Overview: From the C-Suite to the trades, realizing the full power of Passive House means training, learning, and sharing.
Presentation 1: Delivering Quality
Description: Delivering Passive House performance depends on what happens on site. This session explores how construction-phase quality assurance can safeguard building performance, reduce delivery risk, and build confidence in high-performance construction. Drawing on UK research and real project insights, it highlights the practical tools, leadership approaches, and site practices that help teams consistently achieve Passive House outcomes at scale – applicable in the UK, in North America and worldwide.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how construction-phase quality assurance directly influences Passive House performance, certification outcomes, and long-term asset value in large and complex buildings.
- Identify the procurement, programming, and site-management strategies that most effectively reduce performance risk and rework on Passive House projects at scale.
- Apply practical tools—such as test-and-hold points, Inspection & Test Plans, and defined quality roles—to improve delivery outcomes and evidence capture during construction and handover.
- Explore the leadership and cultural conditions required to consistently deliver high-performance outcomes, and how these conditions support market confidence among clients, funders, and policymakers
Presentation 2: Massive Learnings from Massachusetts
Description: As Massachusetts now mandates Passive House certification for multifamily projects in Specialized Code communities, scaling cost-effective delivery is paramount. This presentation highlights a professional Passive House knowledge gap (from engineers and architects to drywallers and HVAC teams) and addresses it by identifying systemic best practices in ventilation, airtightness, and team coordination. Based on interviews with more than 40 Passive House professionals, it’s a powerful opportunity to learn from collective experience and produce a roadmap for industry-wide success.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore practical, specific strategies that have contributed to the successful certification of Passive House projects in Massachusetts, and analyze the biggest risks and recurring challenges that impact certification success.
- Apply best practices in communication, collaboration, and team education to enhance project outcomes, gleaned from over 40 experienced Passive House professionals.
- Identify cost-reduction strategies for Passive House certification through team training, project coordination, and improvements to the biggest construction risks.
- Explain inclusive workforce development education via targeted trades training to ensure that the technical requirements of Passive House delivery are accessible, actionable, and reach the actual folks charged with delivering a high performance building.
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.
