I participated this Fall in a Passive House Boot Camp hosted by Emu in Santa Barbara

By Passive House California , January 12, 2023 - Member News

Los Angeles based design-build commercial contractor, participated this Fall in a Passive House Boot Camp hosted by Emu in Santa Barbara. During this 3-day conference, multiple Steady employees were not only exposed to Passive House concepts in the classroom but for the field as well. Participants were given the opportunity to build "test pods”, utilizing Passive house recommended materials and techniques. At the end of the conference, Passive house techniques…

Happy New Year !

By Passive House California , December 31, 2022 - News

Happy New Year from Passive House California (PHCA). Thank you for your support of PHCA in 2022. The entire team is looking forward to assist accelerating the adoption of the international Passive House construction standard in 2023 in California!

Update to PHPP is a crowd pleaser

By Passive House California , December 19, 2022 - News

PHPP10, the most recent version of the Passive House Institute’s energy modeling software, has been out in German since 2021 and in English since February 2022 for those who work in metric units. This version features several useful updates, as well as new looks on some familiar sheets. Now, the wait is almost over for PHPP10 in Imperial units, giving U.S. practitioners the opportunity to enjoy its many improvements. Its…

What – NO ZONING???

By Passive House California , December 14, 2022 - News

What - NO ZONING??? That's certainly a party!  Passive House Network (PHN) is collaborating with YIMBY Law/Action and Home3 Inc. to celebrate by hosting a Call for Designs for Passive House 5-plex designs for California. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

Passive House and Embodied Carbon in Building Materials

By Passive House California , December 13, 2022 - Training & Education

While traditionally focused on operational carbon, Passive House is increasingly addressing embodied emissions. Experts from the Passive House Network will provide an overview of Passive House principles and design relating to issues and concepts of embodied carbon, building materials that address issues of embodied carbon and meet Passive House standard, and how Passive House is tackling embodied carbon in new calculation tools. This is a previously recorded lecture presented by…

Residential Electrification with the Passive House Standard | California’s Decarbonization Goals

By Passive House California , December 13, 2022 - Training & Education

The Passive House Standard encourages all-electric building design and construction in homes and buildings, which can help achieve the widescale decarbonization required for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Experts from The Passive House Network will demonstrate how Passive House principles align with California’s decarbonization goals. This session will cover the technology options for all-electric homes and outline the many reasons to electrify with the Passive House Standard for better health, comfort,…

EpiPHany Corner | Passive House Provides a Win+Win Against Climate Change

By Passive House California , December 5, 2022 - EpiPHany

Climate Action Plans developed by jurisdictions across California generally incorporate strategies and action plans for mitigation (reducing the severity of harmful effects resulting from changing climate) and for adaptation (making adjustments to address fitness or survival under evolving environmental conditions). The primary mitigation strategy is to reduce greenhouse gasses (GHGs), carbon in particular, in order to limit the global temperature rise. Key tactics for the built environment are reducing ongoing…

Passive House Webinar replays available on Passipedia (free for PHCA members)

By Passive House California , November 23, 2022 - Member News, News

Did you miss a live Passive House webinar presented by the International Passive House Association (iPHA)? iPHA Webinar replays are now available for all our members on Passipedia for free! You can now rewatch all the great presentations from 2021 and 2022 at your own leisure. Over time, the replay offerings will be continously expanded to bring you all the great content from the iPHA webinars. AVAILABLE WEBINARS

Passive House at COP27 | Sharm El Sheikh

By Passive House California , November 7, 2022 - News

iPHA has worked hard to secure multiple hybrid events at COP27 this year. The following is a schedule of Passive House events taking place at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. From 8 to 17 November, the Buildings Pavilion will be hosting over 50 events in line with the daily themes interconnected with the COP27 Presidency and Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action (MPGCA) agendas Watch Live Passive House related events:…