“Fire-Wise Property Hardening: Life Safety, Insurance, and Passive Building Design”
Wildfire risk in the built environment is rapidly increasing, bringing serious implications for life safety, property protection, insurance availability, and modern building standards. Architects, designers,…
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…
Windhorse Orchard: a Living Building Challenge and Passive House Renovation
This project in Sebastopol is nearing completion and we are excited to share some of the highlights with you. Kristin Nichols (Building Designer/Homeowner) and Spencer…
Making Passive House Your Sales Superpower
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’…
Electrification and the Grid | Community Meeting
Concerns are often raised about how the growing movement toward electrification of buildings and transportation will impact the electric grid and the utilities’ ability to…
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…
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…
Passive House California Community Meeting | Electrification for Homeowners
Recording of Passive House Community Meeting (online) from October 17, 2023. The webinar is presented by "California Energy-Smart Homes All-Electric" is featuring the following content:…
