Recognizing Passive House Performance within California Title 24
This presentation will explore how Passive House (PH) residential projects perform relative to California’s 2025 Title 24 Energy Code by comparing the Passive House Planning…
Solar, Battery Zero Net Carbon Design for All Building Types | Energy Code Ace
2025 Code Breaker: Solar, Battery Zero Net Carbon Design for All Building Types | Energy Code Ace Join us for this one-hour presentation to review…
PHCA Community Meeting | Hidden Impacts of Plastic Building Products
Plastics are almost entirely derived from fossil fuels and generate pollution throughout their life cycle, including greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, toxic chemicals…
2025 Code Breaker: Single-family Overview of Energy Code Changes | Energy Code Ace
2025 Code Breaker: Single-family Overview of Energy Code Changes | Energy Code Ace We will review the 2025 Energy Code Mandatory and Prescriptive requirements for…
Electrification- Fact vs. Fiction | Energy Code Ace
Electrification- Fact vs. Fiction presented by Energy Code Ace “This session will address common misconceptions surrounding building and transportation electrification. We will explore life cycle…
2025 Code Breaker: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) | Energy Code Ace
This hour-long virtual course focuses requirements on the 2025 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code or Title 24 Part 6) for accessory dwelling units…
Complexities in Selecting Passive House Windows
The California energy code has very simple requirements that windows have to meet in order for a project to comply with the energy code. Certified…
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…
Right-Sizing Plumbing in Homes and Apartment Buildings (presented by Southern California Edison)
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…
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,…
Passive House Meets the Challenge of California’s Extreme Inland Climates
This presentation will share information on the performance-based design, modeling, and construction of a Passive House in Morongo Valley California. The nearly completed home will…
Introduction to Passive House
Passive House goals and methodology change how architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design a driver of climate, health, and social solutions.…
