Passive House Momentum in California | International Passive House Open Day

By Passive House California , November 26, 2020 - Project Tours

Passive House Momentum in California | International Passive House Open Days. Please see below the links to the Passive House Tours in California and the recording of the event:   Berkeley Passive House | Berkely, California - VIRTUAL TOUR Passive House Los Angeles (PHLA+) | Los Angeles, California - VIRTUAL TOUR Hermit Hut Passive House ADU | Walnut Creek, California - VIRTUAL TOUR Perlita Passive House | Los Angeles, California…

2021 Pas­si­ve Hou­se Award – SUBMIT BEFORE JUNE 1st

By Passive House California , November 25, 2020 - Award|Competition

Passive House Award 2021

In order to award industry innovators who achieve outstanding architecture while demonstrating the heights that energy efficiency can reach, the Passive House Institute is running the 2021 Passive House Architecture award. It will be the third of its kind, building on a line of highly successful events. With the "2021 Passive House Award", the Institute will highlight the best of the best Passive House projects from around the world, showing…

Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant (CPHD/C) Training

By Passive House California , November 25, 2020 - News

NAPHN’s Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant course is the premier training program for Passive House building professionals. Supported by a 25+ year history of global technical leadership by the Passive House Institute, and over 7 years of successful American instruction, from Maine to California, by the Passive House Academy – this course is specifically designed to teach the international Passive House Standard (PHI) to American professionals making Passive House buildings in…

Welcome Aerobarrier Dealers as Supporting Sponsors

By Passive House California , November 11, 2020 - Sponsor

Passive House California is pleased to welcome the alliance of California AEROBARRIER dealers as Supporting Sponsors. An airtight building envelope is foundational to Passive House levels of efficiency, comfort, and healthy indoor air quality. AeroBarrier is an innovative air sealing technology that is becoming a valued tactic to meet air-tightness targets for new and retrofitted buildings. The AeroBarrier system provides a revolutionary way of achieving consistent whole building airtightness for…

Interview with Bronwyn Barry: Women Driving the Passive House Industry

By Irina Tehrani , October 29, 2020 - Member News, News

Women Driving the Passive House Industry is iPHA’s newest interview series which aims to highlight the remarkable women working in the Passive House community. The iPHA team interviewed a handful of the many women who’ve contributed substantially to the growth of the Passive House Standard around the world. Here’s our fourth interview featuring Bronwyn Barry the founder of Passive House California. CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW

Zero Net Energy Case Study Homes in California, Volume 2

By Passive House California , October 20, 2020 - Project Tours

The new book “Zero Net Energy Case Study Homes” showcases all electric residential projects designed for Zero Net Energy and Zero Carbon. Three case study projects are passive house projects in California: • Passive House LA (PHLA+), Los Angeles • Perlita Passive House, Los Angeles • Sol Lux Alpha Apartments, San Francisco. The book is written by Edward Dean, FAIA with the foreword by Andrew McAllister, Commissioner of the California…

Barriers to Incorporating Passive House Concepts in Residential New Construction

By Passive House California , October 19, 2020 - News

Barriers to Incorporating Passive House Concepts in Residential New Construction Whitepaper: December 11, 2019 By Rick Winch, Ellen Steiner, Ph.D., and Jen Loomis, Ph.D. This white paper presents findings from a research effort to identify barriers to, and opportunities for, incorporating Passive House (PH) principles into California's Energy Code. Opinion Dynamics conducted a literature review and interviews with 16 subject matter experts in PH principles, beyond-code programming, and residential new…

PHCA Welcomes Small Planet Supply as a Platinum Sponsor

By Passive House California , October 15, 2020 - Sponsor

Small Planet Supply is a North-American company that provides high-performance building products.  They are dedicated to the mission of creating both classic and modern high-performing buildings, including those designed and built to both Zero Net Energy and Passive House standards. In addition to supplying high-performance building products and systems they provide education, and training in the use of energy-efficient building materials and practices. They are passionate champions of the concept that…

Advocates for efficient homes set a goal of building 1,000 units in Monterey County by 2030.

By Passive House California , October 15, 2020 - Member News

Article in the Monterey County Weekly features Sky Ranch Passive House written by Pam Marino, photo by Parker Seibold. When Jay Gentry was a young man he thought he was called to the ministry, but it didn’t quite work out as a career choice. Yet Gentry is a natural evangelist, and today he preaches but not from a pulpit. His message is about the need to combat the climate crisis through building…

How SMUD Re-Engineered itself to Focus on Decarbonization through Flexibility and Electrification

By Passive House California , October 10, 2020 - Decarbonization

How SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Re-Engineered Itself to Focus On Decarbonization Through Flexibility and Electrification. WATCH THE SEMINAR Summary of the Key Points Recently, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) became the first electric utility in the nation to begin evaluating all of its demand-side manage management programs in terms of avoided carbon emissions rather than average savings. In this Building Decarbonization Coalition webinar, Scott Blunk, Strategic Business Planner…

Wildfires, COVID-19 and Passive House in California

By Irina Tehrani , October 8, 2020 - Indoor Air Quality

Based on the great interest we noticed during the round table discussion “Passive House on the Frontlines: Wildfire Smoke & Indoor Air Quality” we would like to share the following two articles on this topic with you: “How Do You Sell a 'High-Performance Home?” by Lloyd Alter who is Design Editor for Treehugger “Keeping the Smoke Out” by Cameron Munro & Joel Seagren