California Multifamily Passive House Resources | Subsidy Programs in California

By Passive House California , September 12, 2023 - Featured Articles, News

The following is a list provide by The Passive House Network (PHN) of existing funding and subsidy programs that we believe may be applied to multifamily buildings seeking Passive House certification in California. CEDA - California Energy Design Assistance: This program offers energy modeling assistance. It is funded by California utility customers and administered by PG&E and other investor-owned utilities (IOUs), under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.…

Passive House Modeling Incentives Available in California

By Passive House California , September 12, 2023 - Carbon Emissions, Decarbonization, Featured Articles

The California Energy Design Assistance Program (CEDA) offers incentives to encourage Passive House modeling using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). The California Energy Design Assistance is the new construction decarbonization resource for commercial, multifamily, public, agricultural, and Industrial customers and their design teams across the state. FIND OUT MORE AND START YOU APPLICATION

Integrating Passive House standards with CALGreen for Multifamily Buildings — Across California’s Climate Zones

By Passive House California , August 14, 2023 - Featured Articles, News

A Webinar for Multifamily design, construction, & jurisdiction Professionals | Presentation + Q and A Passive House protocols work synergistically with other standards and deliver extremely high performance in terms of energy efficiency, healthy IAQ, and resilience. Passive House standards enable the most aggressive reduction of energy consumption and make the path to zero energy and zero carbon more predictable and less risky. Early collaboration of an integrated project team…

The Passive House Network 2023 Design Awards

By Passive House California , July 22, 2023 - Award|Competition, Featured Articles

Introduction From its inception in the 1980’s the Passive House standard has been influenced by building sciences and climate vernaculars developed throughout the centuries and from around the globe. Drawing from the many lessons of regional building design the Passive House Institute has provided a robust climate adaptive and versatile building process. Based on the meticulous calculations of the site and local climate, the standard promises a universal level of…

The Big Efficiency Opportunities – Domestic Hot Water in Multifamily Projects

By Passive House California , July 3, 2023 - Featured Articles

Moving from fossil-fuel boilers to other forms of domestic hot water heating can be challenging, but it’s doable. This training, featuring Redwood Energy’s Sean Armstrong and Small Planet Supply’s Albert Rooks, offers field experience and strategies for providing DHW in multifamily projects both with and without Passive House envelope measures. As a result of this training, learners will be able to: Explain the energy efficiency importance of designing for recirculation…