PHCA Community Meeting | Passive House x Fire Hardened
The building industry is conducting two parallel conversations—Passive House and fire hardening, using different vocabularies to describe a fundamentally shared ethos. This talk argues that…
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…
PHCA Community Meeting | Passive House & Carbon-Storing Straw Panels
Verdant Building Products is introducing a new generation of carbon-storing building materials. In this webinar, Anthony Dente will discuss his work in code and design development of bio-based building…
PHCA Community Meeting | What’s in a name? History and precedents to PassivHaus
Have you ever encountered confusion when discussing PassivHaus? Or is it Passive House? And what about Passive Solar – what does that have to do…
PHCA Community Meeting | Rebuilding Incentives for Sustainable Electric Homes: How this new program works with homeowners and builders to help those who need it most
Passive House California has a new partner in our effort to create a carbon-neutral, all renewable energy future! RISE Homes is a program mandated by…
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…
The Development of Passive House Strategies for Affordable Multi-Family Housing: A Contractor’s View
Description It’s easy enough to say that doing Passive House construction is simply the diligent and disciplined execution of established building science principles. But the…
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…
