| Cost (for both days) | Conference DAY 1 & 2 |
|---|---|
| $565.00 Plus GST | Member rates |
| $650.00 Plus GST | Non-member rates |
Conference Day 2 –
Sunday 15 September
| Session 1 | International & BUILDING CODE |
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| 9:00am |
Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent for All Join us for a session exploring Scotland’s journey towards implementing a national Passivhaus equivalent standard for all buildings. We’ll delve into the proposed legislation, highlighting its strengths and areas for improvement, and discuss how Scotland reached this point. We’ll also share actionable policy takeaways for your region, offering valuable insights on crafting legislation that genuinely aligns with Passivhaus, ensuring high performance, sustainability, and long-term benefits for both the environment and occupants. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Scotland’s experience and explore how others can apply these lessons. |
| 10:10am | Morning Tea |
| Session 2 | LOCAL & BUILDING CODE |
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| 10:30am | fRSI across NZ and recommendations for NZBC Jason Quinn This paper challenges conventional wisdom on mould risk in buildings across New Zealand’s climate zones. Contrary to previous international consensus, the author’s research reveals that achieving acceptable fRSI (simplified mould index parameter) is more challenging in Auckland and Northland compared to colder regions. The study explores the complex interplay between internal surface temperatures, ventilation rates, building junction performance, and climate in determining mould risk. It proposes tailored strategies for different regions, emphasizing higher ventilation rates in warmer areas and suggesting a shift from volume-based to person-based ventilation considerations. The findings have significant implications for Passive House design, particularly for social housing projects with higher occupancy rates. The paper concludes by advocating for the Passive House community’s expertise in influencing building code standards to combat mould issues in New Zealand’s diverse climate conditions. |
| 10:50am | A story of solar – Achieving a more resilient home through electrification Joe Lyth With increasing energy costs and more frequent extreme weather events, achieving a lower energy, more resilient home is high on many peoples list; however this is often presumed to come with high up-front costs. Architect Joe Lyth presents on how they are working through this on their own home – Lower Saddle Passive House, and how they are managing costs, challenges, and compliance to achieve a fully electrified, resilient home, without the big budget. He will discuss the aims, processes and real world costs of adding solar PV and an EV to their Passive House Certified home, clarify how they managed to do it with minimal up front costs and provide potential solutions for others, reveal whether it’s actually working; and set out the intended future steps. |
| 11:10am | Cheaper by the Dozen Tim Ross Tim will be presenting a number of recently completed passive house multi-unit projects by Architype. The talk will examine real world energy consumption, low carbon design solutions, designing for renters and strategies for future proofing for increased density. |
| 11:30am | Passive Measures, Active Impact: The LowCO Approach to Carbon Reduction Lo-Co Panel – Nicola Tagiston; Jason Quinn; Tim Ross LowCO is a bold response to the challenge of building a home of the future – low carbon, low energy and, low water-use – within Aotearoa New Zealand’s carbon budget. The project achieved a targeted seven-fold reduction in carbon emissions compared to a standard home over 90 years. Key members of the team will talk about how developers, working alongside consultants and public entities, can significantly influence sector decarbonisation by looking at lifetime impact. This conversation is highly relevant to the passive house movement who will be increasingly challenged to tackle embodied carbon. |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| Session 3 | ADVICE & COMMUNICATION |
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| 1:00pm | Framing: A tool to unlock demand for buildings that support the health of people and the planet Jess Berentson-Shaw We need all buildings everywhere to protect people’s and the planet’s health. The shifts we need to policy and practice to get there are bold, but achievable. These shifts need the public’s understanding and support to happen. Our information environment, and people’s own cognitive processing systems, create many barriers to this understanding and support, making the work of people across the build industry harder than it should be for an issue which is fundamentally about care for people and the environment. Drawing on insights from the cognitive and social sciences, as well as examples from work we have done on housing, I will cover the basics of frames and framing as a tool anyone who communicates about buildings can use. I will provide practical advice on ways those working in the field and your allies can communicate to deepen the public’s understanding of complex issues and unlock demand for the solutions we need. |
| 1:30pm | Passive House on the ground: builder and homeowner perspectives Rachel Rose, Peter Bielski and Glenn Harley This session promises some lively and probably provocative insights from the perspectives of builders and people who live in certified Passive House homes. Expect ideas about how to talk to clients about Passive House and what designers can learn from the people on the tools. The session concludes with some thoughts about the language of Passive House and how we can better describe the work we do. |
| 2:20pm | Communicate Clearly, Early On, because we “Give a Darn! Alex Slater Have you ever wondered about how the data available at your fingertips can be a catalyst for good? However, have you found the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) to be too complicated for others to understand effectively? Gosh, we’ve all been there! Alex Slater is known for distilling the complexities involved in understanding what is required to make the best out of a thermal envelope. Without the hot air… The focus of efficiency in the early stages of a project is crucial to the better performance of the thermal envelope and the Passive House Package, being an open-source package for building physics allows for a better understanding and distillation of detail. Through the use of a curious, light-hearted and relatable approach, Alex encourages us look further into communication strategies to allow Passive House to shine through the murky waters of Excel sheets to a clearer, brighter metamorphosis of data analytics. Communication is key in becoming a catalyst for good… and we now have some more methods! (Without needing to look like some kind of mad professor with a white cape!) |
| 2:40pm | Afternoon Tea |
| Session 4 | Australia |
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| 3:00pm | Australia 360, an update from new CEO Alexia Lidas, two years in Alexia Lidas |
| 3:20pm | Developing at scale – moving the needle Clare Parry To shift an entire sector to better building practices takes everything, everywhere, all at once. This presentation will delve into the Passivhaus Playbook and the complementary moves underway to influence change in the Australian development sector, as we move through one of the most challenging periods in recent times. |
| 3:40pm | Closing Panel Guy Shaw, Lloyd Alter and Robyn Phipps |
| 4:10pm | Conference concludes |
