#PH2020: WEEK ONE
The start of the PH2020: Choose Your Future conference is upon us! Get ready for in-depth discussions with the presenters and finding new network connections from across the country and around the world. NAPHN is [...]
The Owner’s Manual: A Comprehensive Resource for Developers
This year at Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future NAPHN will have a particular focus on building owners and developers - with three sessions dedicated to peer-to-peer owner/developer panel discussions, on June 24, July 8 [...]
#PH2020: The First Step-by-Step EnerPHit Tower Retrofit in North America
Last year, Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (CHC) in Ontario took a big, bold step in its quest to provide affordable, comfortable housing for its buildings’ occupants. CHC undertook the first EnerPHit step-by-step retrofit of [...]
Black Lives Matter
NAPHN and its board have been horrified by the senseless murder of George Floyd, and the countless other persons of color who have received unjust treatment and lost their lives at the hands of law [...]
A Focus on Covid-19
The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) conference, #PH2020, (www.naphnconference.com) running every Wednesday, 1 - 4 PM EST, June 24 - July 29, will feature specific efforts at examining the relationship between Passive House design, [...]
PH2020 Conference Program Announced
The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) is proud to showcase building industry leaders from around the world in a program, running every Wednesday, 1 - 4 PM EST, June 24 - July 29, that [...]
New Tool Streamlines Passive House Modeling of Large Residential Buildings
The Passive House Institute (PHI) is first and foremost a research institution, with a dynamic staff that is constantly working to improve its algorithms and software tools for modeling, planning, and certifying Passive House buildings [...]
Certification: Good Data Drives Great Results
Passive House Institute (PHI) certification is the framework and map that ensures your team stays on the pathway to achieve the desired high-performance results. Certification is encouraged of professionals designing Passive House buildings, of building [...]
ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION A NEW CHAPTER: PASSIVE HOUSE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
The national network grows to include a long-time affiliate organization as an integrated chapter. New York, NY. May 18, 2020 - The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) is proud to announce that a new [...]
Embodied Carbon—The New Black
Passive House’s relentless focus on operational energy in buildings has sometimes relegated upfront carbon emissions from building materials to an understudy role—but that’s changing. Increasingly the best-laid climate plans for the building sector are addressing [...]
