NAPHN17

NAPHN17 occurred October 4th-7th, 2017, in Oakland California. With participants and presentations from the global Passive House community, a highlight was the opening plenary.

The North American Passive House Network was honored to have three representatives of the United Nations address the opening plenary. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the UN, by video, outlined the critical role Passive House can play in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, Michael Møller, the Director-General of the UN office in Geneva, announced by live video feed from Geneva, a global network of UN Centers of Excellence, with Vancouver and New York City being selected as two of the host cities. And in person, Scott Foster, the director of the Sustainable Energy Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (an organization that includes the US and Canada) – and is leader of the UN effort to support sustainable building development globally, outlined the basic principles of the framework and the important work ahead.

The North American Passive House Network 2017 Conference & Expo Program may be viewed here: NAPHN17_Program.

NAPHN17 Conference & Expo Presentations

We are pleased to be able to make all the presentations available for your viewing.

F-1-A_Researching HIgh Performance – Barry McCarron

F-1-A_Researching High Performance – Yetsuh Frank

F-1-B_Okay, but will your banker fund it? – Tim Weyand _ Brandon Nicholson

F-1-B_Okay, but will your banker fund it? – Tim McDonald

F-1-C_Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick – Aaron Ordower

F-1-C_Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick – Andrea Wickham and Chris Higgins

F-1-D_Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance – Colin Shane

F-1-D_Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance – Rolf Jacobson and Chris Petit

F-2-A_Passive Goes District Wide – Marine Sanchez

F-2-A_Passive Goes District Wide – Mike Eliason

F-2-A_Passive Goes District Wide – Monte Paulsen

F-2-B_Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – Albert_Rooks

F-2-B_Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – James Bill

F-2-B_Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – Stas Zakrzewski

F-2-C_Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Jean Woo

F-2-C_Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Olaf Lohr

F-2-C_Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Sven Thesen

F-3-A_Clean Air for Healthy Living – Brett Singer

F-3-A_Clean Air for Healthy Living – Christina Snyder

F-3-A_Clean Air for Healthy Living – Gabriel Rojas

F-3-A_Clean Air for Healthy Living – Monte Paulsen

F-3-A_Clean Air for Healthy Living – Ryan Militello-Hourigan

F-3-B_Forget About the House – Andrew_Peel

F-3-B_Forget About the House – Carl-Jan Rupp

F-3-B_Forget About the House – Stuart Hood

F-3-C_Become Certified Not Certifiable – Tad Everhart and Tomas O’Leary

S-1-A_The New Power Couple – Stefan Gracik and Stet Sanborn

S-1-A_The New Power Couple – PH & the Renewable Grid – Jessica Grove-Smith

S-1-A_The New Power Couple – PH & the Renewable Grid – Zack Semke

S-1-B_Schools are Learning to go Passive – Fiona Brazill

S-1-B_Schools are Learning to go Passive – Sylvia Wallis

S-1-C_Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Andreas Benzing

S-1-C_Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Debra Little

S-1-C_Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Stas Zakrzewski

S-1-D_Net Postive Water ILFI – Brad Liljequist +Josiah Cain

S-1-D_Net Postive Water ILFI – Kenner Kingston

S-1-D_Net Postive Water ILFI – Pete Muñoz

S-2-B_PH Across the Pacific (Australia) – Clare Parry

S-2-B_PH Across the Pacific (China) – Cui Yuansheng

S-2-B_PH Across the Pacific (Japan) – Miwa Mori

S-2-C_PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Andrew_Peel

S-2-C_PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Christina Snyder

S-2-C_PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Dylan Lamar

S-2-D_Materials, Declare, the Red List and LBC – Combined

S-3-A_Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – Eric Catania

S-3-A_Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – German Velazquez

S-3-A_Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – Lois Arena

S-3-B_The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – John Mead and Matt Daby

S-3-B_The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – John Sarter

S-3-B_The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – Michael Ingui

S-3-B_The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – Tim Eian

S-3-C_Heat Pumps are your friend – Dan Johnson

S-3-C_Heat Pumps are your friend – Ken Eklund

S-3-C_Heat Pumps are your friend – Stefan Gracik and Stet Sanborn

S-3-C_Heat Pumps are your friend – Tomas Mikeska

S-3-D_Net Positive and Zero Energy – ILFI Crosswalks to PH – Brad Liljequist and Bronwyn Barry

S-4-D_Nothing will be Untouched – PH meets Building Codes and ZEB – Mark Lyles

S-4-D_Nothing will be Untouched – PH meets Building Codes and ZEB -Monte Paulsen

Closing Plenary – The Intoxicating Paradigm of PH – Elrond Burrell

NAPHN16

The North American Passive House Network Conference & Expo (NAPHN16) program book – Passive House Accelerates is now available. The book provides an overview of the conference and the people, companies, and institutions making Passive House a reality today.

Passive House Accelerates

NAPHN16 Conference & Expo Presentations:

Pre-Designed & pre-Fabricated: Retrofits & New Construction by Enrico Bonilauri
Residential Survey: New Retrofit, City & Country by In Cho
Residential Survey: New & Retrofit, City & Country by Darren Macri
Thermal Bridge Free Detailing: New Certified Facade Systems & Evolving Approaches by Tessa Smith & Jesse Thompson
Thermal Bridge Free Detailing: New Certified Facade Systems & Evolving Approaches by Alejandra Nieto & Shawn Torbert
Never Too Cold: Passive Houses Up North by Jesper Kruse
Passive Software Tools SketchUp & PHPP9: Think in 3D, Calculate Payback & Optimize for the Renewable Future by Andre Harrmann

Passive Software Tools SketchUp & PHPP9: Think in 3D, Calculate Payback & Optimize for the Renewable Future by Dylan Lamar
Passive Builds Resilience by Michael Hindle
Ventilation Performance: Testing & New High Volume Options by Andrew Peel
Ventilation Performance: Testing & New High Volume Options by Salvatore D’Auria
Towards a Localized Passive House ‘Vernacular’ in North America by Lukas Armstrong & Bronwyn Barry
Los Angeles & Mexico City Get Passive by Marisa Egea, Antonio Pelaez & Xavier Gaucher
Blower Door Testing Big Buildings by Holger Merkel
The Data Tells The Story: Cost & Performance by Laura Nettleton

NAPHN’s first eBook is here: Net Zero Energy Buildings, Passive House + Renewables

This book is intended to inform and inspire. Net Zero is a catch phrase with great emotional power, but too often prioritizes power production over demand reduction and effectively puts the cart before the horse, providing less than satisfactory results. This book demonstrates a better way. View our flipbook here.

Coming Soon!

An Advocacy Guide

If you are trying familiarize local and regional governments, utilities or other potential funding entities, with the usefulness of the Passive House Standard – this Advocacy Guide is the right document to start with. The guide addresses basic issues of cost, certification and critical aspects of Passive House building performance, such as energy efficiency, ventilation and comfort. This single document can help set the conversation on a good path, a foundation for building a trusting relationship and acceptance. Read the Guide .