Passive House 2025 Webinar Series – Webinar 7 “Windows are vital, but complex. Avoid common pitfalls!”

Event details

PHINZ is excited to present the 7th webinar in our 2025 series – Designers Webinars: How to Build A Passive House and Builders Social Webinars: Everything Passive House.

Webinar 7 – Designers Webinar

Topic: Windows are vital, but complex. Avoid common pitfalls!

When: 23 May 2025, 11am – 12:30pm (includes a Q&A session)

Cost (members): $15.00

Cost (non-members): $30.00

CPD available:

15 NZRAB points; 2 CEPH hours

This talk will be relevant to Architects, Architectural Designers, Structural Engineers, Contractors, Passive House Designers and Passive House enthusiasts.

This webinar dives into selecting the right Passive House windows for your project.

Understand key performance data, compare frames and glazing, tailor choices to climate using PHPP insights, and grasp critical installation requirements to prevent thermal bridging. Ensure performance and winter thermal comfort in your next project.

Hosted and moderated by:

• Elrond Burrell, PHINZ Host and Board Member

Speakers:

• Jason Quinn, Sustainable Engineering Ltd

Sponsors:

• STARKE Ambiance

Benjy Simmons

Benjy leads marketing and business development for Ambiance, a high-performance residential window and door brand designed specifically for New Zealand homes. He’s passionate about making healthy, comfortable and high performance housing available to every Kiwi, and knows that windows are one of the biggest barriers… and biggest opportunities. Benjy brings a mix of technical know-how and storytelling flair to help reshape how Kiwis think about their home comfort.

Here at STARKE Ambiance, we’re more than just a window and door company; we’re a building performance company, and we’re passionate about our customers experiencing more comfort. We know that windows are the biggest holes in the building envelope, and one of them most expensive building materials; so we’re here to make sure you get it right.