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Product Showcase | HVAC Retrofits in the Age of Energy Codes
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In these super-sustainable new apartments, you may never pay a heating bill
When Sendero Verde, a 100-percent affordable apartment development in East Harlem in New York City, opens its doors in 2022, it’ll live up to its name, which means Green Path in Spanish. Within the city block where the new series of high-rise towers will stand, residents of the 361 apartments will be able to stroll through new landscaping and public spaces. A charter school will be on-site and a short…
24th International Passive House Conference makes it digital
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24th International Passive House Conference makes it digital Darmstadt, Germany. The 24th International Passive House Conference, planned to take place in Berlin in September this year, will now be offered as a comprehensive online conference. Presentations, workshops, the specialists’ exhibition and building tours that have always been a part of the annual Passive House Conference will remain in the programme. Virtual networking between participants will also be a highlight Passive…
Mid-year International Passive House Open Days
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Make your building the star! Shoot a video of your Passive House project and share it with the world! Find all the video entries on YouTube: International Mid-year Passive House Open days Given the current circumstances require further social-distancing measures, we have adjusted the guidelines for the mid-year International Passive House Open Days. We believe that the event is an important opportunity to convince people of…
Prospect Heights Passive House With Solar Panels, Reclaimed Barn Wood Asks $3.495 Million
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This limestone by classic 19th century Brooklyn architect Benjamin Driesler got a 21st century Passive House makeover, complete with triple pane windows, rooftop solar panels and some interesting design touches on the interior. Just blocks from Grand Army Plaza, the house at 154 Underhill Avenue is located in the Prospect Heights Historic District. The Renaissance Revival style row house with a brownstone-clad basement, angled bay and bracketed cornice was designed…
PH2020 Conference Virtual Building Tour Competition
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Are you experienced? If so, tell us about it. Tell us the story of your building project, wherever it is! We’ll show as many of the videos as we can at the conference – about 15 to 20 – and those we can’t fit, we’ll show later online. And like the in-person tours, we want you to do live Q&A while the tour is broadcast at the conference. Your winning…
On the impact of a warming climate on the energy demand for cooling and summer comfort
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Assessment on cooling energy: We start with climates with significant heating demand (like Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, Canada; let’s call these “Northern Climates”): If there is significant warming … say +3 K or more … it might not be possible to maintain comfort during future summer months in buildings without active cooling. That would happen even in relatively mild places like Berlin, Paris or London. In Beijing this is…
1000 Passive House component certified by the Passive House Institute (PHI)
Real Facts No.17 | Straw as insulation material
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Anisotropic behaviour: The effect of anisotropic behaviour on timber is well from timber. If thermal flux is perpendicular to the fibre, the conductivity (λ) of softwood is around 0.13 W/(mK). In the direction of the fibre, the conductivity is about 0.29 W/(mK). In the process of straw bale production, the straw stalks are pressed into bales with a certain orientation. A high proportion of the stalks are oriented perpendicular to…
Passive House 2020 – Choose Your Future – A Virtual Conference
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VISION Choose Your Future” is a call to action – to recognize the power of individuals to produce change and to build a movement; a call to not forfeit our influence over events but use it. [hr] Sign up as member of NYPH and use your unique discount code at checkout. [button link="https://nyph.stargraphicdesign.com/product/professional-member//" bg_color="#ef4731" border="#ef4731" window="yes"]Join Us >[/button] [hr] Register for the Virtual Conference [button link="https://naphnconference.com/" bg_color="#ef4731" border="#ef4731" window="yes"]Register Now…
Call for Architects and Engineers/Network Covid-19
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We are developing a grassroots network of architects, non-profit organizations, service providers, housing and real estate professionals, and engineers to make ourselves available for emergency response to the ongoing covid-19 crisis. Our goal is to support the significant efforts already being made by government and private sector professionals and we are looking for volunteers who can provide any level of support. With a tremendous task upon New York City in…
NYPH will be moving some of our own events, both existent and newly planned, to virtual platforms
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Dear NYPH community, In this very challenging time, we are all adjusting to this new reality and taking the necessary actions to move forward with our lives. Due to COVID-19, New York Passive House has begun to make appropriate adjustments to our programming and events. We hope that we can continue to provide you with our regular programming initiatives during this time from the safety of your homes. We are…
