Meet Sara
Sara Hill is our new Education Associate. Sara is a learning systems designer, permaculturist, and DEI advocate. She brings over 6 years in the learning and talent development field with an interest in systems thinking [...]
North American Passive House Network Announces the Appointment of Four New Board Members
New board members add critical new perspectives as NAPHN grows at the start of 2021. New York, NY. January 6, 2021 - The North American Passive House Network announced today the appointment of four new [...]
NAPHN to Beta Launch All New On-Demand CPHD Training Platform!
You spoke and we listened! Over the past year, NAPHN has been diligently working on a brand new on-demand online training platform for the Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Training. And we are very excited to [...]
Connecticut Joins Massachusetts in Providing Big Rebates for Passive House Professional Accredited Education
Passive House training incentives can make a big difference, so if you are an architect, builder, consultant, contractor, engineer, designer, or tradesperson - Connecticut, like Massachusetts, now offers a 50% cost reimbursement to participants upon [...]
Minneapolis Connects the Dots and Establishes Leadership in Building Climate Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis MN. December 16, 2020 - The city of Minneapolis has instituted a new pilot incentive program to promote the construction of affordable housing to the Passive House Standard, to help meet [...]
Electrification Push Reveals Fatal Flaws in California’s Energy Code
By Bronwyn Barry, NAPHN Board Chair A record number of callers showed up at a public hearing hosted by California’s Energy Commission (CEC) last week to review another application for building electrification reach code by [...]
Discover Your Education Pathway
Passive House education is very accessible and can meet you where you're at. There are three main categories of courses: Introductory, Core Certification and Specialized Courses. No matter your background, depending on how you work [...]
Meet Gael
Gael Oriol is our new Communications and Administration Associate. He is an architectural designer and has been a parkour practitioner for over 10 years. Gael is a graduate student at the City College of New [...]
Owner’s Roundtable #1 eBook is Out!
As part of last summer's Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future, in a series of owner roundtable discussions, owners shared how they think about Passive House, what’s involved in the process of taking on something [...]
ANNOUNCING THE #PH2020 CONFERENCE VIRTUAL BUILDING TOUR COMPETITION
We will miss walking into Passive House buildings as part of the conference experience this year - the personalities, the stories, the details, and the context that help bring alive the possibilities. So while we [...]
