2015 Year in Review
2015 was a successful year of growth for NAPHN. Growth in membership and growth in the resources and cooperative effort of the network. Some highlights include: Dividends: At the start of 2015, the first cooperative [...]
Western Pennsylvania Joins NAPHN
We are proud to announce that Passive House Western Pennsylvania (PHWPA) has become NAPHN's newest member group. PHWPA is anchored in Pittsburgh, a city pushing to be a sustainability trendsetter. PHWPA is led by [...]
Maison Passive Québec: NAPHN’s Newest Member Group
NAPHN is proud to announce that Maison Passive Québec is now a member of the North American Passive House Network Cooperative. Maison Passive Québec (MPQ) is dedicated to the success of the Passive House Standard [...]
Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables – a new eBook from NAPHN
Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive +Renewables Everyone talks about Net Zero and more and more people are talking about Passive House. Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables demonstrates that the Passive House pathway is the [...]
Passive House Examples in Public Administration and Regulation
As the popularity of Passive House grows, more public agencies are acknowledging its utility and significance in their planning for a low-carbon future, and are officially incorporating Passive House references and terminology into there regulatory and [...]
NAPHN14 in Maine, Martin and a Few Inches of Sub-Slab Insulation
October 3, 2014 This past weekend saw a lively debate on Twitter between Martin Holladay, myself and a few other Tweeps over what amounts to a few inches of insulation. It followed a very successful [...]
What is Passive House?
Passive House is a building standard. It is a voluntary international building standard developed by the Passive House Institute (PHI), located in Darmstadt, Germany – referred to also as The Passive House Standard. The Passive [...]
Imagine Passive House
Conjure an image of home. Of your elementary school. Of your office. They’re familiar. Now imagine your own Passive House. More difficult, right? But what if Passive House can describe a school, an apartment building, [...]
International Passive House Conference 2015
The 19th Annual International Passive House conference (#iPHC19) was held in Leipzig, Germany on April 17th and 18th. With large contingents attending from North America and China, as well as an emerging group of practitioners [...]
Passive House and the Public Domain
If there is a question as to what it means to be a Passive House, please see the blog post “What is Passive House?” But if there is a question as to the history of [...]
