“The greatest trend we see today in constructing or renovating sustainable buildings is the movement toward evidence-based performance." Presentation Overview It is time to move beyond wanting to do the right thing to having the tools to ensure success in creating advanced buildings. The building industry’s fundamentals have not changed: Reach the finish line on time, on budget, and with no surprises — then manage in order to maximize revenue/profit, minimize…
Passive House California International Open House Tour 2020. Please attend the virtual tour of Bishop Peak Passive House in San Luis Obispo, California. [embed]https://vimeo.com/475179986[/embed]
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Jessica Weber , November 3, 2020 -
Presented by New York Passive House, an industry resource for large-scaled Passive House building, produced in cooperation with the Passive House Academy. Publication date: November 2015
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Passive House California , December 16, 2019 -
Passive House has taken root in Canada! Passive House Buildings in Canada: Transforming How We Build showcases more than 50 outstanding projects of every type and size. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia designers, builders, and consultants are relying on the Passive House approach to deliver highly efficient and comfortable commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. Company headquarters, community housing retrofits, student dorms with commercial kitchens, stunning single-family homes—the range of building…
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Passive House California , December 15, 2019 -
Existing buildings are too often significant carbon emitters. Deep energy retrofits represent a large market opportunity that is slowly but increasingly gaining attention. In New York the exact size of that market is being pinned down as part of ongoing efforts to industrialize multifamily retrofits through NYSERDA’s RetrofitNY initiative. A parallel effort led by the Rocky Mountain Institute is tackling a pilot multifamily retrofit in Boston. In Canada three large-scale…
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Passive House California , December 16, 2018 -
This book by the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) is intended to inform and inspire. Net Zero is a catch phrase with great emotional power, but too often prioritizes power production over demand reduction and effectively puts the cart before the horse, providing less than satisfactory results. This book demonstrates a better way.
For those designing, renovating, building, or consulting on a Passive House project, the Spring 2018 issue of Passive House Buildings is essential reading, capturing the state of the art in Passive House developments in North America. From ever-larger Passive House high-rises to commercial-building retrofits to single-family homes in challenging climates, each project featured in this issue delivers insights that can be applied and reapplied.
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Passive House California , December 16, 2011 -
Guía del estándar Passivhaus - Edificios de consumo energético casi nulo by: Fundación de la Energía de la Comunidad de Madrid La Consejería de Economía y Hacienda, a través de la Dirección General de Industria, Energía y Minas, y de la Fundación de la Energía de la Comunidad de Madrid, con la colaboración de la Plataforma de Edificación Passivhaus, y dentro de la campaña Madrid Ahorra con Energía, lleva a cabo…
