Passive House Podcast

Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Kelly Moynihan, Principal at the women-led firm, HPZS (https://hpzs.com/). With certifications in Passive House design, Living Building Challenge, WELL Standard, and LEED, Kelly's work to decarbonize the built environment spans Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Links to upcoming events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-february-20th-2022 

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Passive House Podcast co-host Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Jessica Allen, Technical Manager at Climasure in South Australia, about her transition from "worrying about how buildings look" to "caring about how they work". She shares her journey from energy modeling, to focusing on airtightness, to learning about and harnessing Passive House design. She and Matthew also discuss recent progress in Australia's building code and her hopes for future progress there. 

Links to events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-february-13th-2022

Passive House Podcast episode featuring Petra Wöerner, designer of the new Passive House hospital in Frankfurt, Germany: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/passive-house-podcast-ep-40-petra-woerner-woerner-traxler-richter 

Passive House Podcast episode featuring Jesse Clark of Pro Clima: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/passive-house-podcast-ep-124-jesse-clarke-p 

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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Edie Dillman, Co-Founder and CEO of B.Public Prefab, the high performance prefab envelope manufacturer. The two discuss her mission-driven work at B.Public, her board service for both the Passive House Network and Santa Fe Art Insitute, and the theme of disruption.

Links to events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-february-6th-2022

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Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cuttler-Welsh interviews Jesse Clarke, Innovation and R&D Manager at Pro Clima in New Zealand and Australia, about his pathway to Passive House and the healthy building movement. The question "why?" has played a key role in Jesse's journey of discovery in building science and building regulations. In the conversation, Jesse shares the "cascade of intervention" from insulation to airtightness to vapor and moisture management, and his recent work to help Australia include airtightness in its building code in 2019 and the ASHRAE 160 standard in 2022.

Pro Clima website: https://proclima.com/ 
The Pro Clima Blue Book: https://proclima.com.au/the-blue-book/ 
The Pro Clima Australia Study: https://proclima.com.au/pro-clima-australia-study/ 

Links to Passive House news and upcoming events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-january-30th-2022 

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Adam White, CEO and Founder of Intelligent Membranes, maker of the Passive Purple line of intelligent liquid membranes for Passive House airtightness and water and vapor management. Adam shares his background as a builder, the near-death experience that led him down the pathway to becoming a manufacturer of liquid-applied membranes, the many fruits of his serial entrepreneurship, and even a bit about the Magna Carta!

Intelligent Membranes website: https://www.intelligentmembranes.com/
Contact Intelligent Membranes: https://www.intelligentmembranes.com/contact
The Reubens College (keeper of the Magna Carta) case study: https://www.intelligentmembranes.com/blog/reubens-college
The world's most airtight bar: https://www.intelligentmembranes.com/blog/airtight-bar-cambridgeshire 

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Tessa Bradley and Roussa Cassel, co-owners and principals of Artisans Group in Olympia Washington. The interview delves into women's leadership in architecture, Artisans Group's Passive House practice, the firm's exciting new project with Habitat for Humanity, and Tessa's and Roussa's distinct paths to their current collaborative leadership of the firm.

Tessa's May 2020 presentation about Madison Passive House: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/videos/tessa-smith-madison-passive-house

Tessa's Episode 14 appearance on the Passive House Podcast:
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/passive-house-podcast-ep-14-tessa-smith-bradley-https-open-spotify-com-episode-5qrlqjfreotb0kbwhxopwm

Tessa's appearance with Graham Irwin on a bonus Passive House Podcast episode recorded at PhiusCon 2021: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/passive-house-podcast-ep-14-tessa-smith-bradley-https-open-spotify-com-episode-5qrlqjfreotb0kbwhxopwm

Tessa's appearance on a bonus Passive House Podcast episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/podcast/bonus-episode-tessa-bradley-of-artisans-group-at-phiuscon-2022 

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews architect and Passive House consultant Jose Sosa, Passive House Accelerator's host for the new PHA LIVE! 101 Series. The two discuss Jose's work at Bright Power, his recent move to London, the latest from the Latin American Passive House scene, and Jose's hopes for the new series that launches on Feb 1.

Episode 1 of Passive House Accelerator LIVE! 101 Series: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/event-announcements/10-steps-to-designing-your-first-passive-house-tips-and-tricks-from-an-architect
Bright Power: https://www.brightpower.com/ 
WELL Building Standard: https://standard.wellcertified.com/well 
EDGE: https://edgebuildings.com/  

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Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Leslie Billhymer, Principal at Corona Partners Real Estate, about her 15-plus years of experience in real estate and her work as a Certified Passive House Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. The conversation centers on her work in Philadelphia project managing a number of complex, deep energy retrofits of historic buildings for the human services nonprofit, Elwyn.

Corona Partners: https://corona-partners.com/

Elwyn: https://www.elwyn.org/

Links to upcoming events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-january-9th-2022

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Ralph DiNola, Chief Executive Officer of New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Ralph shares what's coming for NBI and what he sees on the horizon for building decarbonization in the United States. The importance and challenge of building retrofits loom large in the conversation. 

New Buildings Institute website: https://newbuildings.org/ 

Phius REVIVE: https://www.phius.org/standards/retrofit 

PHI EnerPHit: https://passipedia.org/certification/enerphit 

PHI OutPHit: https://outphit.eu/en/ 

RMI Realize: https://rmi.org/our-work/buildings/realize/ 

Dezeen article about the PAE Living Building:  https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/22/zgf-pae-living-building-portland/ 

Passive House Accelerator LIVE! presentation about the PAE Living Building:  https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/videos/a-living-building-with-passive-de 

Links to upcoming events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-january-2-2022 

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Mark Lyles, Senior Project Manager at New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Mark shares news from NBI's work on the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), his work helping to develop ASHRAE's Passive Building Standard (227p), his thoughts about the interplay between performance-based and prescriptive-based building code and standards, and his thoughts about what's on the horizon for Passive House.

New Buildings Institute website: https://newbuildings.org/ 

ASHRAE 227p info: https://www.ashrae.org/news/esociety/new-ashrae-passive-building-standard-to-boost-use-of-strategy 

Dezeen article about the PAE Living Building:  https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/22/zgf-pae-living-building-portland/ 

Passive House Accelerator LIVE! presentation about the PAE Living Building:  https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/videos/a-living-building-with-passive-design  

Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehouseaccelerator.com. And please join us at one of our Passive House Accelerator LIVE! zoom gatherings on Wednesdays.