NAPHN17 was co-hosted by Passive House California and occurred on 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.

Researching High Performance – Barry McCarron
Researching High Performance – Yetsuh Frank

Okay, but will your banker fund it? – Tim Weyand and Brandon Nicholson
Okay, but will your banker fund it? – Tim McDonald

Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick – Aaron Ordower
Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick – Andrea Wickham and Chris Higgins

Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance – Colin Shane
Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance – Rolf Jacobson and Chris Petit

Passive Goes District Wide – Marine Sanchez
Passive Goes District Wide – Mike Eliason
Passive Goes District Wide – Monte Paulsen

Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – Albert Rooks
Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – James Bill
Much More than a facelift- Home Retrofits – Stas Zakrzewski

Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Jean Woo
Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Olaf Lohr
Renewable Storage and the Passive House – Sven Thesen

Clean Air for Healthy Living – Brett Singer
Clean Air for Healthy Living – Christina Snyder
Clean Air for Healthy Living – Gabriel Rojas
Clean Air for Healthy Living – Monte Paulsen
Clean Air for Healthy Living – Ryan Militello-Hourigan

Forget About the House – Andrew Peel
Forget About the House – Carl-Jan Rupp
Forget About the House – Stuart Hood

Become Certified Not Certifiable – Tad Everhart and Tomas O’Leary

The New Power Couple – Stefan Gracik and Stet Sanborn
The New Power Couple – PH & the Renewable Grid – Jessica Grove-Smith
The New Power Couple – PH & the Renewable Grid – Zack Semke

Schools are Learning to go Passive – Fiona Brazill

Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Andreas Benzing
Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Debra Little
Driving a PH market – Can you Sell what you can’t see – Stas Zakrzewski

Net Postive Water ILFI – Brad Liljequist and Josiah Cain
Net Postive Water ILFI – Kenner Kingston
Net Postive Water ILFI – Pete Muñoz

PH Across the Pacific (Australia) – Clare Parry
PH Across the Pacific (China) – Cui Yuansheng
PH Across the Pacific (Japan) – Miwa Mori

PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Andrew Peel
PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Christina Snyder
PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed – Dylan Lamar

Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – Eric Catania
Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – German Velazquez
Passive Stands Tall – High Rises – Lois Arena

The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – John Mead and Matt Daby
The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – John Sarter
The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – Michael Ingui
The American Dream Renewed – PH Plus for Everyone – Tim Eian

Heat Pumps are your friend – Dan Johnson
Heat Pumps are your friend – Ken Eklund
Heat Pumps are your friend – Stefan Gracik and Stet Sanborn

Net Positive and Zero Energy – ILFI Crosswalks to PH – Brad Liljequist and Bronwyn Barry

Nothing will be Untouched – PH meets Building Codes and ZEB – Mark Lyles
Nothing will be Untouched – PH meets Building Codes and ZEB – Monte Paulsen

Closing Plenary – The Intoxicating Paradigm of PH – Elrond Burrell