Growing wildfire devastation demands better-protected buildings – better protected by building design and better design of their surrounding landscape. Yet, after fire events, like in Los Angeles, there is a need to rebuild quickly. Just build it back, the thinking goes, but we can do better. Let’s build forward with fire-safe strategies integrated with Passive House building design to drive down our dependence on fossil fuels, protect people’s health, and…
From Friend to Educator to Advisor Many of us study Passive House because we believe that Building to Passive House can reduce the built environments’ impact on the planet, reduce energy bills and make our homes/buildings last longer. And many of us believe that this is reason enough for our clients to make the “obvious” decision to only build to the Passive House standards so we walk through our professional…
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Passive House California wishes you a joyful and prosperous New Year 2025! We extend our heartfelt thanks to all our members and sponsors for your incredible support. Here’s to a new year filled with many more high-performance building projects in California that make a lasting impact. We’re looking forward to connecting with you at one of our upcoming community meetings in 2025!
The PG&E Energy Center is pleased to offer the Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant training and certification presented by The Passive House Network (PHN). This course is the premier Passive House professional training for architects, engineers, and building professionals and is supported by the 30-year history of global technical leadership of the Passive House Institute. The upcoming Winter Cohort starts on Monday, January 13, 2025, with an exam scheduled on Thursday, April 3,…
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See you soon for the 2025 PHCA Community meetings.
iPHA Webinar replays and our Project Spotlights are now available for all our PHCA members on Passipedia for free! You can now rewatch all the great presentations from 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 (so far) at your own leisure. Over time, the replay offerings will be continously expanded to bring you all the great content from the iPHA webinars. WATCH ON PASSIPEDIA BECOME A PHCA MEMBER
When Dr. Wolfgang Feist completed the first Passive House in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1991, he laid the foundation for a movement that would change how we understand and implement building science forever. Since then, over 4 million square meters of buildings have been certified to Passive House Standard worldwide, and there’s more on the way. We're confident that the Passive House movement will become even stronger over the next few years. Read…
The International Passive House Association (iPHA) and the Passive House Institute (PHI) regularly release fact sheets on topics related to Passive House design and implementation. These concise, expertly crafted documents are published on Passipedia, a comprehensive resource for Passive House knowledge. The latest publication, "Extractor Hoods in Passive House and EnerPHit Homes" (Fact Sheet #33/2024), addresses kitchen ventilation. Your Passive House California (PHCA) membership includes an International Passive House Association…
Description: Effective July 1, 2024, the Appendix M, Peak Water Demand Calculator (WDC) became part of the California Plumbing Code. Instead of using flow rates and flush volumes from the 1940s, the WDC will allow you to “right-size” the cold and hot water distribution systems in homes and apartment buildings using modern information about flow rates and simultaneous use. Does this sound like a snoozer? Actually, it is an environmentally responsible…
Climate Action California Needs Your Help - Together, we can make a difference! Passive House California (PHCA) is backing the Climate Action California proposal to integrate the global Passive House construction standard into California’s Energy Building Code Title 24. This move would allow the Passive House Standard to be incorporated into the code as an alternative compliance pathway, enabling the establishment of an ambitious, climate-conscious reach code. This approach represents…
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