The Impact of Building Energy Code

Posted by NYPH , January 2, 2024 - Energy, Member News, Policy

Building energy codes represent a significant savings opportunity for U.S. home and business owners. Model energy codes for residential and commercial buildings are projected to save (cumulative 2010-2040): $182 billion energy cost savings 840 MMT of avoided CO2 emissions 16.1 quads of primary energy These savings equate to the annual emissions of: 187 million passenger vehicles 225 coal power plants 106 million homes Learn More >

the new industry catalogue

Posted by HANNO Werk GmbH & Co. KG , January 2, 2024 - Envelope, Member News

Long awaited, finally here: On 32 pages, the industry catalogue now also informs in English about proven and innovative Hanno solutions for sound, thermal and vibration insulation. Discover how you can improve acoustics and room climate in various industrial areas with the high-quality Hanno products and download the catalogue in our service area:   Learn More >

iPHA Webinars free for NYPH members

Posted by NYPH , January 2, 2024 - Architects, Member News, Passive House Institute

Welcome to the iPHA Webinar vault. Here, you can find the recordings of previous iPHA webinars and enjoy them at your leisure. The iPHA webinars are a member benefit free of charge for NYPH/iPHA members, iPHA members can log in and view the webinars directly online and are offered throughout the year. Each webinar offers two live sessions covering the same presentation, so people worldwide can join at a starting…

Emerging Ecologies Exhibition, MoMA

Posted by George Kontaroudis , December 15, 2023 - Member News

The climate talks at COP28 concluded this morning with a deal to “transition away from fossil fuels”, not phase them out. I have already expressed my distrust in the leadership of the summit, but I also have acknowledged that thousands of people with the best intentions were there. Headlines can sometimes be distracting, so before expressing an opinion, I plan to dig deeper, read the proceedings and reports from people who…

Passive House Conference 2023- George Kontaroudis Architect

Posted by Kendall Rocco , November 10, 2023 - Member News

The annual Passive House Conference was held recently in Denver, Colorado and hosted by the Passive House Network. Attending the Passive House conference always leaves me inspired, energized, and optimistic, and never more so than this year. I have the sense that this is a pivotal moment for Passive House and that scaling-up is imminent. The need for climate change mitigation and adaptation has by now been made heartbreakingly clear…

NYPH at the Carbon Newbie Summit

Posted by NYPH , October 7, 2023 - Events, Member News

The Carbon Newbies summit assembled expert speakers from various climate-related fields, who provided short and pointed explanations on the basics of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, and what we as individuals can do about it.  The audience was excited and engaged, and the presentations initiated many interesting conversations.  Thank you, George, for your captivating and effective presentation on Passive House!   Read more

Climate Week 2023

Posted by NYPH , September 19, 2023 - Member News, News

[embed]https://youtu.be/raUUQVwPs7g[/embed] Climate Week NYC We Can. We Will. September 17-24 2023 Organized by Climate Group Learn More >   Join Us at our Symposium: Regenerative Metropolis on Friday, September 22 from 12 PM - 7 PM and learn about the solutions to decarbonize the building industry. Learn More >    

Workshop: Honeybee-PH

Posted by NYPH , September 18, 2023 - Member News, Tools

The Passive House Plugin for Honeybee: Use the powerful Rhino+Grasshopper platform to streamline and simplify your Passive House energy modeling. Leverage the capabilities of your existing Ladybug/Honeybee workflows to produce Certification-ready Passive House models in a fraction of the time. Read More >     Join Ed May for an introduction Workshop: Metropolis Performance: Honeybee-PH Plugin ToolKit" on Saturday, September 23 from 10 AM - 12 PM Register now >…

Passive House Incentives Take Energy Efficiency to a New Level

Posted by Andreas Benzing , September 17, 2023 - Financial Incentives, Member News

The Sponsors of Mass Save® offer incentives and assistance to support the construction of Passive House multi-family buildings (five units or more) with deep energy savings. Certification and performance incentives are available to assist builders and developers in achieving Passive House certification or similar levels of efficiency. Since the launch in August 2019, over 70 Passive House Feasibility studies have been completed, and 119 buildings, with over 6,700 units, are…

Building Sector ‘Inertia’ Impedes Multi-Family Passive House Projects

Posted by Kendall Rocco , August 23, 2023 - Member News

Proponents of Passive House, a globally recognized standard for energy-efficient building design, say multi-family Passive House projects in the United States have hit cost parity with conventionally designed buildings, but systemic inertia is holding back widespread adoption. Passive House accounts for less than 1% of all multi-family construction in the U.S. in the past decade, writes the Passive House Network (PHN) in its recently-published report, Safe At Home: How all-electric, multi-family…