USGBC-LA’s 13th Annual Sustainable Innovation Awards (SIA) recognize your project team’s commitment and leadership in creating a more sustainable built environment for all! The Awards are merit-based, selecting projects that demonstrate innovation, sustainable strategies, and exemplary performance in the field of sustainability, occupant health, and community engagement. Eligibility | SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 12 a.m. on October 22nd, 2023. Location: Projects shall be located in Southern California. Typology: All project types, commercial,…
Passive House California (PHCA) had a booth at the Net Zero Conference in Los Angeles, CA today. We enjoyed many good conversations with climate leaders about the international Passive House construction standard and how Passive House can help to build high-performance buildings. Thank you NZ23 team and Verdical Group for organizing the event.
The California Energy Design Assistance Program (CEDA) offers incentives to encourage Passive House modeling using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). The California Energy Design Assistance is the new construction decarbonization resource for commercial, multifamily, public, agricultural, and Industrial customers and their design teams across the state. FIND OUT MORE AND START YOU APPLICATION
A Webinar for Multifamily design, construction, & jurisdiction Professionals | Presentation + Q and A Passive House protocols work synergistically with other standards and deliver extremely high performance in terms of energy efficiency, healthy IAQ, and resilience. Passive House standards enable the most aggressive reduction of energy consumption and make the path to zero energy and zero carbon more predictable and less risky. Early collaboration of an integrated project team…
We have an exciting announcement to share. Today, the Passive House Network is releasing a new report, Safe at home: How all-electric, multi-family Passive House buildings deliver comfortable, cost-effective climate resilience, that tells the story of the vitally important role Passive House is playing in bolstering climate resilience while accelerating decarbonization efforts in the U.S. The report finds that all-electric, multi-family Passive House design is ideal for keeping hot air…
Moving from fossil-fuel boilers to other forms of domestic hot water heating can be challenging, but it’s doable. This training, featuring Redwood Energy’s Sean Armstrong and Small Planet Supply’s Albert Rooks, offers field experience and strategies for providing DHW in multifamily projects both with and without Passive House envelope measures. As a result of this training, learners will be able to: Explain the energy efficiency importance of designing for recirculation…
The Passive House Award prize winners deliver outstanding examples of how we can achieve energy efficiency in beautifully designed buildings. We invite you to look at these projects from around the world in the newly published flipbook. Browse through the variety of Passive Houses and be inspired! OPEN FLIPBOOK
Happy New Year from Passive House California (PHCA). Thank you for your support of PHCA in 2022. The entire team is looking forward to assist accelerating the adoption of the international Passive House construction standard in 2023 in California!
Climate-friendly buildings take off: Passive Houses certified in Munich and Argentina Darmstadt/Munich/Buenos Aires: Climate-friendly buildings are becoming increasingly popular: a higher energy efficient standard means lower energy consumption, resulting in lower energy costs and less carbon emissions. The Passive House Institute has registered a worldwide increase in projects. Certification is voluntary but plays a central role in quality assurance. The research institute in Darmstadt recently awarded Passive House certificates to…
Can Passive House design and construction help achieve a Solarpunk future where people can thrive? In this first video of a four-part series, Zack Semke summarizes what the scientists are telling us about climate change today and pushes back on the fifth form of climate denialism: climate doomism or, "it's too late". Join in this exploration of the climate crisis, the clean energy transition, and how buildings will play a…
We often hear that 'Passivhaus is for cold climates' or that 'we don't need that in our 'mild climates.' So why are so many large-scale Passivhaus buildings by notable architects springing up across Australia and New Zealand? The growth of large-scale Passivhaus buildings happening across Australia and New Zealand in the commercial and educational sector is highlighting features of the Passivhaus approach that make it so appropriate in warm climates: heat-wave…
