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Discussions with tag 'Passive House'
Webinar: Passivhaus for Educational Buildings: Schools, September 23, 11am EDT
The fourth and final session in a four-part mini-series of interactive online events for local authorities, educational institutions and others involved with delivering educational buildings to the Pa
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Webinar: Passive House Symposium 2020, Presented by Passive House Massachusetts, October 27 - 28
The need for low-carbon, climate resilient, and healthy buildings is now more clear than ever and Passive House is the platform to build on for net-zero, resilient, healthy, and carbon-neutral communi
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PHIUS Certified Passive House Builder Online Training, October 12-15 & 19-22, 2-5 pm EDT
Superinsulation, airtight envelopes, high-performance window installation, site management, component sourcing—passive house construction presents special challenges to builders. The PHIUS CPHB
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Passivhaus Maine Fall Forum, Virtual Sessions, "Global From Maine," October 20-24
Passivhaus Maine's annual Fall Forum is now online, October 20-24.
Check out the speaker line up: https://phmeff20.heysummit.com/schedule/
PassivhausMAINE is a non-profit or
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NESEA Green Building Virtual Pro Tour: North America's Largest Affordable Passive House, November 6, 12:30 - 2:30 pm EST
This virtual Pro Tour will offer participants a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most ambitious PHIUS+ projects in New York City: an innovative fifteen-story building providing 154-units of sustai
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Webinar: Introduction to Passive House -- East Coast Buildings, December 9, 10 am EST
Passive House goals and methodology change the way architects and builders think and work, making the architectural design itself a driver of climate, health, and social solutions. This is a 6-hour co
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Virtual Summit: Passive House Canada -- Building for Resilience, December 8-10
This summit incudes topics such as
- City of Vancouver Resilience Requirements
- Comparing Passive House to BC Step Code on Large scale MURBs
- Thermal Bridge Modeling
- Large Retrofit Bui
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Passive House Prefab Summit II, Hosted by Passive House Accelerator, December 14, 4-6 pm_Pacific/7-9 pm Eastern
Prefabrication and Passive House are obvious partners, both geared for delivering superior efficiency and predictable performance. And the market has noticed. Demand for prefabricated components&mdash
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Webinar: Passive House Primer, Building Energy Exchange, December 9, 1pm EST
Recently refreshed for 2020, BE-Ex’s Passive House Primer is an engaging, one-hour seminar on Passive House fundamentals and their application in the real estate market. Available as a
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Webinar: Water, Vapour, and Air Control for Large Passive House Projects, January 29, 10 am EST
Building Enclosure Control Layers: Water, Vapour, and Air Control for Large Passive House Projects!
More Renewables, or Improved Envelope? Exploring Paths to Net-Zero Energy in Affordable Housing, February 19, 5pm CST
When pursuing carbon neutrality for a new affordable housing development, what’s the best approach? More solar panels? An open-loop ground source heat pump system? Or improved building envelope
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Online: WUFI Passive for Beginners, Presented by PHIUS, February 25, February 25, 1-5 pm EST
WUFI Passive is the energy model used for PHIUS+ Certification compliance. This workshop is intended both for those learning WUFI Passive for the first time, or those that learned WUFI Passive during
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Webinar: Ventilation, High Performance, and Passive House, March 10, 2 pm EST
In designing and building high-performance buildings, building ventilation is often an underappreciated component. The pandemic has made the health implications of good ventilation more obvious but th
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Free CE Webinar: Intro to Passive House 2021 & Source Zero, March 3, 12 pm EST
PHIUS+ 2021 is the next progression of the PHIUS+ passive building standards which were created to guide builders to success in the design and construction of passive buildings. It marks the next step
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Virtual Pro Tour: Mid-Rise Passive House & Urban Density Study, March 12, 12:30 PM EST
Join NESEA online for this upcoming Pro Tour, featuring a mid-rise project built to Passive House standards that includes 30 units of affordable housing and an early education center. Curtis + Ginsber
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Online: Multifamily Retrofits Playbooks Launch, March 24, 9 am EDT
To meet future stringent efficiency and carbon regulations, upgrades to buildings should be approached proactively and not in response to system failures or unexpected tenant turnover. Building owners
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Virtual Passive House Workshop, April 16, 9 am EDT
Building on previous sessions in this series, this module will focus on the quality control and quality assurance techniques for high-performance construction. The need for oversight on the constructi
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Virtual Passive House Training Workshops: HVAC and Plumbing Trades, April 9, 9am - 12pm EST
In the construction of a Passive House building, it is critical that the construction managers, subcontractors and tradespeople are equipped with the knowhow to accurately execute MEP systems as desig
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NESEA Green Building Virtual Pro Tour: Historic NYC Firehouse to Modern Passive House, Friday, April 16
his virtual Pro Tour will offer participants a behind-the-scenes look at a unique renovation currently underway in Manhattan: the transformation of a historic firehouse into 4 units of PHI-certified p
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Passive House Policy Summit, a Passive House Accelerator Event, April 26, 4 pm PST / 7 pm EST
It’s often said in Passive House circles that we already have the solutions at our fingertips to make buildings part of the climate solution rather than the climate problem. We just need to use
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Virtual Tour: Tallest Infill Passive House in the World, June 4, 12:30 pm EDT
Join NESEA for this virtual Pro Tour of Flow Chelsea, the largest mixed-use Passive House project in midtown Manhattan and the tallest infill Passive House building in the world. This 24-story buildin
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PH 2021: Passive House for All: Comfort - Health - Equity - Security, New York City and Online, June 10-11
"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 cau
NESEA Virtual Green Building Pro Tour: Affordable Passive Housing & Non-Profit Community Facility, June 18, 12:30pm
Join this virtual Pro Tour to go behind-the-scenes with members of the team responsible for the Tree of Life project, a new building in Queens that will include 174 units of Passive House certified ho
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Online: Passive House for Affordable Housing Developers, June 24, 1-2:30 PM
Join the Energy Cohort for a special session on Passive House for Affordable Housing Developers. This presentation will cover what’s different during design and construction, roles on the projec
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Our Path to Choosing Green Building Certifications: A Passive House and Earthcraft Home Renovation
Our video conversation above, part of the full "Behind the Walls" webinar playlist, shows how the Passive House Standard far exceeds basic energy codes. When we first s