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Urban rooftop gardens have been around for a long time, but today, they’re not just for decoration. They’re a crucial part of the green building movement. Where instead of just shedding runoff, the roof stores it and releases it back into the atmosphere to reduce the need for drainage systems. One Bryant Park is a 51-story office tower at 6th Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City. It’s one…
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“A [passive house] is the experience of the finished product, the beauty, and the sense of well-being, in addition to the extreme energy efficiency, which really creates love for this innovation and architectural design,” says Benzing. “We believe that soon, designs based on the science of passive house will be the standard for all new construction.” Benzing’s firm, A.M. Benzing Architects, has been designing passive houses since 2008 and designed…
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Fourth-year Pratt architecture students recently participated in the first-ever US student-led rendition of the International Passive House Ice Box Challenge, an initiative that aims to significantly lower the energy use of our built environment. Over the course of the semester, students designed and built two 8 x 8 x 8 feet ice box structures from scratch after learning about sustainability industry manufacturers’ products and methods. The first structure was built…
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Our hearts go out to all those affected by the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. For many, this is an urgent and serious health matter. And for all of us, this crisis is affecting our lives and leading us to worry about the damage the smoke is doing. We at New York Passive House believe that an airtight building with an energy/heat recovery ventilation system (ERV/HRV) running 24/7 is a…
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The design for a new 9-story mixed-use residential and retail building at 470 Columbus features a modern interpretation of traditional district typology on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. With Architecture and Interiors by BKSK, the design for “Charlotte of the Upper West Side” is cohesive – the warm materials, modern detailing and concepts of screening are carried throughout, with both centered on the contemporary heart of the building; the cleverly disguised,…
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Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Akshayaa Kariyakkar and Jeremy Latriano, Daylighting Product Consultants for 475 who specialize in Lamilux skylights. As part of the 475 team, Akshayaa and Jeremy have worked with Lamilux to bring hundreds of daylight projects to life across North America. They discuss the history of the company as well as some of the different product lines and how they can be used by PH practitioners. …
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#218 - Progress and Passive House - Interview with Andreas Benzing 2:30 How did he get into Architecture 5:30 LEED 8:50 why build better 10:10 Current challenges 14:35 Passive house value in New York 23:56 products recommended Listen Now Andreas M. Benzing is a practicing architect, teacher, and social entrepreneur. He is a distinguished faculty member and Part-Time Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design, teaching Environmental Design and…
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Impressive results by Dextall’s unitized prefab wall performance mockup spanning 2 stories high [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=369w2nP1JfI[/embed] Dynamic and Static water: 15psf Air: PASS, did not exceed 0.06 cfm Performance mockup included: Fully gasketed perimeter Mineral wool insulation Variation of factory installed steel reinforced polymer and aluminum windows Aluminum cladding rainscreen
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The Green Solutions Awards are back! This competition for sustainable buildings, districts and infrastructures organised by Construction21 and its partners aims to bring out exemplary achievements from around the world, to share them to as many people as possible and to inspire the profession to accelerate the reduction of its carbon emissions. From iPHA: The Green Solutions Awards are back! Help spread Passive House best practices, increase your visibility and…
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New Elected Board Members: Louis Koehl- Louis Koehl is the Director of Sustainable Design at Handel Architects, where he is responsible for advancing the firm’s mission of industry leadership in sustainable design by supporting strategic initiatives focused on aspirational goals. He serves as both a resource to the office and the development community. Mr. Koehl’s projects at Handel Architects include the world’s largest fully affordable Passive House Building, Sendero…
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The Passive House Network hybrid Certified Passive House Designer course and PHI certification exam for professionals in the Northeastern states of NY, NJ, MA, CT, NH, VT, ME, PA, and RI. The hybrid format allows students to leverage the benefits of on-demand, live-online & in-person training. *Note: the CPHD exam will be given sometime in March, we will reach out with additional information. Starts January 20th The CPHD course is…
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Located in Silicon Valley, the new San Mateo County headquarters will be the first net-zero-energy civic building constructed with mass timber in the U.S. Achieving an 85 percent reduction in structural embodied carbon, this flexible workplace sets a benchmark for civic architecture. Civic leadership When San Mateo County leaders approached SOM to design a new county headquarters, they had ambitious sustainability goals. Climate leadership is needed now more than ever,…
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