Overview: A retrofit and a new build, in NYC and Dublin, demonstrate the performance-defining new expectations and value.
Presentation 1: Passive House Performance: 1,500 Sensors in Social Housing Scheme
Description: The ability of Passive House to avoid a ‘Performance Gap’ – when the results fall short of expectations, as is often the case in conventional green building – is well known, but project data is typically not publicly available. Here, we make the evidence public by examining a social housing project in Dublin, Ireland, where thousands of PHI-certified units are underway. Go on the journey of project delivery, data collection, and how we can be certain to close the gap every time.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the importance of and benefits arising from post-occupancy evaluation of Passive House projects
- Identify the influence that moving-in guides can have on tenant behavior in large scale Passive House projects
- Compare the differences in comfort attainment in public housing schemes as influenced by tenant use of heat emitters
- Describe the influence of thermal inertia on comfort attainment for tenants moving into cold concrete projects in winter.
Presentation 2: Decarbonization at Rubin Hall
Description: Built 100 years ago as a hotel, newly renovated to the EnerPHit standard, the 17-story Rubin Hall in New York City now houses 700 first-year NYU students. Goals included student comfort and wellness, as well as significant energy reductions and compliance with NYC’s carbon-emission regulations, Local Law 97. Get the resulting data and learn how the project team delivered the project, from construction details to systems commissioning, from the architect and the owner.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the design challenges of retrofitting a historic building to be carbon-free.
- Analyze the qualitative health, wellness, and resilience benefits that are possible in a deep energy retrofit.
- Identify the construction challenges that can arise during the building of large EnerPHit retrofit projects.
- Investigate real-world post-construction operational results from a large deep energy retrofit.
CEUs:
Upon completion of all modules a Certificate of Attendance will be automatically issued for AIA & PHI credit. Please self report to both AIA & PHI using the codes provided.
