Passive House is a building standard but it’s also a global community to support you. The secret superpower of Passive House is the knowledge sharing and mutual support – the generosity. Tap into the community, the consultants, certifiers, designers, builders and owners – peers helping peers. It can feel overwhelming, but step -by-step, you can move expeditiously and achieve an affordable high-quality home, that will serve you well into the future.

Read local Boulder Passive House builder, Mark Attard’s open letter on his sense of the moment.

Don’t be shy, it’s an open community and we welcome you!

Passive House is not rocket science, it’s simple and basic building science, applied with intention.

Builders and Architects: There are direct pathways to gain the few critical skills needed to deliver reliable high-performance homes. It’s not about re-inventing the wheel, it’s about focus, and integrated thinking. You really have the skills, Passive House training simply brings them to the fore and perhaps unexpectedly transforms your expectations of building performance. Don’t hesitate, don’t build the last 20th Century home – instead build the future.

Building certification can be the gateway to financial incentives and hence the incentives a driver of certification, but don’t lose site of the massive opportunities certification provides well beyond the transaction. There are many many important reasons to certify. When you certify your home will be much better for it, the team will be better, your life will be better.  We have identified five basic reasons.