PHA Live Entries

Articles Collection

• Carbon Drawdown Now! Jacob Racusin in PH Rocky Mountains Video
• Timothy McDonald: Front Flats, a Passive House Wrapped in Solar PV
• Michelle Apigian: Passive House Details for Multifamily Projects
• Andrew Peel: Designing and Building the 1st Passive House Car Dealership
• Sally Godber: UK Passive House Social Housing
• Tomas O'leary: Ireland's Largest Passive House Development
• Tessa Smith: Madison Passive House
• Ed May: Candela Lofts + Passive House "Jigs"
• Graham Irwin: Future Proofing for Energy and Water
• Kate Nason: Melbourne Passive House Urban Infill
• Tom Bassett-Dilley & Timothy Eberline: Carrol Center PH Renovation
• Ya'el Santopinto & Graeme Stewart: Ken Soble Tower Retrofit
• Joanna Grab & Jennifer Leone: Data (not anecdotes)
• Passive House Throw Down: NYC Vs Vancouver
• Stacey Smedley: Measuring and Reducing Embodied Carbon
• Anjanette Green: RESET Building Standard + IAQ
• Wei Kuang: Passive House in China
• Bronwyn Berry: Cycling Toward Industry Transformation
• Sangeetha Sambandam: Passive House Takes a Village
• Aaron Swain: Solis in Seattle
• Ian Robertson: Blindheim Passive House
• Juhee Lee & James Hartford: Historic Passive House Retrofit
• Lois Arena: Passive *Not* House
• Todd Rothstein: PH Simplicity *IS* Affordability
• Marine Sanchez: Passive House Dorm at U Toronto
• Bill Hayward: Hayward Score Data and Health in Passive House Homes
• Sloan Ritchie and Brandon Nicholson: Pax Futura First PH Apartment in Seattle
• James Geppner: RetrofitNY NYSERDA
• Amy Egerter & Martha Campbell: Realize, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Susan Jones, atellierjones: Maine's Forest Economy
• Jesse Thompson: Six Lessons
• Jennifer Hogan, Pretium: Stepwise Tower Retrofit
• Mauren Longhurst, Sam Rodell Architects: Fernan Lake House
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech: Skylight Install
• Passive House In Mexico: Marisa Egea and Elena Reyes
• The Happy Hour Lowdown: Artscape Edition
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech Tuesday: Thermally Broken Deck
• PHIUS+ 2021: Preview and Input Session
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech: PHUNK
• Chris Higgins: Vancouvers Passive House Proliferation
• The Heights: Gesa Zellermann and Scott Kennedy, Cornerstone Architects
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech: Invisible Efficiencies of Prefab
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech: Taste the Rainbow of Wood
• Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech: Mock it to Me
• Michael Ingui, Baxt Ingui Architects: PH Plus Retrofit in NYC Landmark District
• Adam Romano: PH Domestic Hot Water
• Cillian Collins: SoLo Passive House
• Airtightness and the Truth of the Red Door: Construction Tech Tuesday
• Lindsey Elton & Emily Rhea: The RED Door of Truth
• Lois Arena: Lessons Learned from VRF Systems
• Late Night With Dr. Wolfgang Feist - A Viral Passive House Top Ten List
• Aaron McCormack & Kevin Brennan: Fluid Applied Air Barriers
• Deborah Moelis: Guiding University of Toronto to Passive House
• Prudence Ferreira: Avoiding PH PH@#$ Ups
• Jesper Kruse: A Multiyear Retrofit
• Brandon Weiss: Off-site PH Projects
• Amy Failla: Historic Firehouse Retrofit
• Construction Tech Crew: Smart A.S.S. Tools
• Dennis Wedlick: Rural Build Iniative
• Jeevan Thaker: Ventilation Lessons Learned
• EnerPHit Plan Innsbruck: Laszlo Lepp
• In Cho To Present on Her EnerPHit Retrofit of a Manhattan Townhouse This March
• Mariana Pickering & Enrico Bonilauri: Mock-Ups + Installation
• Natalie Leonard, Passive Design Solutions: Bringing Passive House to the Mainstream
• Sandra Rohler: Little Mountain Cohousing
• Manon Meskens: Belgian Retrofit Case Studies
• Construction Tech: Ed May (bldgtyp) & Amy Failla (Baxt Ingui Architects)
• Kim Walton on Preserved Wood + PH foundations
• Cliff Chambers & Luis Garcia: Site Super Insights
• In Cho, ChoShields Studio: Gramercy Townhouse Retrofit
• Scott Farbman: PHirst PHIUS Rehab Chicago
• Silvergreen Passive House at the Global Passive House Happy Hour
• Jeff Langford: From Code to High Performance
• Micheel Wassouf: "The Carrob" Public School EnerPHit in Barcelona
• Trey Farmer & Nikki Kruger: Hot Humid Climates
• Oliver Style: Airtightness and Moisture Control for Retrofits
• Saving Wet Buildings: Bob Kelly, WickRight
• Sendero Verde Multifamily Passive House: Louis Koehl & Ryan Lobello
• Monadnock Construction: Multifamily Passive House
• Zeina Talje: Developing Passive House and Net Zero Condos
• Kyle Macht: Teufel Project
• Tim Eian, TE Studios Presents Lexington Parkway Passive House
• Reid Rowland: Energy Star to Passive
• Kohta Ueno, Building Science Corporation: Low Carbon Retrofit Case Study
• Steve Hessler: Unpacking the SIMM Method
• Lessons from a PHI Certifier with Melissa Furukawa
• Daniel Kress: Cooling in Passive House
• Talina Edwards: Owl Woods Passive House
• Gary Klein: Reduce the Time-to-Tap
• Marius Șoflete: Largest PH Office Building in Eastern Europe
• St. Marks Avenue 10-unit condominium in Crown Heights
• Mario Bissessiar: Single Unit Retrofit
• Single Unit High Performance Retrofit in a Historic Building | Part 2, Design
• Jon Jensen: Compartmentalization
• Sri Lanka Passive House Garment Factory
• Connor Malloy: Student Wall Assembly Competition
• Measured vs. Modeled Performance of a Senior Living Passive Building
• Josie Constantini: Passive House Window Install Details
• Satpal Kaur: The Hidden Story of Building Injustice
• Craig Stevenson, Derrick Tillman & James Curry: Fifth & Dinwiddie
• Sunflower Social Housing Project
• Rob Hosken: Protecting Passive Building Performance
• Gary Klein: Passive House Plumbing Part 2
• Solar Decathlon Student Projects
• Mark Wille on the Shop Class Podcast
• Passive Housing for Climate Refugees | Temporal.haus Venice Biennial 2021
• Shaun St-Amour, Mary McWilliam & Alex Hebert: Back to School
• Passive House Schools Insights Design Details & User Experience
• Norm Horn & Gary Moshier: Fraley Street EnerPHit
• Harbor Village Affordable Housing
• A Living Building's Construction Details
• A Living Building With Passive Design
• Building PH During Supplies + Labor Shortages
• Recladding a 20-Story Apartment Building
• Bonus Video Podcast: Aisha Liebehenz + Susanne Winkel at the 25th International Passive House Conference
• Allison Bailes: Duct Design for Low-Static Air Handlers
• Bonus Video Podcast: Giorgia Tzar at 25th International Passive House Conference
• Rheingold Senior Residence Balanced Passive House
• PREFAB EXPERTS HIVE MIND
• Vancouver Firehall 17
• Affordable High Performance Design in Western Alabama
• Larch Corner Passive House + Timber
• Low Rise Building as a Climate Solution
• Net Zero Energy New Day School
• SIMM Part 2
• Thoughtful Rebuilding After a Devastating Fire Season
• Tiny Mobile Passive House Office
• Brooklyn Heights Passive House Retrofit
• Philly Green Roof Solar Tour
• 1000+ Passive House Apartments in Spain
• Solar Education for High Schoolers
• Challenges (& Solutions) in Custom Passive House Panelization
• Ubergreat PHKUPS
• How to Transition to a Passive House Practice with Bronwyn Barry
• Accelerate the Adoption of Direct Current Microgrids
• Reaching Net Zero on the Sea
• Dense Packed Cellulose Insulation
• Decarbonized Homes, Healthier Communities
• Balancing Carbon with Passive Strawbale
• Olive Passive House
• Tools for Tracking Embodied Carbon
• From Humble Beginnings to High Performance
• 10 Ways to Ruin Your Blower Door Score (& Remedies)
• SMART Airtightness Strategies
• Threepwood Passive House
• How to NOT Put a Pin In It
• UBC Skeena Student Residence
• Ventilating for Healthy Indoor Environments
• Hobson Place: PH Supportive Housing in Seattle
• Does Passive House Cost The World?
• The Catskill Project: De-Carbonized Single Family Development in Rural NY | Passive House Live
• What Wall Assembly and Insulation Type Should I Use?
• Making a Carbon-Free Future a Reality
• Concrete-Free Slab On Grade Foundations with Josh Salinger
• West Bay Passive House, Innovative Design Features and Lessons Learned
• Zero Six: Urban Passive House in the New Age of Adaptation
• Environmental Charter School: Living and Proving the Mission
• The Truth About 3D Printed Homes
• A Developer’s Perspective: Transforming Communities with Passive House
• Window Geek's Guide to Installs: Field Problems and Solutions
• Northern Liberties Passive Rowhouse
• Modeling Window Details: Ensuring High Performance Window Stay High Performance
• First & Templeton
• Breaking the Norm: Influencing the Design Process and Emerging Markets for PH
• Puerto Madero, Urban Development on the Outskirts of Cartagena, Colombia
• Construction Tech Community: Passive House Projects
• Educating the Next Generation, Introducing Kids to Passive House
• Beyond Passive House, Where To Go Next
• Electrification & Energy Recovery in Student Residence: Commercial Kitchen Typology
• Kentucky Phius Project: Highlighting Strategies and Offsite Fabrication Methods
• Systematic Moisture Management with Kevin Brennan
• Not a Tradeoff—PH Efficiency & Embodied Carbon IRL
• Winthrop Center: Leading an Evolution in Office Space
• Minimizing Carbon in Multifamily Systems
• Affordable Multi-Family Passive House: A Denser Path to Clean
• Interview with Source 2050 co-founder John Knapp at PhiusCon 2022.
• Building Passive House: On Spec, During a Pandemic, and In a Weird Market
• Carver House: A Perspective on Passive House Workforce Development
• ReTHINK PrePHab with Shannon Pendleton
• Introducing Next Gen: What’s Next For the PHuture of Building?
• In a Finite World, Why Stop at Passive House?
• The Designer's Roadmap to High Performance HVAC
• 10 Steps to Designing Your First Passive House Video
• Scale: Exploring the Extents of Passive House
• Fifth Street Passive House: Modeled and Measured Performance
• Six & Kane: First EnerPhit Plus Commercial Building in the United States
• 10 Steps to Building Your First Passive House with Mariana Pickering
• How Am I Building Two Passive House Mixed Use Development at the Same Time?
• Salem Heights: Challenges That Led to Opportunities
• Offsite Construction Methods: Using Prefabricated Panels
• Healthy Materials: Up-Level Your Interiors & Passive House Projects
• 10 Steps to Building Your First Single Family Passive House
• 10 Steps to Designing A Single Family Passive House: Tips and Tricks From an Architect
• The Future of Package Terminal Heat Pumps (PTHPs) and Passive House
• Vienna House: Designing for Connectedness & Climate Resilience
• Cracking the Case by Thinking Thermally
• Tales from the Trenches: Passive House Ventilation Commissioning Roadblocks
• California MCM Re-Envisioned: PH in Warm Climates
• Modern Bones For Next Generation Homes: Marshall Fire Rebuild
• Massachusetts Took Passive House to Scale – You Can Too!
• 10 Steps to Designing a Multifamily Passive House
• Minimize, Maximize or Balance: Designing for Net Zero on an Urban Site
• Hot Climate, Cool Solutions: Inside Seville's Passive House Hotel
• Passive House Multi Family: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
• High Energy Performance With Low Carbon Building Materials
• Buildings of Excellence: Working For a Low Carbon Future
• Passive House for Elderly Residents in Warm Climates: Meeting Unique Technical Challenges
• PH 101 Series: Airtightness
• Passive Voyage Across Europe
• Schools: Active Learning, Passive House
• Student Residences in Passive House: Scaling Challenges & Insights
• 101 Series: Continuous Insulation
• Life Cycle Analysis: How, What, and What's Next?
• NYC Holistic Decarbonization: The Role of Retrofit
• Thermal Performance: Exterior Insulated Wood Walls & Window Installation
• 101 Series: High-Performance Windows & Doors
• Leading with Humanity: Passive Interior Design
• Passive House Air Management in a Warm Humid Climate
• 101 Series: No Thermal Bridges
• Layering Thermal Control into an Existing Building
• Beyond Efficiency: Unveiling the Embodied Carbon Challenge in Low-Carbon Construction
• Electrification the Multifamily Passive House Way
• Implementing Cutting Edge & Circular MEP Strategies within Passive Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
• The (Air) Ins and Outs of Passive House Ventilation
• A Next Gen Look at "Upfront CA"
• The Pointe at Hills Farm: Design Insights & Construction Prep
• Don't Judge a House by its Cover - Better Stories Means Better Buildings
• Single Family Passive House: Proving the Model
• Design Meets Construction: Principles for Small Practices
• Energy Efficiency: Rethinking Form, Passive Solar, and Heat Pumps
• Architect's Insight: From Training to Passive House Specialist
• Bhutan Law Library: Bridging Tradition and Passive Design
• Following the Little Red Line: Developing & Executing Air Sealing Strategies for Panelized Buildings
• 101 Series: [Un]usual Suspects Of Building Science: Details That Matter
• Applying the Passive House Standard to Community Centers
• A New Model for Affordable Passive House
• A New Approach to Cold Air Distribution
• 101: Can We Eliminate Heating and A/C
• Getting the WELLness into the Passive House
• Technical Details of Carriage House Retrofit
• Season Kickoff for PHA Live!
• Maximize the Value of your Passive House Models
• Component Spotlight: Intelligent Weather Barriers for Passive Projects
• 101 Series: 10 Steps to Building your First Passive House
• Cross Cabin: Designing a Zero-Carbon Future | Project of the Month
• Passive Modular Case Study: Navigating Construction for Multifamily Projects
• PHA Live! Next Up: Improving our Passive House Modeling Tools
• Project of the Month: Scaling Passive Homes with Microfactories
• DfMA in Offsite Construction : Current Challenges and Future-Ready Solutions
• Path Toward Zero: Material Choice in Low-Carbon Design
• 101 Series: How to Reduce Embodied Carbon
• Breaking New Ground: Ultra-Low Carbon Housing in Vancouver
• 101 Series: Electrification and Decarbonized Construction
• Mission Driven Passive House: Mercy Greenbrae at Marylhurst Commons | Project of the Month | PHA Live
• Maximizing Efficiency in Domestic Hot Water Systems | Construction Tech | PHA Live
• Pathways to Affordable Electrification: Geothermal, Passive House, and Beyond | Next Up! | PHA Live
• 201: Electrification | 101 Series | PHA Live!
• Airtightness in Residential Retrofits | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
• Mastering Window Airtightness for High-Efficiency Buildings | Construction Tech | PHA Live!
• Insulating with Natural Materials | 101 Series | PHA Live
• Building with Straw Insulated Panels | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
• All Electric Affordable Senior Housing at 819 Grand Street | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
• Leveraging Passive House Windows in Commercial & Residential Buildings | Component Spotlight
• Kenzi- Sizzling All Electric | Construction Tech | PHA Live!
• Smart Solarization: Integrating Solar with Passive Homes & Next-Gen Tech | NEXT UP | PHA Live!
• Exploring Abundance and Sufficiency in Passive House Design | PHA Live!
• Calderone Theater’s Journey Toward LEED and Phius Certification | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
• Smartrock®: The All-in-One Interior Continuous Insulation, Airtightness, and Vapor Control Solution
• Net Zero When? Net Zero NOW! | Next Up | PHA Live!
• Small Scale Residential | 101 Series | PHA Live!
• What's Next After Passive House | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
• Building Strategies for the Southeast: Net Zero Passive House | Construction Tech | PHA Live!
• Modeling for Resilience & Performance | Next Up! | PHA Live!

Events Collection

• 101 Series: 10 Steps to Designing Your First Passive House
• 101: Electrification and Decarbonized Construction
• 101 Series: How to Reduce Embodied Carbon
• Building with Straw Insulated Panels: New Frameworks' Casitas
• 101: Insulating with Natural Materials
• 101: Passive House & Low-Carbon: Aligning with Multiple Certifications
• 101: Small Scale Residential Construction
• 201: Electrification
• A First Look At The New 475 HQ Office
• Airtightness in Residential Retrofits
• Building for the Future: Achieving Durability and Energy Efficiency with High-Performance Building Envelope Systems
• Building Strategies for the Southeast – Nevils Creek Net Zero Passive House
• Calderone Theater’s Journey Toward LEED and Phius Certification
• Component Spotlight: Triple-Pane Windows: A Look Beyond U-Values
• Construction Tech: Kenzi – Sizzling All Electric
• Reimagining Buildings: Designing Buildings That Set Us Free
• DfMA in Offsite Construction : Current Challenges and Future-Ready Solutions
• EAS - Tour the Largest PH Window Showroom in America - 2025 New Products Spotlight
• Evaluating Embodied Carbon in Construction
• Colonial II—The First Net Zero Carbon Multifamily Retrofit in New York State
• 101 Series: A Guide to Passive Prefab
• Component Spotlight: High Performance Skylights made by FAKRO
• Masterclass: How to Make Passive House Certification Modeling Easier
• Intro to Honeybee-PH with Ed May
• Component Spotlight: Introducing Smartrock®
• Component Spotlight: LAMILUX Introduces A New Modular Skylight To North America
• ROCKWOOL Component Spotlight: Mastering Modern EIFS with Stone Wool Insulation
• Mastering Window Airtightness for High-Efficiency Buildings
• Maximizing Efficiency in Domestic Hot Water Systems
• Mission Driven Passive House: Mercy Greenbrae at Marylhurst Commons
• Modeling for Resilience and Performance
• Net Zero When? ... Net Zero NOW!
• Landing your First Decarb Project
• Passive Modular Case Study: Navigating Construction for Multifamily Projects
• Path Toward Zero: Material Choice in Low-Carbon Design
• Pathways to Affordable Electrification: Geothermal, Passive House and Beyond
• Peeling Back the Layers of a Passive House Renovation
• Project of the Month: Cross Cabin: Designing a Zero-Carbon Future
• Projects Driving Performance: NYSERDA Early Design Support at Work
• Real Time Building Leakage Visualization with Schlieren Photography
• Project of the Month: Scaling Passive Homes with Microfactories
• Smart Solarization: Integrating Solar with Passive Homes and Next-Gen Tech
• Special Event: Exploring Abundance and Sufficiency in Passive House Design
• Field Notes: Summer Lab Report
• Project of the Month: Breaking New Ground: Achievements in Ultra-Low-Carbon Housing in Vancouver
• What’s Next After Passive House?
• Cascadia Windows & Doors Component Spotlight: Leveraging Passive House Windows in Commercial & Residential Buildings