The Value of a Saved Kilowatt is Rising Fast
In John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, Will Hamilton sees that with World War 1 predictably dragging on, the price of a durable food like beans - grown locally in [...]
The Relevance of Embodied Carbon in the Passive House World – 475 HQ Retrofit Case Study
By Mariana Moreira The Passive House (PH) standard has emerged as a revolutionary building design approach, allowing radical reductions in operational energy use through optimized airtight envelopes, superinsulation, and heat-recovery ventilation, predictably minimizing heating [...]
The Passive House Network Announces Launch of Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) Course
The new PHPP Course, called Using PHPP in Passive House Design and Certification, will now be available on-demand online for American Passive House practitioners. The Passive House Network has announced the launch of a Passive House [...]
PH2021 PASSIVE HOUSE TOURS – An In-person Attendee Benefit
PH2021 PASSIVE HOUSE TOURS - An In-person Attendee Benefit As a benefit of in-person conference attendance, the following site tours are being made available - FREE. Be sure to register for the conference in person [...]
North American Passive House Network Announces the Opening of the PH2021 Conference Online Expo
The NAPHN 2021 conference online expo opens one month before the start of the conference. New York, NY May 10, 2021 - The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) today announced the opening of the [...]
10 Passive House Buildings that are not houses
10 Passive House Buildings that are not houses This is a re-post from the iPHA blog. A common misconception is that the Passive House Standard only applies to single-family homes. In fact, the standard can [...]
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 [...]
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2021 Passive House for All is a call to action. Our existential environmental, health and social crises demand that we look beyond isolated symptoms and tackle interlocking systemic causes; across [...]
NAPHN Member Benefits
Our two membership levels have the same great benefits. First, you join a global community of people committed to leading the transformation of our built environment - as you also become a member of the [...]
Owner’s Roundtable #2 eBook is Out!
As part of last summer’s Passive House 2020: Choose Your Future, in a series of Passive House owner roundtable discussions, owners shared how they think about Passive House, what’s involved in the process of taking on [...]
