Component Award announced for ventilation in residential buildings

Posted by NYPH , August 13, 2015 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, HVAC, News, Passive House Institute, Technical

Press Release, Passive House Institute, 11 August 2015 Innovators in the field of cost-effective systems for broad application to be honored [caption id="attachment_5342" align="aligncenter" width="779"] Ventilation With Heat Recovery (Image Credit: Passive House Institute)[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_5341" align="alignright" width="300"] Component Award 2016 (Image Credit: Passive House Institute)[/caption] Darmstadt, Germany. Ventilation with heat recovery is absolutely essential in energy efficient construction. The application of such systems in practice often fails due…

FXFOWLE Awarded Passivhaus Grant

Posted by NYPH , August 12, 2015 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Real Estate

(Reposted from FXFOWLE.com) The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded FXFOWLE a research grant to determine the viability of implementing the Passivhaus standard for tall residential buildings in New York. Working with an associated consultant team, and using an FXFOWLE residential project currently in design, the study investigates the detailed implications of adapting a typical sustainable tall residential building to meet the Passivhaus standard. The project…

Low-energy buildings: A future without monopoly

Posted by NYPH , August 7, 2015 - Uncategorized

  The policy of New York State and New York City to achieve 80% carbon reductions by 2050 is critical to ensure our long term prosperity.   As we know, building operational energy use is a very large component of our current carbon emissions, and dramatically reducing our building energy usage with available tools such as Passive House construction is essential to achieving success. Led by the Passive House Institute, Passive House has…

First multi-unit residential building certified to Passive House Plus

Posted by NYPH , August 5, 2015 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Passive House Institute, Real Estate

Press Release, Passive House Institute, 4 August 2015 Housing complex in Innsbruck combines energy efficiency and renewables Photo Credit: Neue Heimat Tirol Darmstadt, Germany/Innsbruck, Austria. The combination of energy efficiency and renewables is the future-proof solution for all buildings, including multi-storey projects – this is demonstrated with a new build in Innsbruck: the apartment complex is the first of its kind to be certified as a Passive House Plus building. This…

NAPHN15 Conference & Expo – Register Before August for Best Price

Posted by NYPH , July 30, 2015 - Events, General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Real Estate, Technical

There are many reasons to attend NAPHN15 October 1-2 in Vancouver BC.  It has the best Passive House program of any building conference in the Western Hemisphere - ever: http://naphn15.canphi.ca/schedule/.  No fluff.  No BS. Early bird ticket sale ends August 1st so don't wait and register here. 38 speakers confirmed - Passive House designers, builders, sustainability experts and policy advisors from around the world Keynote speaker - Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Director for Centre…

Brooklyn’s R-951: NYC’s First Building to Achieve Passive House Certification AND Net Zero Energy-Ready Certification

Posted by NYPH , July 29, 2015 - Projects

The R-951 Residence, a row house with three 1500-ft2 duplex condos that was designed by Paul Castrucci Architect, is the first building in New York City to achieve both Passive House Certification and the Net Zero Energy-Ready certification set by NYSERDA. Beautifully constructed, the building is clean, quiet, and comfortable in all seasons. Designed for resiliency, the thermal bridge-free, high performance building envelope was constructed using an insulated concrete form (ICF)…

Call for Papers for the International Passive House Conference 2016

Posted by NYPH , July 29, 2015 - Events, General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Passive House Institute, Technical

Forum for energy efficient construction returns to Darmstadt on its anniversary (Press Release, Passive House Institute, 29 July 2015) "Darmstadt, Germany. Big anniversary for the International Passive House Conference: from 22 to 23 April 2016 this central event for energy efficient construction will take place for the twentieth time running. Experts from around the world can now submit their abstracts for the conference program. A special focus of the event…

NAPHN Passive House Windows Workshop Series

Posted by NYPH , July 24, 2015 - Events, General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, Passive House Institute, Technical

The Windows of Change are Blowing When the first Passive House was built in Darmstadt, Germany, there was not a single window on the market that met the stringent Passive House performance requirements. Fast forward to today, and the situation is vastly different: a robust European market with over 200 certified Passive House window products. In Canada and the US, the Passive House market is heating up. With countless low,…

Passive House Meets Net Zero – Zeroing In On Energy Efficiency

Posted by NYPH , July 16, 2015 - Events, General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, Training, Uncategorized

  If you missed Passive House Meets Net Zero, you still have a chance to listen to a recorded streaming of the event! This education event, co-hosted with Ontario Passive House Group, focused on Net Zero Energy Homes and Buildings. Participants learned about the work of the Passive House Institute (PHI) in Germany, which has spent the last few years tackling the question what does it mean to be "Net…

China’s first Passive House office building now certified

Posted by NYPH , July 2, 2015 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Passive House Institute, Real Estate, Technical

Press Release, Passive House Institute, 2 July 2015 China’s first Passive House office building now certified Local stakeholders turning increasingly to energy efficiency Darmstadt, Germany. The Passive House concept has reached yet another milestone in the growing market of China: The countries’ first office building designed to this highly energy efficient standard has been certified in the city of Zhuozhou. The building owner and occupant is the company Hebei Xinhua…

Cornell’s New Campus Breaks Ground and Passive House is Main Attraction

Posted by NYPH , June 25, 2015 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Passive House Institute, Real Estate

Cornell Groundbreaking from 475 HPBS on Vimeo. "This spring we said “Passive House Poised To Go Big.” Now we’re saying “Passive House Is Going Big.” On June 16th, Cornell Tech held a groundbreaking ceremony on Roosevelt Island. While the event took place to announce Bloomberg Philanthropies $100Mil gift to the new campus, the “BOOM!” heard round the low-energy/high-performance world was news that the campus will have the world’s tallest Passive House.…