Passive House Podcast

Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Anne Vogt of VAND arquitectura passivhaus based in Madrid, Spain. Anne shares her introduction to Passive House in Germany, the connections she found between bioclimatic design and Passive House design, her work to help establish the Plataforma de Edificación Passivhaus (PEP), and her extensive portfolio of Passive House work in Spain. 

At the end of the episode, the cohosts discuss upcoming events. Find links here: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-week-in-preview-january-17

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 Kevin Brennan, co-owner at Brennan Brennan Insulation and Airtightness, firefighter with the New York City Fire Department, and cohost of Passive House Accelerator's popular Construction Tech program. Kevin shares how he got involved in both high performance construction and firefighting, insights gleaned from his years participating in the home energy performance boom, his introduction to Passive House by Tomás O'Leary, and how it all led to his current role as a leading Passive House tradesperson and educator in New York.

At the end of the episode, cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh and Zack discuss upcoming events. Find links here: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-week-in-preview-january-10

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 Sy Safi, founder of Louisville, Kentucky-based design/build company, Ubergreen Spaces + Homes. Sy has been a leader in green building and design for well over a decade. In 2012 he created My Green Kentucky Home, a model home that is Kentucky's first Net Zero Energy, Net Zero Water home certified LEED Platinum by the US Green Building Council. Since then, he's adopted the most stringent third-party programs in the Living Building Challenge, Passive House and the WELL Building Standard, while becoming a Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home Partner, a Certified Passive House Consultant, Certified Passive House Builder and WELL Accredited Professional. In this interview, Sy talks about how he melds Passive House with WELL and Living Building Challenge in his work, and shares about a new, ambitious development project he's spearheading.

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.

Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Chris Nunn, a sustainability advocate working to bring Passive House to mainstream attention. At the time of our interview, Chris was just completing a successful four-year term as Chair of the Australian Passive House Association. As well as overseeing significant growth in the uptake of Passive House in Australia during that time, Chris' experience of Passive House culminated in the completion of his own home project in 2021. The suburban Sydney Passive House Premium family home was the main focus of our chat. 

This project is yet another demonstration of how applicable Passive House is to all climates around the world and how insulation, airtightness and ventilation can work just as well for keeping cool as they can for keeping warm. 

It's also incredibly encouraging to know there are people like Chris with influence and connections in the world of real estate and finance that are committed to Passive House as a proven method of achieving sustainable development.

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.

Guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview architect Katie Ackerly, sustainable design lead at David Baker Architects (DBA). Katie is an industry thought leader with a deep grounding in building science and energy efficiency policy. The three discuss DBA's sustainability framework and its innovative approaches to zero net energy and all-electric multifamily housing. Katie also talks about  DBA’s collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute’s REALIZE-CA initiative to catalyze equitable zero-carbon retrofits for affordable housing.

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.

In this special bonus episode recorded at the PhiusCon 2021 conference in Tarrytown, New York, Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews James Geppner, RetrofitNY Senior Project Manager at NYSERDA (the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority).

Thank you to NYSERDA for supporting Passive House Accelerator as a Stakeholder Partner. Thank you, too, to ROCKWOOL North America for underwriting our interviews at PhiusCon2021. https://www.rockwool.com/north-america/

View a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/CiLtulYFH0Q

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.

In this special bonus episode recorded at the PhiusCon 2021 conference in Tarrytown, New York, Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews Pat Fitzgerald, Senior Project Manager at NYSERDA (the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority).

Thank you to NYSERDA for supporting Passive House Accelerator as a Stakeholder Partner. Thank you, too, to ROCKWOOL North America for underwriting our interviews at PhiusCon2021. https://www.rockwool.com/north-america/ 

View a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/JiVAQkCa0BA

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.

Skylar Swinford, principal of Energy Systems Consultants and longtime member of the Phius Technical Committee, is a widely recognized North American Passive House consultant and thought leader based in Boise, Idaho. Podcast cohost Zack Semke, who worked with Skylar at Hammer & Hand when that Pacific NW builder was playing a pioneering role in Passive House, spoke with Skylar about his unique pathway to Passive House, his experience building and consulting on his own recently-completed Passive House home in Boise, and the how Passive House fits with the exciting new "electrify everything" movement that is gaining traction in the US.

At the end of the episode, cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh and Zack discuss upcoming Passive House events. Links to those events are here:  https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-week-in-preview-december-1 

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.

In this special bonus episode recorded at the PhiusCon 2021 conference in Tarrytown, New York, Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews John Woelfling, principal at Dattner Architects. 

Thank you to ROCKWOOL North America for underwriting our interviews at PhiusCon2021.  https://www.rockwool.com/north-america/ 

View a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/zy6sZxTF7L4

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.

Bohemia Hookham is a registered architect and Certified Passive House Designer based in Melbourne, Australia and is playing a key role in the creation of one of Australia’s latest groundbreaking Passive House projects. Just North of the city of Melbourne the Glenroy Community Hub will be the first Passive House of its type in the country. Matthew Cutler-Welsh caught up with Bohemia to talk about how the inception of this project and some of the design challenges of adhering to the Passive House standard in such a versatile public building. Once completed, the community hub promises to be another great showcase of the emerging vernacular of Passive House in the Southern Hemisphere.

Cohosts Mathew Cutler-Welsh and Zack Semke discuss upcoming Passive House events at the end of the episode. Links to those events are here: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-week-in-preview-december-6

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.