PHI Press Release: New tool facilitates first steps towards retrofitting

Posted by Passive House Institute , August 20, 2024 - International Passive House Association, Member News

outPHit is supporting the planning of deep renovation projects with its new Decision Support Tool Darmstadt, Germany. 20 August 2024. The planning phase is where all the important decisions are made before any deep renovation project is executed. outPHit is supporting building owners in this regard with its newly released Decision Support Tool. The web-based tool provides guidance on energy-efficient renovation, allowing for a comparison of various retrofit concepts as…

Call for Papers is open now. Sub­mit your ab­stract by Septem­ber 2nd, 2022!

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 22, 2022 - Industry News, International Passive House Association, News

The 26th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce will take place in March 2023 in Wies­baden, Ger­many. About The In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce is the year's premi­um Pass­ive House event, where about 1000 thought lead­ers and in­nov­at­ors from around the world gath­er. Here you will find a wide range of net­work­ing op­por­tun­it­ies! Present­a­tions, work­shops and build­ing tours al­low you to share your ex­per­i­en­ce with oth­er pro­fes­sion­als and to learn more about the latest Pass­ive House de­vel­op­ments. Fur­ther­more, the…

Interview with Eng. Heba Abdel-Halim: Women Driving the Passive House Industry

Posted by Kendall Rocco , July 19, 2022 - International Passive House Association, Member News

Women Driving the Passive House Industry is iPHA’s interview series to highlight the remarkable women working in the Passive House community. As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, the iPHA team interviewed a handful of the many women who’ve contributed substantially to the growth of the Passive House Standard around the world. Here’s our newest interview featuring Eng. Heba Abdel-Halim. Heba is a Certified Passive House Designer, Lecturer Assistant, and PhD.…

Natural gas and climate protection

Posted by Kendall Rocco , July 19, 2022 - International Passive House Association, Member News, Policy

Germany seems particularly affected by the necessity of reducing the consumption of Russian gas. There is a lot of talk about how exactly this has come about and who was responsible for this. Here I will only point out ways to quickly and effectively get out of the “double bind” situation which some commentators seem to see here: reducing dependence on natural gas and reducing CO2 emissions at the same…

Happy Birthday, Passive House !

Posted by NYPH , June 2, 2021 - Industry News, International Passive House Association, Member News

Passive House now 30 years old –pioneering work paves the way for energy efficiency Darmstadt, Germany. Passive House is celebrating its 30th birthday this year!Starting as an experiment,great credit can be given to this pioneering project by Professor Wolfgang Feist: at a time when only very few people thought about climate protection, it paved the way for energy efficiency in buildings. Today, the Passive House Standard has been implemented throughout…

Earth Day Release ‘Efficiency: The First Renewable Energy’ Video

Posted by Andreas Benzing , May 13, 2021 - International Passive House Association

Today is Earth Day and to mark the occasion, we are launching the next step in our ‘Efficiency: The First Renewable Energy’ campaign! The International Passive House Association, together with our affiliate partners from all over the world, has produced a series of videos to highlight the benefits of the Passive House standard and an efficiency first approach. The videos are available in a range of languages and regional versions,…

Ug, Uf, Uw, Uwhat? : An intro to the U-value and those most important to Passive House design

Posted by NYPH , December 16, 2020 - International Passive House Association, Technical

Author: Nikki Goad (iPHA) For someone outside the building sector, many of the shorthand symbols frequently used in Passive House related content – including educational videos, press releases, webinars, and even some of our other blog posts – can be quite confusing. What the heck is a U-value? What are all those different subscripts? And what the heck is this symbol -> Ψ? Don’t fret. We will get into all…