As we design more and more commercial Passive House buildings we increasingly see split use buildings. If you are a PH certifier this information is crucial to relay to your clients and to also show [...]
Written by Mike Woolsey. Several construction concepts exist that intend to dramatically reduce building energy consumption. Among the concepts is Passive House, which describes ways to design and construct buildings so that their heating and [...]
Energy Efficiency and High Comfort The Passive House Standard provides high energy efficiency, as well as high quality and high comfort. The components of each Passive House building must be selected to meet the energy [...]
The official cross-walk between the international Passive House Institute (PHI) and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is now out. We've been looking forward to seeing this since I set up the first meeting between [...]
On June 3rd, California’s Codes and Standards (CASE) team released a list of measures it will explore for the 2022 code cycle. The list includes a proposal to explore a ‘Passive House Prescriptive Pathway’ in [...]
The North American Passive House Network was honored to have three representatives of the United Nations address the opening plenary gathering of the NAPHN17 Conference, in Oakland California, on October 6th. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, [...]
This Nov 10th – 12th, is the annual International Passive House Days event, (#iPHopendays & #iPHdays) - where owners of Passive House buildings, around the world, open their doors to the public to share the experience. Hear [...]
#NAPHN17 is just around the corner on October 4th - 8th in Oakland, CA and our program is packed with all things Passive House - workshops, sessions, evening events and tours. If you are [...]
NAPHN is proud to be providing the premier course for Passive House professionals. For over 26 years the Passive House Standard has been the state-of-the-art scientific foundation of high-performance and net-zero buildings, around the world. [...]
Scott Foster, Director of the Sustainable Energy Division for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and North America, will be the keynote speaker for the Annual NAPHN Conference and Expo, “Passive + Renewables,” taking place this year from Oct. 4 to Oct. 8 [...]
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