Passive House Podcast

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Sloan Ritchie, President of Cascade Built, the Seattle-based Passive House builder and developer. 
https://www.cascadebuilt.com/ 

Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. 
https://www.stocorp.com/ 
https://www.zolawindows.com/ 

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In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's director of publications Mary James interviews Tessa Bradley, co-owner of Artisans Group. 
https://artisansgroup.com/ 

Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. 
https://www.stocorp.com/ 
https://www.zolawindows.com/ 

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 Mariana Pickering, co-founder of Emu Passive based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Emu Passive trains the trades in Passive House construction and provides Passive House consulting services. Mariana shares about what's new in Emu's work, including reflections on Emu's recent tradesperson training held in Santa Barbara. She also discusses the recent Marshall Fire outside of Denver, the ongoing rebuilding effort there, and the role that Colorado's Passive House community is playing there to help "build forward".

Rocky Mountain PBS stories on Marshall Fire and the role of Passive House in the rebuild:
https://www.rmpbs.org/colorado-voices/passive-houses/
https://www.pbs.org/video/passive-house-incentives-after-marshall-fire-3qadku/
https://www.pbs.org/video/marshall-fire-rebuild-passive-house-expo-nivmaz/
https://www.pbs.org/video/marshall-fire-victims-tour-passive-house-2bnw12/

NPR story on Marshall Fire and the role of Passive House in the rebuild:
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1128623971/victims-of-a-colorado-wildfire-can-choose-a-green-rebuild-thats-within-their-bud

Colorado Green Building Guild Marshall Fire resources: https://cgbg.org/resources

Info on support available for rebuilding after the Marshall Fire: https://rebuildingbetter.org/

Passive House Accelerator LIVE! Construction Tech appearance by Mariana Pickering and Enrico Bonilauri: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/videos/mariana-pickering-and-enrico-bonilauri-mock-ups-installation

Links to upcoming Passive House and Passive House-adjacent events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-november-7-2022 

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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke catches up with Mahnaz Nikbakht and Robert Blount of ROCKWOOL North America. The three discuss the personal Passive House advocacy of both Mahnaz and Robert, the product innovations and design guidance offered by ROCKWOOL, and the application of mineral wool in two major projects (the Ken Soble Tower retrofit in Ontario and the Winthrop Center Passive House office tower in Boston). After their interview, cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh catches up with Robert in person at the PhiusCon 2022 conference in Chicago. 

https://www.rockwool.com/north-america/ 

ROCKWOOL's 2021 Sustainability Report: https://www.rockwool.com/group/about-us/sustainability/sustainability-report-2021/ 

ROCKWOOL's Passive House Solutions Guide: https://www.rockwool.com/syssiteassets/o2-rockwool/documentation/technical-guides/commercial/passive-house-solutions-guide.pdf 

More about Ken Soble Tower: 
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/ken-soble-tower-enerphit
https://youtu.be/92ToKizwzyI 

More about Winthrop Center:
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/standout-passive-office-takes-shape-in-boston 
https://youtu.be/q0dBdHecjZ4 
https://youtu.be/4S6-XfvILKY 

Info about the Passive House Massachusetts Symposium on November 16, 2022:  https://passivehousema.org/symposium 

Website of Batiment Passif Quebec: 
https://batimentpassifquebec.com/ 

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Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Kim Dupont-Madinier of Atelier Dupont-Madinier. Kim shares about her work weaving textiles into architecture, as well as her exploration of incorporating Passive House into traditional Mongolian architecture. Matthew Cutler-Welsh and Zack Semke join Mary and Ilka in person at the PhiusCon conference in Chicago to record the intro and outro of this episode.

Atelier Dupont-Madinier: https://www.dupontmadinier.com/

For links to upcoming Passive House events:
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-october-31-2022 

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Zack interviews Lisa White, Associate Director at Phius, about her 10-year service there, the role of passive buildings in supporting and accelerating the clean energy transition, the new ASHRAE passive building standard underway, and the big Phius conference coming up this week in Chicago, PhiusCon. 

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

Notable Passive House news stories this week: 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90796385/why-new-apartment-buildings-should-adopt-ancient-cooling-techniques 

https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2022/10/vancouver-art-gallery-gets-50-million-funding-boost-for-new-home 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffsteele/2022/10/19/upstate-new-york-becoming-bastion-of-passive-house-design/?sh=215c29821767 

Links to the events mentioned: 
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-october-24-2022
 

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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke catches up with co-founder and CEO of Glavel, Rob Conboy. The two discuss the new production facility for the foam glass gravel manufacturer, based in Vermont, and the steps Glavel has taken to produce its product with clean energy, dramatically reducing the embodied carbon of the material. Rob shares what advice he would give his past self as he was just getting started with building Glavel, as well as Glavel's work in progressive hiring practices. He also discusses Glavel's plans for future expansion out west. 

https://www.glavel.com/ 

To learn more and to request product samples, visit: 
https://www.glavel.com/learn/ 

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Matthew interviews Enda McDonagh, Certified Passive House Consultant and principal at Montgomery Sisam Architects. Enda studied and worked as Architectural Technician in Dublin where he developed a passion for detailing. In 2010 he moved to Toronto, Canada where he has worked at Montgomery Sisam ever since. His portfolio includes projects for the education, supportive housing, and mental health sectors. Montgomery Sisam is currently working on an affordable housing development in downtown Hamilton. All 24 of the studio apartments are being built offsite and the whole building will be Passive House Certified. 

Hamilton Passive House Modular Housing: 
https://www.montgomerysisam.com/project/hamilton-passive-house-modular-housing/

Passive House Stories: 
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/08/passion-project-the-passive-house-that-raised-the-roof-on-sustainable-living-passivhaus
https://homestylegreen.com/181-hutt-tomorrows-house-today/
https://connectingtoplace.org/sustainability/
https://mithun.com/project/the-bush-school-new-upper-school/ 

Info about upcoming events: 
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-october-17-2022 

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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Carmel Pratt, VP at Bright Power in New York City. Carmel discusses her firm's work delivering affordable multifamily Passive House projects, including the recently-completed Park Avenue Green project, as well as two projects underway, Chestnut Commons and Vital Brookdale, all in NYC. Carmel and Zack also discuss the state of building energy policy in New York and Bright Power's collaboration with several other NYC groups in gathering data and putting together a report to demonstrate to lenders that Passive House energy savings bring real and predictable financial savings for building owners. 
 
Link to the Multifamily Passive House: Connecting Performance to Financing report that Carmel discusses: 
https://www.brightpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Multifamily-Passive-House-Performance-to-Financing-1.pdf 

Links to news stories that Zack and co-host Matthew Cutler-Welsh discuss: 
https://www.cpr.org/2022/09/30/marshall-fire-climate-friendly-homes/ 
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/10/inflation-reduction-act-climate-economy/671659/ 

Info about upcoming events: 
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-october-10-2022 

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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Mark Siddall, Principal at LEAP Architecture in Durham, United Kingdom. Mark's work focuses on the design, delivery, and operation of ultra-low energy buildings and Passive House buildings. In this interview, Mark discusses his recently published paper on avoiding thermal bypasses to optimize building performance and improve the health & comfort of occupants, "Thermal Bypass Risks" published by Passivhaus Trust. 

Info about upcoming events:
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-october-3-2022 

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