Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, is set to host the first-ever US collegiate design-build rendition of the international Passive House Ice Box Challenge this spring. The event, known as the 'Pratt Brooklyn Ice Box Challenge,' aims to showcase the advantages of energy-efficient buildings designed to implement Passive House standards as a crucial solution to climate...
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Concrete slabs and steel beams that project through the building envelope, such as those used in the construction of balconies, canopies and parapets, break the insulation layer and create thermal bridging. Incorporating a thermal break within structural elements significantly improves the thermal performance of building envelopes and helps avoid costly issues down the...
Supermarkets are essential to the modern food supply chain and a widespread building type. They are also energy-intensive buildings with great potential for optimization. By now, the Passive House Institute has gathered over ten years of experience with these buildings, both as new constructions and retrofits. During this iPHA Project Spotlight, the speaker Laszlo Lepp...
Summary: This sales presentation will focus on Dextall’s prefabricated wall systems and their ability to achieve the 5 Passive House Principles in mid- and high-rise buildings. We will also compare Dextall’s wall systems to traditional wall construction methods and highlight the significant reduction in embodied carbon that can be achieved. Learning Objectives: Understand the 5...
Happening this Thursday- the third episode of season 2, titled "Retrofitting and Remodelling a Timber-Frame House to EnerPHit Standard." This live seminar aims to provide lessons and thoughts on DIY deep retrofit and radical remodelling for space and amenity. We will visit a 1975 timber frame house, in the western highlands of Scotland, that has...
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