Session · Climate and resilience · Designers and consultants · Builders and trades

Fire Rebuild Competition: Catalog & Winning Team Insights

Christian Kienapfel, Paravant Architecture; Steve Mann, Home Energy Services; Timothy Lock, OPAL; Laura Lubniewski, University of Buffalo; Katie Seftas, Moss Architects; Jim Bischoff, Moss Architects; Roussa Cassel, Artisans Group Architecture + Planning · PHN Presents

The winning teams of PHN's 2025 California Rebuilds Design Competition on their fire-resilient Passive House homes, which also had to address affordability and aging in place and honor the region's architectural legacy, marking the catalog's publication.

Key points

• How the Passive House design process can meet the needs of fire resilience.
• Strategies for Passive House homes in styles from Contemporary to Craftsman.
• What makes affordability possible in new high-performance homes.
• How the regional climate shaped the Passive House strategies.