The SPPHC21 is set for November 25-27th at Auckland’s AUT. Hosted in cooperation with APHA and AUT this year’s theme is Our Common Future with topics including Passive House social housing and intergenerational wellbeing. Registrations are open now – get in quick as numbers are limited and Early Bird rates end August 31st. For more info and registration go to our upcoming events conference page
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We are very pleased to announce our new “brochure” – Passive House: Homes Where People Thrive.
This is an accessible guide for people planning to build a new home – learn all about the health, comfort and quality benefits of a Passive House. This concise guide also has the details of what sets Passive House apart, the stages of a Passive House project and much more.
Free as a PDF from the downloads page.
Te Tōpūtanga o te Whare Korou ki Aotearoa, Passive House Institute New Zealand (PHINZ) updated our trust deed in February 2021. A PDF copy may be downloaded from here.
Earth Day 2021 is on April 22nd! Restoring Our Earth is bigger than one solution or one country’s efforts. We must come together as a global community to make changes, and more importantly make them quickly. Recognising the crucial role that maximising the efficiency of the resources we already have is pivotal: EFFICIENCY is our FIRST renewable resource. Find out all about the Passive House Efficiency First Campaign here
#passivehouse #Passivhaus #efficiencyfirst #RestoreOurEarth #EarthDay
Two exciting new developments are in the pipeline, advocating for Passive House to provide healthy and energy efficient new homes.
1. Bushland Park
Bushland Park near Christchurch offers houses that have already been designed to target Passive House certification. The project has been designed by certified Passive House designer Karen Manson, of PHINZ member Meta Architects, and will be built by certified Passive House tradesperson, Peter Bielski of PHINZ member Ethos Homes. This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase your very own Passive House.
Please visit the website Bushland Park for more information.
2. Greenwood Lane
Bellbird Developments, started by Vicki Spearing in 2019, will be providing owners with incentives for building energy efficient homes at Greenwood Lane. Up to $20,000 in cash back incentives are available for those building beyond Building Code and meeting specific Heating Demand figures and airtightness testing results.
Anyone building at Greenwood Lane will be required to model their design with an approved Passive House designer and will help to cover these costs. They will also contribute towards the cost of Passive House certification. Not surprisingly, all sections are already sold!
More information is available on the website: bellbirddevelopments.co.nz
The international campaign continues, with the launch of the PHINZ #EfficiencyFirst Pamphlet. This is available on our downloads page, and you can also view the pamphlets for other iPHA affiliates here
Associação Passivhaus Portugal (PHPT)
Hellenic Passive House Institute
North American Passive House Network (NAPHN)
Passive House California (PHCa)
Plataforma Edificación Passivhaus (PEP)
Have you seen the well-known visual example describing Passive House as a thermos versus a conventional building as an actively heated coffee machine? It’s time for an update!
In order to celebrate the announcement of the Efficiency: The First Renewable Energy campaign, the International Passive House Association is running a competition from 15 February – 1 March. The #ExplainPassiveHouse competition will showcase what the Passive House Standard is, using everyday household objects to describe how a Passive House building works! To take part, simply follow us and post your description of how a Passive House building works using common items to social media with the hashtags #ExplainPassiveHouse and #EfficiencyFirst between the 15th of February and 1st of March.
You can win a Passive House Designer or PHPP expert course or tickets to the 25th annual Internal Passive House Conference in Wuppertal, Germany this September!
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To participate:
1. Make sure you’re following iPHA on social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram)
2. Post a description of how a Passive House building works using common items to social media between the 15th of February and 1st of March.
3. Don’t forget to include the hashtag #ExplainPassiveHouse and #EfficiencyFirst. That’s it!
Terms and conditions: https://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=567
At our High-performance Buildings at Scale event, there was a Question & Answer session with Chris Higgins (Green Building Planner for the City of Vancouver), Emma Osmundsen (Managing Director Exeter City Living Ltd.) Hosted by Kara Rosemeier (PHINZ) with special guest Alex Baker (Sustainability Programme Manager at Kāinga Ora)
We have made the transcript available on the download page. (Direct link to download the PDF.)
What can we learn about adopting high-performance buildings at scale from the success enjoyed by Vancouver BC and Exeter UK?
