One of the most urgent challenges in buildings today is how to affordably retrofit existing ones. Too much of our current building stock wastes energy and is unhealthy or uncomfortable to occupy, especially in low-income communities and communities of color. In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 Roadmap urges a step jump in "zero-carbon-ready" retrofits to a rate of 30 million dwellings per year through 2030. Passive House retrofits provide a proven pathway to dramatically reduce the energy use and operation carbon emissions of existing buildings of all types. Both PHI and PHIUS offer retrofit certification pathways, and project teams around the world are tackling retrofits of everything from single-family brownstones to apartment towers.
Read, view, and listen to Passive House retrofit examples and insights in the articles, videos, and podcast interviews below.
Articles
9/13/24
Phius REVIVE 2024: Charting the Course to Efficient and Resilient Retrofits
Article, Phius, Modeling, Retrofit
8/22/24
Building Reuse Is Climate Action
Article, Retrofit, Climate Action
8/16/24
Fast Tenant-in-Place Passive House Retrofit with Energiesprong
Video, Affordable Housing, Embodied Carbon, Multifamily, Retrofit, Prefab
8/2/24
Refreshing a Local Icon Into Clean, Green Housing at Bank Lofts
Affordable Housing, Phius, Reimagine Buildings Video, NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence, Video, Retrofit
Videos
10/4/24
101 Series: 10 Steps to Building your First Passive House
Passive House 101, Video, PHA Live
9/26/24
Component Spotlight: Intelligent Weather Barriers for Passive Projects
PHA Live, PHA, Video, PH Component Spotlight
9/20/24
You Can Make Socially Responsible, Green, Affordable Housing
Video, Affordable Housing, Women in Passive House
9/18/24
Maximize the Value of your Passive House Models
PHA Live, PHA, Video, Education, Construction Tech Tuesday, Consulting, CPHC, Modeling
Projects
4/18/24
Bellwether on Main
project, Detached single-family house, New construction, Phius
4/18/24
Bird's Wing Passivhaus + Duplex
project, PH Institution (PHI), mixed, New construction, Multifamily, Single Family, Detached two-family house, timber
4/18/24
Leichhardt enerPHit
project, PH Institution (PHI), mixed, Retrofit, Single Family, Multi-family Dwelling (mixed use)
4/18/24
Colombini Residence
project, mixed, New construction, Single Family, timber