Save The Dates
Einstein said that time is relative, but haven’t you found the pandemic really warping things? How long has it been? As #PH2020 moved quickly from the ground in NYC to the cloud everywhere, time slowed, and our [...]
THE RADICAL RELAUNCH OF PH2020: WHY WE ARE DOING THIS and WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
We could have put off the NAPHN conference to 2021 and be done with it. Instead, we chose to pivot to an online event. In March, when we announced the move, NAPHN Board President Bronwyn [...]
Tools, Talks and Resources for Getting it Done
NAPHN’s Passive House 2020 is focused on urging developers and owners who have power of pen to make each decision their building technology to support the “passive house”. We all generally have an idea that [...]
PASSIVE HOUSE 2020 CONFERENCE: ANNOUNCES THAT IT IS GOING VIRTUAL
The virtual conference is planned to be bigger and better! In response to the social disruption, today, and for the foreseeable future, caused by the COVID-19 virus, the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) has [...]
REGISTRATION IS OPEN for PASSIVE HOUSE 2020: CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE
Early Bird registration for Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future - the biggest Passive House event in the United States, to date - is now available. Choose low pricing, and sign up today! And choose [...]
Politics, Our Roots and π…..
Written by Dr. Shane Colclough, Dip EE, BSc, MIE, MBA, PhD, MIEI, CEng, EurIng I am reminded of the 1st meeting I had with Prof Wolfgang Feist when attending the Passivhaus conference in Dresden. One [...]
Call For Conference Session and Workshop Proposals
Building owners, industry professionals, manufacturers, and policymakers, at Passive House 2020, NAPHN's Annual Conference & Expo, on June 11-12, in New York City, will share how they leverage the international Passive House Standard and choose their futures. [...]
North American Passive House Network, Building Energy Exchange, and Passive House Academy receive $250,000 Energy Efficiency Workforce Training Grant
North American Passive House Network (NAPHN), New York’s energy efficiency center of excellence, the Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex), and Passive House Academy (PHA) secure $250,000 grant from New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) [...]
Certification of Buildings – How to Handle Ground Floor for Commercial Purposes?
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 [...]
Open Windows and Ventilation
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 [...]
