Curtis + Ginsberg Architects - We’ve had a busy winter, and we are eager to share our project updates, recent awards, team updates, and other office happenings! Among our highlights: ⭐The award winning renovation of the historic Harlem River Houses is complete 📜C+GA presents New York City Economic Development Corporation Mass Timber Studio findings 🏆 HELP ONE wins the Society of American Registered Architects National Design Award of Merit And…
A Sustainable Path Forward: Embodied Carbon and EPDs
Passive House Network is holding a free live-online webinar with ROCKWOOL on September 11th at 2PM ET. Along with energy conservation measures, sustainability trends are continuously becoming more robust with high focus on carbon emissions, product transparency and resiliency. Importantly, the embodied carbon impacts of building materials are becoming one of the primary measurements of a product’s sustainability. The use of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) is increasing where understanding the inputs…
In celebration of Pride Month, JB&B’s Social Awareness and Inclusion Initiative (SAII) hosted their small business in-office series
In celebration of Pride Month, JB&B’s Social Awareness and Inclusion Initiative (SAII) hosted their small business in-office series in our New York office yesterday with a city favorite: Baz Bagel. Baz Bagel and Restaurant is a bagel shop and lunch counter located on historic Grand Street in New York run by Bari Musacchio and Saralyn Feinberg. Baz was inspired by their half-Jewish and half-Italian family rooted in the Lower East…
Online Casino Echtgeld mit PayPal: Die besten Plattformen für sicheres Spielen
Online-Casinos erfreuen sich weltweit großer Beliebtheit. Besonders in Deutschland setzen viele Spieler auf sichere und bequeme Zahlungsmethoden, um Echtgeld-Einsätze zu tätigen. PayPal hat sich als eine der gefragtesten Optionen etabliert, da es schnelle Transaktionen und hohe Sicherheitsstandards bietet. In diesem Artikel erfährst du alles Wichtige über Online-Casinos mit PayPal, von den Vorteilen dieser Zahlungsmethode bis hin zu den besten Plattformen für deutsche Spieler. Warum PayPal als Zahlungsmethode in Online-Casinos nutzen?…
04_Ventilation Methods: Traditional vs. DOAS, duct design for efficiency
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AIANY: PHPP should be an approved energy modeling software
The American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) is writing in support of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). PHPP should be an approved energy modeling software package by New York State for demonstrating compliance with the New York State Energy Code. It would serve as an optional compliance path for both commercial and residential buildings, granting more choices to architects, engineers, and buildings owners. PHPP v.9.6 has been independently…
Ventilation | 03_What is `in the Box?
Barry Stephens | Ventacity Systems | barry@ventacity.com | Transcript [divider] [table id=36/] [divider] Learning Objectives: [divider] Attendees will learn about the different heat exchangers used in HRVs and ERVs, and what the difference mean. Attendees will learn about testing procedures for H/ERVs, and what makes them "efficient". Attendees will learn about why Passive House certification matters, and the impact on building energy modeling of conflicting testing protocols. Attendees will…
Using SketchUp to manage room data for Passive House Modeling
[hr] Join our training | DesignPH 2.0 a Powerful Tool > [hr] One major hurdle for any building design project is how to manage the enormous amount of data about the building, and how to keep that data updated and error-free throughout both the design and assembly phases. When we consult on Certified Passive House projects this data management can be particularly difficult due to both the huge quantity of…
Ventilation | 01_Intro: What is High Performance Ventilation
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Architects Focus | Passive House + Modular for Affordability
Grayson Jordan | grayson@castrucciarchitect.com Asok Thirunavukarasu | asok@castrucciarchitect.com
Revolution? | Happy 4th of July
While doing the dishes, I’ve been enjoying the podcast Revolutions - the English Civil Wars, the American Revolution, the French Revolution - and my mind wanders, thinking of our exploding environmental, health, and social crises, wondering what sort of revolution(s) it will take to fix our dire course. I drift further, thinking about how our Passive House efforts fit...and my mind wanders on to architecture, architectural expression, architectural capabilities...architectural revolutions.…
“Hygiene ventilation” and the case for Green Stimulus
As society plans its transition out of the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic response and into a new era of social distanced, post-quarantine life, the gradual re-inhabitation of existing buildings will necessitate that many aspects of daily life be re-examined, both in terms of social custom and functional layout. Read More >




























