Keynote by Felix Heisel, Director, Circular Construction Lab

We are happy to announce that Felix Heisel will give the keynote speech at our Symposium on September 22 Regenerative Metropolis.   REGISTER TODAY >   Felix Heisel is Assistant Professor and the Director of the Circular Construction Lab at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. He is a faculty fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and a graduate field member in architecture, systems engineering and matter design…


Climate Ambition Summit

The latest scientific assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has once again highlighted the urgency to act. The damage from the climate crisis is already extensive, and global greenhouse gas emissions remain at record levels. The world needs immediate and deep reductions in emissions now, and over the course of the next three decades, to limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels and prevent the worst impacts. Meanwhile,…


Call for Papers

Retrofit. Have an impact. 27th International Passive House Conference in April 2024 in Innsbruck Darmstadt, Germany. The 27th International Passive House Conference will be held in April 2024 in Innsbruck in Austria! The focal theme of the conference will be "Retrofit. Have an impact.” In order to effectively bring the building sector on course towards climate protection, reliable energy retrofits are indispensable. The conference will take place at the University…


Winter 2023 Northeast CPHD/C On-Demand hybrid training

The Passive House Network hybrid Certified Passive House Designer course and PHI certification exam for professionals in the Northeastern states of NY, NJ, MA, CT, NH, VT, ME, PA, and RI. The hybrid format allows students to leverage the benefits of on-demand, live-online & in-person training. *Note: the CPHD exam will be given sometime in March, we will reach out with additional information. Starts January 20th The CPHD course is…


Sustainability in NYC Buildings, Avenue 8

  KEY TAKEAWAYS Local Law 97 – recently enacted legislation that tackles emissions from NYC’s largest carbon emitting sector – is big news. Local Law 97 is a first-of-its-kind legislation enacted as part of New York City’s 2019 Climate Mobilization Act that caps carbon emissions that large buildings can release each year without paying a penalty. The carbon emissions limits take effect in 2024 and become increasingly stringent thereafter. Buildings…


Earth Day 2022 is coming!

earth day 2022

Earth Day Initiative is excited to bring a focus on sustainability solutions to Hudson Yards in partnership with Volkswagen this spring. The climate community and the broader public are clamoring to see the path forward on tackling climate change and our environmental challenge. Earth Day Initiative wants to illustrate that path by highlighting some of the solutions being developed in sectors like transportation, energy, and fashion. We invite attendees to…


The early bird gets the discount !

Take the opportunity and book your conference ticket by today before the summer break for an attractive early bird price. ONE ticket for ALL! Your ticket -> to all live events of the 25th International Passive House Conference in the Historische Stadthalle in Wuppertal and ONLINE -> to the recordings of all lectures and excursions until the end of September -> to the Passive House exhibition ONLINE from 1 September and on-site during the…


Recording | Town Hall – Climate Mobilization – ACT NOW

   NYPH invites you to reimagine the future of New York City buildings at a Passive House Town Hall. The event will include presentations and panel discussions featuring key policy-makers, designers, and developers, as well as interactive sessions addressing the urgency of Local Law 97. The Town Hall will explore Passive House as a strategy for reaching the landmark legislation’s efficiency mandates while making the city more equitable and…



Hybrid Conference | Passive House For All

NYPH is proud to announce its Conference Partnership with the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) for its upcoming 2021 Conference on June 10-11. This will be a hybrid conference , with in-person and virtual available As a Conference Partner, NYPH will provide volunteer assistance during the conference and will solicit NYC projects, under construction or completed, that may be available for NAPHN’s in-person open houses on Saturday June 12.…



NAPHN 2021 Conference: PASSIVE HOUSE FOR ALL

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 causes; across disciplines, from buildings to communities. The event will take on the full range of specialized technical, process, and policy aspects of Passive House one expects from a NAPHN conference – and it will challenge us to make Passive House benefits, tools, and…