energy Efficiency
• Greenport Passive House is Where Rustic Design Meets High Performance
• Green Light: Rise of the Energy Efficient Building
• Prefabricated Home Manufacturer Dvele to Make High-Efficiency Homes Grid-Independent
• OPINION: Architects Need to Take a More Proactive Approach in Fighting Climate Change
• Award-Winning Owl Woods Project Blends Biophilic Design with Passive House Standards to Make a Beautifully Unique Home
• Passive House Certification Anticipated For 8-Story Affordable Housing Development in Queens
• Low Income Housing Credit: A Sleeper PH Catalyst
• Can Building a Passive House Cost the Same as a Code Built Home?
• The Architecture Industry Response to Climate Change
• Climate Resiliency
• Tackling the Built-In Climate Challenge: The Energiesprong Approach
• NESEA Interview: a Surge in Affordable Multifamily Passive House in Boston
• Lessons For How We Tackle Climate Change: The Potential Silver Lining of Covid-19
• Minneapolis Couple Builds Passive House with Straw
• Interview with Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Founder of Passive House Institute
• Covid-19: Dress Rehearsal for the Climate Crisis
• Prof. Chuck Kutscher: Our Disastrous Response to Climate Change Mirrors Our Disastrous Response to The Coronavirus
• No Regret Moves - Proving Building Performance
• Interview with Graham Irwin Of Essential Habit Architecture
• Passive House Standard has Landed in Sri Lanka
• Passive House Explained with the Help of Grandma's Knitted Sweater, A Trusty Windbreaker and Your Nose
• Prof. Wolfgang Feist: "We Can Still Do It!"
• Is Cross Laminated Timber Sustainable?
• Interview with Dr. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Bronwyn Berry: Cycling Toward Industry Transformation
• Interview with Marine Sanchez: Passive House and the Toronto Green Standard
• A Great Pairing Of Climate Action Podcasts This Week
• Passive House on the Frontlines: Wildfire Smoke & Indoor Air Quality
• Amy Egerter & Martha Campbell: Realize, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Passive House In Mexico: Marisa Egea and Elena Reyes
• Can Buildings Be Leveraged To Help Reverse Climate Change?
• Multifamily Passive House in Vancouver Dedicated to Indigenous Residence
• Passive House with a Permaculture Yard in Calgary
• Postoccupancy Performance Of Passivhaus Homes in the UK
• Catch this Sneak Peak of SoLo
• Cillian Collins: SoLo Passive House
• Minneapolis Connects the Dots and Establishes Leadership in Building Climate Action
• Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre Passive Housing
• Stress Testing For a Changing Climate
• Climate Change: It's Not a Technology Problem... It's a Behavior Problem
• Major Review Released on the Global Building Sector and the Road to Carbon Neutrality
• Modern Passive House Goes Net-Zero in West Vancouver
• Deborah Moelis: Guiding University of Toronto to Passive House
• Catalyzing Zero-Carbon Retrofits
• Carbon-neutral Architecture—A Progress Report
• A Polar Vortex Of Misplaced Priorities
• Passive Survivability in Texas
• How A Texas Passive House Survived a 2021 Deep Freeze
• Maine Mountain Retreat
• A 50% Cut in Emissions by 2030? We’re here to help, President Biden
• Passive House Policy Summit
• PHIUS 2021 Launch
• Will Milwaukee Become the Next Prefab Manufacturing Hub?
• Opinion: New recipe for sustainable construction changes how homes are built in Vancouver
• Satpal Kaur: The Hidden Story of Building Injustice
• Passive Housing for Climate Refugees | Temporal.haus Venice Biennial 2021
• PHIUS 2021 Prescriptive Path
• Recladding a 20-Story Apartment Building
• Passive Resilience Amid the Portland Heat Wave
• Bonus Video Podcast: Jessica Grove-Smith + Jan Steiger at 25th International Passive House Conference
• Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation
• Collective Carpentry Expanding Its Climate Impacts
• Making Workforce Diversity a Cornerstone of the Clean Energy Economy
• Equity and Passive House in 2021
• It’s Good for the Climate! And for Us!
• Passive House in Latin America and Caribe
• Passive House Accelerator Magazine Now Available: Time for action, not “blah, blah, blah”
• A Delicate Balance: Weighing Embodied vs. Operational Carbon
• PHribbon and Embodied Carbon with Tim Martel | Building Performance Interactive Ep. 5
• Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle | A Discussion with Lloyd Alter
• NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence Round 3 Announcement and Onsite Presentation at Engine 16
• Scientists Have United: Now’s the Time for the Building Industry to Do the Same
• Hotel Marcel Sparks Interest in Sustainable Hospitality
• Putting the Punk into Passive House, Part 1
• Putting the Punk into Passive House, Part 2
• Putting the Punk into Passive House, Part 3
• Putting the Punk into Passive House, Part 4
• Building Our Solarpunk Future
• United to Fight the Climate Emergency
• Urban Passive House, Episode 3: Rubin Hall Retrofit
• New York State Climate Action Council Finalizes Scoping Plan to Advance Nation-leading Climate Law
• Corporate Sustainability Policies Risk Greenwashing Without Action
• Introducing Next Gen: What’s Next For the PHuture of Building?
• In Push to Reach Net Zero By 2046, Princeton Goes Passive
• New Tool for Assessing Upfront and Operational Emissions: No Passive House Emissions Backfire Found
• Now Available: Beta Version of OCEC Tool Developed by Skylar Swinford
• Facilitating the Renewable Transition: Passive Buildings + Grid-Interactive Capabilities
• Go Inside This 100% Passive House District in Germany
• How Buildings Are Key To Fighting Climate Change
• Accelerator Welcomes AIA New York State as an Education Partner
• RMI Releases Annual Report
• A Blueprint to Decarbonize Affordable Housing
• ASID and CIRI Release Brief on Climate, Building Resiliency & Human Health
• Women in Passive House: Marine Sanchez
• Building Reuse Is Climate Action
• Climate Week Kicks Off in New York City
• Letter From Asheville
• Sonoran Desert Passive House
• Are Smoke-Tight Buildings Coming to California?
• Does Passive House Design Protect Buildings From Fire?
• Exploring Abundance and Sufficiency in Passive House Design | PHA Live!
• Net Zero When? Net Zero NOW! | Next Up | PHA Live!
• Seed Collaborative Is Growing a Straw-Based, High-Performance Movement
• Social Clubs for Passive House

Podcast Collection

• Passive House Podcast Ep 33: Ya'el Santopinto, ERA Architects
• Passive House Podcast Ep. 39: Bomee Jung, Topsight Advisors
• Passive House Podcast Ep 43: Meleny Thomas, South Baltimore Community Land Trust
• Passive House Podcast Ep 46: Grace Park-Bradbury, Blocpower
• Bonus Episode: Elizabeth Turner at PhiusCon 2021
• Bonus Episode: Bomee Jung at PhiusCon 2021
• Passive House Podcast Ep 80: Nakita Reed, Quinn Evans + Tangible Remnants Podcast
• Passive House Podcast Ep 92: AJ Patton, 548 Capital
• 160: Sustainable Futures: Shefali Sanghvi on Equitable, Resilient Building
• Bonus Episode: Benjamin Krick, Passive House Institute (IPHC 2023)
• Bonus Episode: Tomas Mikeska, Passive House Institute (IPHC 2023)
• Passive House Podcast Ep 11: Ken Levenson, NAPHN
• Passive House Podcast Ep 12: Dr. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, IPCC
• Passive House Podcast Ep 30: Laura Nettleton, Thoughtful Balance
• Passive House Podcast Ep 31: Clare Parry, HIP V. HYPE
• Passive House Podcast Ep 34: Beverly Craig, MassCEC
• Passive House Podcast Ep 35: Tom Eisele, NYPH Policy Advisor
• Passive House Podcast Ep 36: Robyn Wark, BC Hydro
• Bonus Episode: Jessica Grove-Smith + Jan Steiger at 25th International Passive House Conference
• Passive House Podcast Ep 56: Katrin Klingenberg, Phius
• Passive House Podcast Ep 58: Dr. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, IPCC
• Passive House Podcast Ep 77: Pablo Sepulveda, Aurecon
• Passive House Podcast Ep 86: Marine Sanchez, RDH Building Science
• Passive House Podcast Ep 94: Brad Mahoney, MP Boston
• Bonus Episode: Wolfgang Feist of Passive House Institute (IPHC 2023)
• Bonus Episode: Sally Godber, WARM: Low Energy Buildings Practice (IPHC 2023)
• Bonus Episode: Sarah Mekjian, Climate Alliance (IPHC 2023)
• Passive House Podcast Ep. 133: Mark Siddall, LEAP
• Bonus Episode: Jesus Menendez, Zero Energy Passivhaus (IPHC 2023)
• Bonus Episode: Scott Foster, Senior Advisor, Senior Fellow, and Entrepreneur in Sustainable Energy (PHCC 2023)
• Passive House Podcast Ep. 152: Wayne Turett, Turett Collaborative
• 163: Passive House Goes Viral with Matt Ferrell