Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Low Income Housing Tax Credits The Sleeper Stimulant Policy By Zachary Semke One of the more exciting Passive House policy breakthroughs to emerge in the United States over the past [...]
PHPPv9 Passive House Energy Modeling Software Adopted by British Columbia Building Code
The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) v. 9, or newer, has been formally approved for use under the 2018 Building Code for the Canadian Province of British Columbia. This announcement follows the recent confirmation of [...]
Welcome to our New Chapter – New Jersey Passive House!
NAPHN would like to welcome it's new Chapter, New Jersey Passive House. Passive House is finally coming to the Garden State! Here's an update of what they are up to for 2018. The group started [...]
NAPHN’s First Appointed Ambassador
NAPHN has appointed its first Ambassador to help spread the word about the Passive House concepts, the benefits of Passive House Institute certification and NAPHN membership. Mike Woolsey, CPHD, brings 30 years of ventilation industry experience [...]
UN Deputy Secretary General Addresses NAPHN17
The North American Passive House Network was honored to have three representatives of the United Nations address the opening plenary gathering of the NAPHN17 Conference, in Oakland California, on October 6th. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, [...]
Certifiers Circle now 8 Strong
The North American Certifier Circle (NACC) is pleased to have a new member, MIZU Passive House Consulting, operating out of Vancouver. The NACC is a cooperative association of Passive House Institute accredited building certifiers, [...]
Maison Passive Québec: NAPHN’s Newest Member Group
NAPHN is proud to announce that Maison Passive Québec is now a member of the North American Passive House Network Cooperative. Maison Passive Québec (MPQ) is dedicated to the success of the Passive House Standard [...]
Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables – a new eBook from NAPHN
Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive +Renewables Everyone talks about Net Zero and more and more people are talking about Passive House. Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables demonstrates that the Passive House pathway is the [...]
Passive House Examples in Public Administration and Regulation
As the popularity of Passive House grows, more public agencies are acknowledging its utility and significance in their planning for a low-carbon future, and are officially incorporating Passive House references and terminology into there regulatory and [...]
NAPHN14 in Maine, Martin and a Few Inches of Sub-Slab Insulation
October 3, 2014 This past weekend saw a lively debate on Twitter between Martin Holladay, myself and a few other Tweeps over what amounts to a few inches of insulation. It followed a very successful [...]
