Conference Day 1 & 2 | 30th & 31st July 2026

Our wonderful Conference Committee are still finalising some of the speakers so watch this space to see updates as they are locked in.

Keynote Speaker – Tomas O’Leary

How Dublin Became the European Capital of Passive House

Whole Team Talk – Peachgrove Community Cohouse

Pecha Kucha – Designers/Builders

A Sprint Through NZ’s Newest Passivhaus Projects

Suppliers Pecha Kucha

RetroPHit Workshops with Kara Rosemeier

PHun facts: solving retrophit problems as a team

Dealing with existing buildings while aiming for EnerPHit certification is the black belt of passive housing – and it’s best approached by a motivated, collaborative team where everyone brings their strengths to the table.
We’ll carefully assemble teams to combine a broad range of experience, enabling the development of holistic detailing solutions and, ultimately, their integration into a coherent whole-house outcome. To support this, we’ll include liaison roles and roving experts alongside dedicated detail designers.
But most of all, this is about the satisfaction of working together with like-minded people on a project that makes sense, and have some PHun on the way!

RetroPHit Workshops with Kara Rosemeier

Continued from Day 1

Dealing with existing buildings while aiming for EnerPHit certification is the black belt of passive housing – and it’s best approached by a motivated, collaborative team where everyone brings their strengths to the table.
We’ll carefully assemble teams to combine a broad range of experience, enabling the development of holistic detailing solutions and, ultimately, their integration into a coherent whole-house outcome. To support this, we’ll include liaison roles and roving experts alongside dedicated detail designers.
But most of all, this is about the satisfaction of working together with like-minded people on a project that makes sense, and have some PHun on the way!

PHINZ Update

Supplier Technical Workshops – Hands on sessions with the experts in their field

Workshop Presentations from the RetroPHit sessions

Keynote Speaker: Jason Quinn

Core Lessons from the PH RetroPHit Expert Class

Whole Team Talk – Builders Panel

No Lone Wolves: Lessons and Team Secrets from the PH Frontline

How do you move from “standard” building to the precision of Passivhaus without the wheels falling off? It starts with the huddle. This session dives into the collective effort required to deliver New Zealand’s most recent Passive House projects. Our panel of builders will share “quick hits” of wisdom—the mistakes they’ll never make again, the communication tools that actually work on-site, and how they’ve seen architects, engineers, and trades work as a single, high-performing unit.

Learn why teamwork is the most critical principle of the Passivhaus project.

Keynote Speaker: Tom Webster

Keynote Speaker – Resident Builder Peter Wolfkamp

“Celebrating 40 years of success and moving from confrontation to collaboration with our building sector”

PHINZ Networking Event

Case Study TBC

*** Multiple additional networking opportunities interspersed throughout the programme on Day 1

Our Amazing Race Activity Day – Sat, 1st Aug 2026

You can book for this when you book your Conference Ticket