Dextall Prefabricated Wall Systems: Navigating NYC’s Local Law 11 & 97

Watch Now >   COURSE DESCRIPTION: This presentation will focus on Dextall’s prefabricated wall systems and navigating New York City’s Local Law 11 & 97 challenges in mid-to-high-rise buildings. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Introduce key challenges associated with NYC Local Law 11 & 97. Identify the advantages of Dextall’s ventilated rainscreen offerings. Overview of the thermal values Dextall’s insulated wall panels offer. Highlight current research and development projects. Learn to reduce embodied…


Workshop: Honeybee-PH Plugin for Passive House Modeling

Hello Ladybug Tools community, I am excited to let everyone know that we are ready to share the first public version of the new Honeybee-PH v1.0 plugin for Ladybug Tools. This new LBT plugin is designed to make it easy to utilize LBT models for Passive House design and certification to both the International PHI standard and the US Phius standard. This new plugin replaces the older LBT2PH , and has…


Northeast Fall Cohort 2023

The Passive House Network hybrid Certified Passive House Designer course and PHI certification exam for professionals in the Northeast. The hybrid format allows students to leverage the benefits of on-demand, live-online & in-person training. *Exam Date: December 5th. Starts September 6th New in 2023: CPHD course registrants will now receive access to the on-demand Using PHPP in Passive House Design and Certification course that is jointly provided by PHN and Peel…


Spring 2023 New England CPHD/C On-Demand hybrid training

Don’t wait any longer. This Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD/C) course is for professionals in New England. Starts March 31. Flexibly paced. Financial incentives available CT/MA. Register & gain access to on-demand content today. Learn More > PHN’s Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant course is the premier training program for Passive House building professionals with: ● 8-week hybrid on-demand and live online instruction. ● 6 weeks class instruction and 4 weeks…


Here Is How Innovation Impacts The Construction Workforce Shortage Crisis

Dextall, a circular-economy construction technology company committed to empowering property owners, developers, and their partners to transform America’s built space, attacks the skilled labor issue head-on. Dextall’s digital system – capable of eliminating up to 24 months of project design coordination and construction inefficiencies – gives client stakeholders the advantage of end-to-end project cost analysis for the entire building lifecycle, starting with the earliest design stages that tap instantly into…



Ventilation | 02_Codes & Ventilation: Requirements, Standards

 Barry Stephens | Ventacity Systems | barry@ventacity.com | Transcript [divider] [table id=36/] [divider] As energy efficiency and health in buildings simultaneously advance, codes are evolving to meet these two goals. And the COVID-19 epidemic has driven these two factors to the fore in discussions across North America and the world. This session with explore evolving codes and standards, and also look at the response to the pandemic with regards…



VeriPHier Training Announced

Passive House Certification by the Passive House Institute and its worldwide network of accredited certifiers has a long track record of reliable quality assurance.  Yet as Passive House grows in adoption, financial lenders and regulators may require further onsite third-party verification.  To meet these requirements the North American Certifiers Circle is establishing a new optional third-party verification program called VeriPHy.  VeriPHy provides a framework for third-party verification and the requisite professional training…


Calling All Property Developers: The Developer’s Guide to Passive House Certification is here.

NY Passive House is proud to present A Developer's Guide to Certified Multifamily Passive House Buildings - an introductory handbook on Passive House and the resources that will help developers make a successful project. Passive House provides many direct benefits: a healthy home, a quiet home, a comfortable home, a well functioning home, an affordable home, a safe home. From low-income affordable housing, to luxury market rate housing, Passive House is the best strategy to optimize…


Passive House Meets Net Zero – Zeroing In On Energy Efficiency

  If you missed Passive House Meets Net Zero, you still have a chance to listen to a recorded streaming of the event! This education event, co-hosted with Ontario Passive House Group, focused on Net Zero Energy Homes and Buildings. Participants learned about the work of the Passive House Institute (PHI) in Germany, which has spent the last few years tackling the question what does it mean to be "Net…