Tessa Smith is an inspirational CEO of the women-owned firm Artisans Group in the Pacific Northwest and mainstay of the Passive House design community. Artisans Group has launched Passive House plan sets for duplexes, ADU, prefab homes as well as townhouses. In Smith’s presentation she touches on developing vacant lots in existing neighborhoods, affordable Passive House windows and navigating the design world as a Passive House firm during Covid-19 pandemic.