PHCA Community Meeting | Renovation and Resilience: Lessons from a Panelized Deep Retrofit
Deep retrofits of existing buildings play a key role in meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction goals in North America and beyond. Currently no deep retrofit…
Liquid Applied Intelligent Membranes: The Latest for High Performing Buildings
Intelligent Membranes joins us to provide an overview of the role of liquid-applied solutions in enhancing airtightness and sustainability in construction. This session will examine…
Passive House & Fire Resilience | Building Forward
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…
“Build it Tight and Ventilate Right: High Performance, Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery” (presented by 475)
Building high performance buildings, up to and including Passive House certified, means we need to ‘Build Airtight and Ventilate Right’. This presentation discusses the importance…
Advanced Framing: Quality and High Performing Building with Less Lumber
Most houses are built with a surplus of wood framing that isn't structurally necessary. Reducing that volume of wood means less cost and more insulation,…
PHI Path to Certification for Multifamily Projects
In this Lunch & Learn session, Ken Levenson, the Executive Director of The Passive House Network, reviewed the process for Passive House certification of multifamily…
“Performance Advantages of Air-To-Water Heat Pumps”
Heat pumps are the future of heating and water heating not just in the USA but around the world. Heat pumps, through the near-magic of…
Passive House SB9 & ADUs in CA’s Milder Climates
Passive House design is becoming increasingly popular in Southern California due to its focus on energy efficiency, making it a leading example of high-performance design…
“17 Mile Haus: A Passive House Design Journey”
Passive House design is receiving heightened interest across the country due to growing awareness of the impact of buildings on carbon emissions. This presentation will look…
The Benefits of Right-Sizing Plumbing in Homes & Apartment Buildings
Effective July 1, 2024, the Appendix M, Peak Water Demand Calculator (WDC) will become part of the California Plumbing Code. Instead of using flow rates…
Selecting & Sourcing High-Performance Building Products
Recording of Passive House California (PHCA) Community Meeting | January 2024 Source 2050 is a multi-vendor marketplace offering over 500 envelope, fenestration, and mechanical solutions for…
Exterior Shading Devices | Passive House
In most of California’s climate zones it makes sense to select and position shading devices can have significant impact on comfort and energy consumption. Taking…
