We are deeply saddened by the death of Sharon Gaber, The Passive House Network's longtime General Manager and Director of Education. She died Saturday, August 5 - with her family in upstate [...]
Press Release July 26, 2023 Contact: Peter Jensen, Sunstone Strategies, peter@sunstonestrategies.org, 360.820.3704 Passive House buildings are vital to withstanding the climate crisis and they just hit cost-parity in the U.S. So why [...]
Press Release July 10, 2023 Passive House Network Joins Buildings Action Coalition to Support United Nations’ Initiative on High Performance Buildings The Passive House Network has joined the Buildings Action Coalition [...]
Policies that Moved Passive House in 2022 A Recap of the best PH policy moves we supported, encouraged and helped initiate across the US The PHN Policy Committee, led by its Chair, Bronwyn Barry, is [...]
Architectural Record: Taking a Holistic Approach to Embodied Carbon By Fred A. Bernstein A new article in Architectural Record by Fred A. Bernstein, dives into embodied carbon and its relationship to Passive House design with a great [...]
Inaugural Trailblazer Award Presented at Conference to MP Boston Left-to-right: Ryan Lobello, Handel Architects, Jimmy Patel, C3, Joelle Jahn, WSP USA, Brad Mahony, MP Boston, Tom Burroughs, WSP USA, Louis Koehl, Handel Architects Inaugural Award [...]
Introducing Kyle Smither-Semon, PHN's New Education Associate Join us in welcoming Kyle Smither-Semon, PHN's newest staff member. We hope you have a chance to work with him soon!Kyle manages the logistics of all our training [...]
Policy That Works An investigation into policies driving Passive House adoption in North America From the Policy That Works opening: "There are currently eighty-six (86) multifamily buildings pursuing Passive House certification in Massachusetts. How [...]
On Juneteenth 2022 Notes about social justice action in our Passive House community. “Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.” Read more from JuneteenthFTW While we observe [...]
Introducing Debora Hoffman, PHN's Community Associate Manager Join us in welcoming Debora Hoffman, PHN's newest staff member. We hope you have a chance to work with her soon! Debora manages memberships and acts as the [...]
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