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PASSIVE + RENEWABLESOctober 4-8, 2017 | Oakland, California

The goal of NAPHN17 ‘Passive + Renewables’ is to

promote and accelerate the adoption of Passive House

building strategies in North America, and to work with

others who share our vision for a POST CARBON

ALL-RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE.

Hosted by Passive House California For more information on the event please email us at: [email protected]

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Oakland Mayor, Libby Schaaf

Mayor Libby Schaaf was inaugurated Oakland, California’s 50th mayor on January 5, 2015. A native Oaklander, Mayor Schaaf previously served one on the Oakland City Council. She has more than two decades of public service experience that began while she was a young attorney leading volunteer efforts in Oakland. She is honored to serve the people of Oakland and to help promote

her hometown as the greatest place to live, work, play and do business.

CA Energy Commissioner, J. Andrew McAllister, Ph.D.

Andrew McAllister was appointed to the California Energy Commission by Governor Edmund G. Brown in May, 2012, and reappointed in January 2017. He is lead commissioner on energy efficiency. Prior to joining the CEC, he was managing director and policy director of a clean energy non-profit; a consulting project manager in California and in a variety of developing

country settings; and an energy efficiency analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He holds M.S. and PhD degrees from UC Berkeley. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

Passive House Institute Director, Dr. Witta Ebel

Dr. Ebel comes from a background of physics and mathematics. She has worked on questions of energy politics and efficien-cy since 1980 and was deeply involved with the development and ongoing evaluation of the first Passive House (Darmstadt, Germany), where she has lived since its construction in 1991. Ebel is a founding scientific staff member of the Passive House

Institute where she manages the team of sixty plus research scientists. She continues to be involved in multiple national and international projects on energy efficiency.

PLENARY PRESENTERSOpening:

Director, Sustainable Energy Division, Scott Foster

Scott Foster has been Director of UNECE’s Sustainable Energy Division since 2011. With more than 35 years’ experience in energy, Mr. Foster has worked extensively with governments, industry, and inter-national organizations on energy policy, market design, regulation and climate change strategies. Mr. Foster’s particular focus is assisting energy stakeholders to address the critical challenges of

sustainability, technology choice and investment mobilization. He holds a BA from Dartmouth College, an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Passive House Expert, Elrond Burrell.

Elrond is the director of VIA architecture, board member of Passive House Institute New Zealand (PHINZ) and is a registered Architect (UK) and certified Passive House designer. He recently returned to his native New Zealand where he’s passionate about improving people’s quality of life, health and environmental impact by designing beautiful, sustainable, high-performance

buildings. With over 20 years of experience in architecture and sus-tainable design, he worked for the leading UK sustainable architecture practice, Architype, for 10 years. He was instrumental in the design and delivery of some of their seminal work on UK schools, as well as the UK’s largest Passive House apartment buildings. Mr. Burrell is globally recognized for his blog, “Passivhaus in Plain English & More.”

Closing:

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WELCOMEPassive House California is proud to welcome you all to NAPHN17 here in Oakland, California. In choosing our conference theme, PASSIVE + RENEWABLES, we not only chose to highlight California’s leading role in the global transition to an all renewable energy future, but also to emphasize the importance of deep energy efficiency. For this reason, we placed the word ‘PASSIVE’ first. We’ve assembled an outstanding program to highlight the interplay between these two essential elements for a built environment that is comfortable, healthy and durable, but will enable us to meet the carbon reduction targets the world now recognizes as imperative for human survival.

We’re deeply honored to have the participation of the top leadership at the United Nations at this event. Passive House California and the NAPHN are proud to be actively collaborating with the UN as part of an expanding team of global experts from institutions and industry, leading the transition of our built environment to one that is truly sustainable for generations to come. The UN has recognized the leadership and contribution of the global Passive House community in this effort and we’re committed to help in every way we can, with or without government support.

Conferences always provide a great opportunity for learning and sharing. We’re excited to offer this event to further educate our community about the new(ish) Primary Energy Renewables framework and to hear from many practitioners how this is working in the field. As usual, the North American Passive House Network Conference & Expo provides a unique opportunity to meet and hear from many of the leading Passive House practitioners from across the nation and around the globe. We’re pleased to be hosting presenters and attendees from across the US and from Canada, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Spain, China, Australia and New Zealand - Thank you all for joining us!

We’re indebted to the many volunteers who worked extremely hard to ensure this event would happen. A core team of volunteers has met since early 2016 to make this a reality. This is a thankless job, with little more than a t-shirt as a reward - Please be sure to make note of these folks and thank them for their efforts.

Lastly, we’re grateful to the sponsors and vendors whose participation underwrites much of this event. These are manufacturers who are equally committed to our common building efficiency goals and are willing to support an early adopter market of passionate building adventurers. Be sure to thank them with your business.

Bronwyn Barry, PHCA Co-President, NAPHN PresidentLizzie Adams, PHCA Co-President

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Lois Arena

Lois Arena is a Senior Mechanical Engineer employed at Steven Winter Associates, Inc. She has over 20 years’ experience in the building science field and has extensive experience with new and existing buildings. Lois is an internationally certified Passive House consultant and is currently working on projects

ranging from single family homes to high rise apartment buildings. She has co-authored and presented training programs about energy efficient building practices to professionals in all sectors of the building industry and is regularly invited to present at national conferences and to private firms on topics ranging from moisture control in buildings to road blocks to Passive House adoption.

Bronwyn Barry

Bronwyn works as the Design Director for One Sky Homes, a Silicon Valley Passive House and Net Zero Energy homebuilder. She is a Certified Passive House Designer and a founding member of Passive House California and the North American Passive House Network. Her passion is carbon emissions reduction for the built environment.

Andreas Benzing

Andreas Benzing is the founding member of a.m.Benzing architects pllc. He received a Master of Science in Architecture from the Bauhaus University Weimar and a Master of Design & Management from the Politecnico di Milano. Andreas practiced architecture with O.M. Ungers and Hans Kollhoff in Berlin. Andreas is licensed

to practice architecture in New York State and in Germany, is a LEED Accredited Professional, Certified Passive House Designer and a Building Performance Institute Certified Building Analyst and Envelope Professional. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Architektenkammer Berlin, the International Passive House Association, and is a founding director of NY Passive House, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting the Passive House standard in the New York region. Andreas has been appointed by the Manhattan Borough President to serve on Manhattan’s Community Board 5 and was appointed by the DOB Commissioner to serve on the 2015 NYC Energy Conservation Code Advisory Committee.

PRESENTER BIO’S James Bill

James is a licensed architect and president of Zero Impact Architecture (ZIA), a firm dedicated to integrating beauty, health, and comfort with the science of deep sustainability. He was the architect of the first newly built Passive House in California, an extremely low energy building that is

also an affordable housing unit. Besides energy reduction and the impact buildings can offer in reducing climate change impacts, his sustainability interests include water reduction, reducing toxicity of materials to people and the environment, prefabricated con-struction, healthy indoor air quality, and all things Living Building Challenge. He is a past board member of the USGBC Redwood Empire Chapter, founding and recent Board Member of Passive House California, internationally Certified Passive House Designer, LEED Accredited Professional, MIT Masters in Architecture recipient, an active speaker on carbon footprint reduction needs and strategies, and communication mediation expert.

Jake Boyer

Jake Boyer graduated Pitt State University with degrees in Automotive Technology and Business, leading to a career with one of the world’s largest coatings manufacturers. Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, he attended the opening day of the Bullitt Center “The Worlds Greenest Commercial

Building” in Seattle, which deeply impacted his perception of the construction industry, ultimately leading him to a career move. Jake moved to the Pacific Northwest to work for a leak investigation and repair contractor, gaining firsthand experience in construction defect remediation, sealants and waterproofing, air and weather barriers, and various cladding systems. He then began his career with PROSOCO as a Building Envelope Technical Specialist, later to moving into his current role as Regional Manager. Jake’s previous career in the automotive coatings world provided him with a basic understanding of chemistry and coatings technology that he has expanded upon since joining PROSOCO. Following his passion for green building and a more sustainable future, Jake has worked on a number of Passive House, Living Building Challenge, LEED and other green building projects, and is currently designing his own Passive House.


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Fiona Brazill

Fiona is an architect in Scotland from 2002. She leads projects and design teams in private practices on projects up to £40M. She was a former Design Manager at housing association. Fiona lectured in further and higher education for 8 years and researched BIM, specializing in teaching sustainable approach to building design

to Passive House Institute standard and CAD. She brought PassivHaus training to SWC in 2014, leading Curriculum Development as PassivHaus Institut accredited course provider. She is the Project Manager of 8,200 sq. m. new Educational Campus to PassivHaus Premium and BREEAM Outstanding standards.

Josiah Cain

Josiah Cain serves as Sherwood Design Engineers’ Director of Innovation. His project credits include the design of on-site wastewater treatment wetlands and water reuse systems for a high-den-sity corporate campus as well as living architecture applications at the California Academy of Sciences, University of California, and Duke University.

Josiah is a licensed landscape architect with over 20 years of direct experience in the sustainable design industry. Known as a visionary ecological integration strategist, he regularly presents at universities and conferences addressing building ecology, green infrastructure, and sustainable site development. He is sought after for sustainable design innovation, integrated water management, and high-performance building ecology. In support of his extensive experience, Mr. Cain holds degrees from both UC Davis and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He occasionally teaches courses and workshops in green roof design, landscape architecture, sustainable storm water, permaculture, integrated water management, and advanced sustainable design.

Ryan Cassidy

Ryan Cassidy is the Director of Properties for RiseBoro Community Partnership (formerly Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council), where he oversees the operation of over 1,800 units of affordable housing in nearly 200 buildings. Ryan has also developed and monitored the construction of over 1,000 units of affordable

housing. His development experience ranges from two-family home ownership programs to large multi-family complexes with retail and community facility components. He supervised the construction of

the first multifamily Passive Houses in New York State and is a PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant.

Eric Catania

Eric has over 8 years of energy modelling experience. He specializes in the simulation and evaluation of energy efficiency measures for new construction projects and has experience conducting energy audits and assessing existing buildings for retrofit potential. He has simulation experience with various modelling tools/services,

including eQuest, EE4, EnergyPlus, and IES-VE and has worked on a variety of different building types, including hospitals, office buildings, laboratories, residential buildings and recreational facilities.

Yuansheng Cui

Professor Cui Yuansheng is a well-known scholar in building materials industry in China. He has been engaged in the professional field of building materials science and technology intelligence for more than 35 years. He is the Expert at the Institute of Technical Information for Building Materials Industry of China, the Chief Expert

of green building materials in China Association for Science and Technology, the Chairman of the Cement Intelligence Network Across the Country, and the Chairman of Chinese Passive & Integrated Building Materials Industry Association. Professor Cui published more than 100 articles, papers, reports and books focusing on building materials. He tutors the postgraduates at China Science and Technology Information Institute. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the Department of Civil Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology and his Master’s degree in Information Science from China’s Science and Technology Information Institute. He is a Doctoral Candidate in Xian University of Architecture & Technology.

Matthew Daby

Matthew Daby is a residential designer in Portland, OR. Matt founded m.o.daby design in 2009 with the goal of providing “unique and appropriate design services with a focus on your environment”. m.o.daby design specializes in all residential design services large and small, new, remodel, or reuse. With expert knowledge of the most

successful “green building” strategies, we design for the environment as a matter of principle. Our portfolio includes projects for all budget levels designed to the most respected building standards including LEED for Homes and Passive House. No matter the standards, we strive to create healthy, sustainable, and energy efficient dwellings that tread lighter on the planet and our clients are proud to cherish.



Tim Eian

Tim has over twenty years of experience in both Germany and the U.S. Deeply influenced by expo-sure to stringent German environmental policies throughout his formative years, he has a strong conviction that protecting the earth for humankind is one of the key challenges of his generation. With the desire to take residential design to a new level

of sustainability, Tim founded TE Studio in 2008. The same year, he started designing the first certified Passive House home in Wisconsin, which is also the first to offer plus-energy levels of performance in the country. In 2009 he joined Stephan Tanner–architect of the first certified Passive House in the U.S.–at Intep, a commercial architecture, engineering, and consulting firm. Tim was a founding board member of the Passive House Alliance U.S. He is a regular visiting lecturer at the University of Minnesota, and many other continuing education venues.

Ken Eklund

Ken Eklund is the building science and standards team leader at the WSU Energy Program. He has over 30 years of experience in energy efficiency and renewable energy research, training, demonstration, program development, implementation and management. He and his team focus on energy code and beyond code

program implementation and building science research and training including emerging technologies. His current work includes creation of research projects spanning several years with multiple partners, obtaining funding, and coordinating the implementation, data management, analysis and reporting. The topics include ventilation effectiveness in low air leakage homes and CO2 refrigerant heat pumps in applications ranging from water heating to demand response and combined space and water heating.

Michael Eliason

Michael Eliason is a Passivhaus designer, writer, and project manager at Patano Studio Architecture. He has unique exposure to, and strong interests for livable cities, massivholzbauten (mass timber buildings, such as brettstapel and cross laminated timber), energy efficient buildings, and baugruppen– urban housing collectives.

Michael has worked for several design-oriented firms in Seattle, as well as a year in Freiburg, Germany. He worked on the first multifamily

Passivhaus project in Seattle. He is also a writer and has actively been involved in the research of collective housing and high performance low carbon buildings. Michael’s desire to share knowledge has provided the opportunity to write for local organizations, teach at Cornish, and give presentations internationally on Passivhaus and European timber approaches.

Tad Everhart

Tad was hooked on Passive House the moment he read about it, signed up immediately for PHIUS’ inaugural class in May, 2008, and became a Certified Passive House Consultant in January, 2009. Tad has donated his skills from 25 years as a trial lawyer and corporate counsel to supporting Passive House organizations. Tad organized

the first meetings of local “passivists” in Portland, Oregon in 2008, then volunteered as Secretary on the first PHIUS board of directors in 2009. In 2010, Tad collaborated with the founders of Passive House Northwest and served as a board member since 2012. Tad was one of the founders of the North American Passive House Network in 2011 and local organizer for the Network’s many successful speaker tours. In August, 2009, Tad’s family embarked on a journey to “future-fit” their home to the Passive House Standard, and today, they are almost ready for certification. Tad is a PHI-accredited building Certifier, he certifies Passive Houses, and he manages CertiPHIers’ operations.

Yetsuh Frank

Yetsuh Frank is an architect, writer and educator with nearly 20 years’ experience in green building and sustainability. As Managing Director, Strategy & Programs for the non-profit Building Energy Exchange, Yetsuh has been instrumental in the creation of their energy and lighting efficiency resource center in Manhattan and guides the focus

of their education, research and exhibit programs. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University in the Urban Design & Architecture program. Yetsuh’s diverse background working in both the private and non-profit sectors allows him to balance both the visionary and practical considerations of advancing sustainability in the built environment.


Stefan Gracik

Stefan Gracik is a Building Performance Engineer, licensed Professional Engineer, and Certified Passive House Consultant with Integral Group. Stefan provides a range of energy modeling services to support mechanical design efforts at Integral Group, and has provided energy and thermal comfort consulting on a number of LEED

certified and net-zero energy projects. Stefan is also involved in energy code development and is part of a utility sponsored code-change research team for California’s Title 24 energy code. Prior to joining Integral Group, Stefan received his masters at Penn State University, where he conducted research with the Building Science Group analyzing urban environments using computational fluid dynamics.

Jessica Grove-Smith

Jessica Grove-Smith graduated with a master’s degree in physics (MPhys) from the University of Sussex in England. She has been part of the research team at the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt since 2008. Her responsibilities range from stationary and dynamic energy demand modelling, climate data for the PHPP

and hygrothermal simulations of individual building components. The application of the Passive House concept for indoor swimming pools has also been a main focus of her work, as well as contributions to the renewable primary energy assessment method that is being introduced for the new Passive House classes.

Chris Higgins

Chris works with the City of Vancouver as a Green Building Planner and his work is focused on making energy efficient building codes that help to achieve Vancouver’s 100% renewable goal. Chris also works on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through rezoning policy for new buildings and creating incentives for existing homes. Prior to

working with the city, Chris worked with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) (www.cagbc.org/homes). Chris helped develop the Canadian standard, launch a national network of service organizations and when he departed the LEED Canada for Homes program had thousands of Certified homes. Chris grew up in Newfoundland before moving to British Columbia where he has resided for the last 16 years. Chris has a keen interest in how the built environment affects the natural environment and enjoys exploring this through his work.

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. Stuart Hood

Stuart brings over 20 years of buildings engineering experience to his team. His mechanical experience covers a wide range of projects includ-ing commercial, institutional, and manufacturing. Stuart has gained high-level global experience from his involvement in world-class manufacturing facilities in Europe and the Far East. Involvement

in such complex projects has given him an in-depth understanding of the integration of engineering and architectural systems, which is essential to delivering high performance design solutions. He is proactive in following sustainability practices across the world to seek out progressive technologies and strategies that he can incorporate into his projects in North America.

Michael Ingui

Michael is a founder and Principal at Baxt Ingui – a New York City-based design firm that has brought a high level of design to Passive House through many award-winning projects in Brooklyn and Manhattan. His focus is on creating beautiful homes that are Passive Certified, LEED certified, and NetZero. Baxt Ingui has brought

together many contractors and consultants working on the firm’s Passive House projects to cultivate a larger collaborative effort to create buildable, affordable Passive House projects. Michael Ingui is a frequent presenter on Passive House, both locally as well as internationally, most recently at the 25th Anniversary of Passive House held in Darmstadt, Germany in 2016, as well as the Passive House International Conference in Vienna in 2017.

Rolf Jacobson

Rolf became a Passive House convert in 2008 after listening to a presentation by Stephan Tanner, designer of the first certified Passive House in North America. For his Masters of Science thesis, Rolf traveled to Norway in 2010 on a Fulbright fellowship to study the building science of Passive House envelopes optimized for cold climates. While

researching there for a year, he used energy and moisture modeling tools such as PHPP, WUFI and THERM to investigate and comprehensively evaluate a wide range of residential building assemblies and details in Performance of 8 Cold Climate Envelopes for Passive Houses. Rolf now uses these tools on a regular basis as an energy and enclosure consultant and has worked on a large variety of projects from Passive Houses to commercial buildings. Rolf also continues to work on exciting new research opportunities as a Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research (CSBR). With


project partner NorthernSTAR, the center recently received a $1 mil-lion-dollar grant from the DOE to help develop and construct a series of homes using a panelized, tilt-up enclosure system (SEP-ETTMS).

Lucas Johnson

Lucas Johnson has been on the leading edge of high performance buildings since starting his career at 15 years old. He has worked as a builder, utility program manager, consultant, and venture capitalist to deliver Zero Net Energy, Passive House, Living Future, and even two of his own standards: SUN Buildings and Positive Energy

Buildings. Lucas also holds a degree in Physicochemical Biology as well as a Master of Environmental Science and Eco Entrepreneurship. The uniting theme of his career is a passion for turning BS into building science. He currently works at 475 High Performance Building Products where he is able to share his experience free of charge by collaborating with awesome architects, engineers, and builders to make their projects cost-effective, healthy, deep green, and enjoyable.

Dan Johnson

Dan is a licensed architect and holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Washington, which included a Valle Fellowship to study building technology at the IVL Swedish Environmental Institute in Stockholm. Dan also earned degrees in conservation biology and anthropology from UW and is an alumnus of the

International Honors Program for comparative foreign study. Dan is a leader that inspires camaraderie and team integration to meet project objectives. Recognized as an expert on sustainable buildings and early-design energy modeling, Dan enjoys creative problem solving and using his broad skillset to bridge gaps between architects, engineers, owners, and contractors.

Kenner Kingston

Kenner Kingston is an architect and the President of Architectural Nexus, a Salt Lake City based firm with a practice reaching throughout the western United States. Kenner believes that architecture is about reestablishing the harmonious relationship between people and the natural environment. With a passion for architecture and social science,

Kenner has pioneered a unique approach to sustainable design that embraces occupant behavior as untapped potential to dramatically

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. improve building performance. As an early adopter of the LEED building standard, he was the principal architect for several of the Salt Lake region’s first LEED projects including Arch Nexus’s Salt Lake headquarters. This building is one of a kind in the region and is the only building to have achieved LEED Double Platinum Certification. Arch Nexus’s Sacramento office is currently in the midst of the LBC performance period and is on track to become California’s first fully certified Living Building.

Dylan Lamar

Dylan Lamar is an architect and one of the leading Passive House consultants in the country, having designed, consulted and taught Passive Housing since 2004 in several regions of the US. He led the translation of the PHPP software into IP-units, and has worked on many Passivhaus first’s in the nation including office/educational buildings, affordable

and high-end custom housing. He works at Green Hammer Design-Build in Portland, Oregon and as a Passive House Certifier for CertiPHiers Cooperative.

Brad Liljequist

Brad directs the Zero Energy Program for the International Living Future Institute. In this role, he is an international thought leader in zero energy concepts and systems, and helping reinvent humanity to thrive without fossil fuels. For the Institute, he speaks, teaches, and consults regularly on zero energy buildings and communities, and

plays the lead role in developing the intellectual framework for energy related programs and systems. Brad was a key member of the team implementing one of the first urban growth boundaries in the United States, which stands to this day. In the late 90s and early 00s, he was one of the main practitioners of neotraditional urban design in the Pacific Northwest, designing walkable communities for thousands of residents. In 2000, he established and managed the first municipal green building program in the Northwest outside of a major city. More recently, he directed development of the Petal and Net Zero Energy Certified zHome, the first multifamily zero net energy community in the United States, as well as Issaquah Fire Station 72, the world’s most energy efficient fire station and recipient of the international 2012 ASHRAE Technology award. He is author of The Power of Zero: Learning From the World’s Leading Net Zero Energy Buildings. His work has been covered by The New York Times, the BBC, the Wall Street Journal, national NPR, The Seattle Times, and many other media. He was educated at Georgetown University, the University of St. Andrews, the University of Washington Evans School, and Seattle Central College.


Ben Leer

Ben is the Daylighting specialist for 475 High Performance Building Supply. Ben has had a diverse career focused on sustainability and the urban environment. He graduated with a MS in Sustainable Architecture from the City University of New York and has since consulted on numerous projects, ranging from ecological infrastructure

to Passive House design. Ben teaches a graduate level course on Low Energy Buildings at City College. He has a passion for creating environmentally friendly buildings, and is deeply committed to the Passive House movement. Ben is excited to provide his knowledge and unique set of skills to help clients achieve meaningful impact within their projects. He advocates that the earth is the most important resource that humans have and we should do everything possible to preserve it for future generations.

Debra Little

Debra Little is a Home Performance and Valuation specialist with field experience in both. Debra is active in education of real estate appraisers and agents on valuation and market representation of high-performance home assets, including energy efficiency, beyond energy, and renewables. Debra’s experience building her own high-performance

home in 2007, along with her work in video production, data, and marketing in NYC informs her current work of integrating behavior and brain science to drive demand for building science.

Olaf Lohr

Olaf Lohr, born in Chemnitz, Germany, has a background in international businesses and market development with over 14 years of experience in market research, market entry and market expansion into the United States. Olaf is the Director of Business Development for sonnen, Inc., the U.S. branch of the sonnen Group, a global

pioneer and manufacturer of residential and commercial energy storage solutions and provider of energy services. As the Director of Business Development at sonnen, Olaf provides leadership for the company’s expansion into the United States. He is primarily focused on developing new energy storage markets for the commercial, utility, and financing sectors through the implementation of pilot projects and key partner-ships across the country. Olaf’s expertise in customer adoption and

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. retention of new technologies is key in educating stakeholders about the benefits of energy storage and defining new products and services for sonnen to meet the increasing demand for clean and reliable energy. Olaf graduated from the University of Bayreuth with a Masters in Business and Sports Management.

Mark Lyles

Mark Lyles is a Project Manager at New Buildings Institute. Mark earned his Master of Architecture degree, with a focus on Sustainability, in 2008. He previously worked as a job captain with a design firm specializing in the restoration, preservation and adaptive re-use of historic architecture. Mark’s diverse experience includes the energy analysis

of high performance buildings and extensive research on the design and construction of low energy buildings. As a Project Manager, he is integrally involved in the research and promotion of Zero Net Energy Buildings as well as the technical and design development of key design resources and tools.

Ed May

Ed is a partner in the consulting firm Building-Type and specializes in using energy modeling to drive the design of buildings. Ed has a background in home construction and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as well as a Masters of Architecture from Parsons the NewSchool. Ed has been an Adjunct Professor

at Parsons the New School University as well an Industry Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. At Stevens Institute in 2015Ed was the Project Manager for the school’s Solar Decathlon entry, the SURE HOUSE, which took home first place. In addition to his professional consulting work, Ed teaches regularly for the Passive House Academy out of Ireland and is certified by the Passive House Institute in Germany (PHI).

Barry McCarron

Mr McCarron holds an MSc in Sustainable Development from Queens University and an Honors Degree in Architectural Technology from Ulster University. He has accumulated over 10 years’ experience in industry as an Architectural technologist. His core focus has always been in the area of low carbon construction and

integrated renewable energy. He is currently working as a research and development technician in CREST based within South West College, Enniskillen, Ireland, since 2013.


Timothy McDonald

Timothy McDonald is the President and CEO of Onion Flats LLC. Tim is a licensed architect in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1997, with his brother Patrick, he co-founded Onion Flats LLC; a Philadelphia based real estate development/de-sign/build firm. Tim has been an adjunct Professor of Architecture at Philadelphia University, Temple

University, University of Calgary, and University of Pennsylvania. His service and experience extends into his community by holding current positions in the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association Zoning Committee, the Philadelphia Sustainability Advisory Board, as well as a previous position on the Old City Civic Association Board of Directors. As a partner in Onion Flats, Tim’s role is Lead Architect and Construction Manager for many of Onion Flats’ projects. Additionally, Tim is a Certified LEED Accredited Professional and Passive House Certified Consultant and Tradesman.

John Mead

John Mead, founder of Cellar Ridge Construction, brings a unique blend of experience and knowledge to the Green Building industry. John is a fourth-generation carpenter/builder. John attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University. John’s technical background gives him an in-depth

understanding of the physics behind building science. Pursuing his interest in business, John obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from George Fox University: A program with an emphasis on ethical leadership. With Cellar Ridge Construction, John is fulfilling a life-long dream to own and operate a business, while also leaving a positive impact on the world.

Andrew Michler

Andrew Michler is a Certified Passive House Consultant and designed and built the first internationally certified Passive House in Colorado. He is the author of [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture. He has spoken extensively on passive house and design and is the founder of Passive House Rocky Mountains, an advocacy and

education not for profit, located in the Central South-West. Andrew has focused on merging place making and materiality with high performance passive house design.

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. Tomas Mikeska

Tomas Mikeska joined the team at Passive House Institute in 2014. He received his PhD degree in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark in 2015. Tomas has been focusing on energy efficiency in buildings during most of his studies and sees the Passive House concept as a very natural way of buildings. His areas of

expertize are technical installations in buildings with special focus on heating and cooling solutions. At the Passive House Institute, he is involved in the development of certification schemes for heat pumps.

Ryan Militello-Hourigan

Ryan Militello-Hourigan is a registered mechanical engineer in California with four years’ experience in commercial HVAC design and construction in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently researching indoor air quality at the University of Colorado Boulder while working toward a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

His previous work includes buildings of many types with a focus on commercial new-construction that utilized technologies like underfloor air distribution, radiant heating and cooling, and ground-source heating and cooling. Ryan is currently focusing on indoor air quality in passive houses under the advisement of Dr. Shelly Miller. He aims to combine this work with his previous design experience to create healthier, more efficient buildings of all types and sizes.

Miwa Mori

Miwa Mori has studied architecture both in Japan and Germany and is a representative director of Passive House Japan (PHJ), a non-profit organization promoting the design method of Passive House in Japan since 2010. PHJ has trained more than 3,000 experts in the last 7 years and hosted the 2nd Passive House Asia

Conference in Tokyo in 2017. Miwa is also a director of the architectural practice KEY ARCHITECTS Co., Ltd. and involved in several Passive House pilot projects in Japan as a designer and recently completed the first EnerPHit project of the multi-story apartment block. She is certified Passive House designer and visiting professor of the Tohoku University of Art and Design.


Pete Muñoz

Pete is a licensed engineer and certified wastewater treatment plant operator. Pete has been lucky enough to work with some of the most influential green built projects in the United States to create inspirational infrastructure and assist reconnecting our communities with what makes them work. With degrees in Biosystems, Civil

and Environmental Engineering, Pete has been asked to speak around the country on a variety of topics including green infrastructure, regenerative design, and climate change solutions. Pete is a partner in the Alliance for Regeneration and he teaches several water-related courses at Yestermorrow Design/Build in Warren, Vermont.

Brandon Nicholson

Brandon Nicholson is a founding principal of Nicholson Kovalchick (NK) Architects. He is passionate about reducing the impact of buildings on global climate change, utilizing his research and development projects to establish a cost-effective method to deliver net-zero energy buildings now. He and his team have been honored with the 2014

AIA Housing Award for its design of the city of Seattle’s first certified Passive House; showcased in GreenBuilder Media for its design of “Home of the Year” award-winner, Stream Belmont; and named a Circle of Excellence member for its exceptional, forward-thinking approach to management and design.

Tomás O’Leary

Tomás designed, built and lives in the first Certified Passive House in the English-speaking world. An enthusiastic and passionate advocate for all things Passive House, a jovial and motivational educator and presenter, experienced research scientist and environmental entrepreneur. Globally accredited by the Passivhaus Institut as a Certifier of Passive

House buildings and licensed training provider for the Passive House Consultant and Tradesperson programs.

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. Aaron Ordower

Aaron Ordower is a Senior Policy Advisor in the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, where he works on policy development and technical assistance programs related to energy efficiency and clean energy finance. He manages the Retrofit Accelerator’s High Performance Retrofit Track, an initiative to develop pathways to

deep energy retrofits in NYC’s leading buildings. He also coordinates the City’s efforts to establish a Property Assessed Clean Energy program. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Aaron was Program Coordinator for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Green Housing Preservation Program – a first of its kind affordable housing program targeting energy efficiency and water conservation. Before that, he worked on sustainable development investment loans and technical assistance projects in Latin America with the World Bank. Aaron holds a BA from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.

Monte Paulsen

Monte is regarded as one of Canada’s most experienced Passive House professionals. He leads RDH’s Passive House consulting services in British Columbia and facilitates the development of Passive House capacity among RDH teams across Canada and the U.S. Monte has over seven years’ experience in the Passive House industry

and is one of a handful of PHI-accredited Building Certifiers currently operating in Canada.

Clare Parry

Clare is Director and Principal Consultant at Grün Consulting, and Chair of the Australian Passive House Association. She has had a life-long interest in sustainability and design, using holistic approaches to achieve sustainable measures and provide a better outcome in the longer term, both for the building user & the environment. Her focus

is on building performance, and she works extensively with the Passive House standard as a Designer and Certifier.


Andrew Peel

Andrew’s first career was in electrical engineering, prior to taking the leap into sustainability with the completion of a MSc in Renewable Energy. While writing his Master’s thesis, Andrew worked at the Passive House Institute in Germany, where the foundations of his Passive House and energy efficiency expertise were laid. Andrew is a course

instructor for Passive House Canada and one of only a handful of Canadian-based Passive House certifiers accredited by the Passive House Institute. Andrew provides Passive House and sustainability consultancy, certification, and training services to the building sector. Prior to forging out on his own, Andrew worked in a variety of capacities in Europe. These included managing the UK Government’s innovative carbon saving technologies scheme and the Energy Saving Trust’s Best Practice Helpline. He also managed and delivered Passive House, Code for Sustainable Homes, wind turbine development, and thermal modelling projects as well as organizing Passive House study tours. Further activities included contributing to the development of the UK Government’s housing energy calculation methodology (SAP) and the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP).

Chris Petit

While doing research to earn his BA in Biology cum laude from Carleton College, Chris Petit chose to influence the built environment and the way we live, in order to reduce the impact we currently make on the natural world with the way we design, construct, and operate buildings. He honed his sustainable design skills while earning a MS in

Architecture from the University of Minnesota and working as a research assistant for the University’s Center for Sustainable Building Research. In addition to his work with CertiPHIers, Chris teaches sustainable design, building energy-efficiency best practices and auditing, and renewable energy. Chris also has extensive training and teaches democratic group process as a leader with Mutual Aid Networks, Chicago Time Exchange, and the Greater Chicago Dialogue and Deliberation Community of Practice.

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. Gabriel Rojas

Gabriel Rojas is a Post-doc researcher focusing on indoor air quality in highly energy efficient buildings. He received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck, Austria in 2015. During his PhD he investigated optimization potentials for cost-effec-tive Passive House ventilation under the supervi-sion of Prof. Wolfgang Feist. Therein he developed

guidelines for the implementation of the so-called cascade ventilation principle and derived residential ventilation rate recommendations, which are now reflected in the Austrian standard. He won a grant from the Max Kade foundation for a research stay at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, where he is currently studying the performance of recirculating cooktop ventilation devices.

Albert Rooks

Albert Rooks is the owner of the Small Planet Supply. Albert has served on the board of directors of Passive House Northwest from its inception 6 years ago and provided incredible leadership within local, regional, and national passive house and green building communities including the NAPHN and the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild.

Carl-Jan Rupp

Carl-Jan’s passion for understanding human behaviour and interaction motivates him to find creative, cost-effective ways to integrate social gathering and casual learning spaces into projects. Since 2005, he has been managing the growing HCMA Victoria studio and has expertise in recreation, community, aquatic, institutional

and educational design. His extensive experience includes master plans and renovations to aquatic and sports. Carl-Jan is a member of the Esquimalt Design Panel and was previously Vice-Chair of the Saanich Advisory Design Panel. He holds a Masters degree in Architecture and Urban Planning with a specialization in green technology.

Stet Sanborn

Stet Sanborn is a mechanical engineer, licensed Architect and Certified Passive House Consultant with Integral Group. Beyond designing a range of high performance HVAC systems, Stet leads Integral’s efforts in integrating high performance building enclosures and passive design strategies into a wide range of building types in pursuit of

net-zero and net-positive energy. In addition, Stet has also served as a visiting faculty member at the University of California – Berkeley,


College of Environmental Design, where he taught the flagship building science course in the department of Architecture. In addition to deep-green engineering and design, Stet recently was a co-contributor to “The Total Carbon Study,” published by the Ecological Building Network, a case study cataloging the life-cycle carbon savings associated with retrofitting existing buildings into net-positive energy buildings through cost effective energy upgrades.

Marine Sanchez

As principal building physics engineer, Marine has led on the design of Enhabit’s Passivhaus projects since 2011. She has a particular focus on the site delivery of high performance buildings (new-build and retrofit), which starting with the completion of the first EnerPHit retrofit in London. She specializes in fabric efficiency and moisture risk management.

Marine also works with the AECB as a trainer on the Passivhaus designer course and acts as adviser on the CIBSE Board Building Performance Strategy group. Marine holds a Master’s in Sustainable Building, Perfor-mance and Design from the Oxford Brookes School of Architecture and a Master’s in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France.

Zack Semke

Zack specializes in business development catalyze the growth of mission-driven organizations, partic-ularly ones devoted to ultra-low-energy building design and construction. Prior to his position as Chief Marketing Officer with NK Architects, Zack served as Chief Evangelist for the builder Hammer & Hand, helping to garner national recognition for

the firm’s Passivhaus work, including major awards from the US Depart-ment of Energy, the National Institute of Buildings Sciences, the Passive House Institute US, and others. Zack earned his BA from Stanford University in 1993, majoring in Human Biology with a concentration in Human Ecology.

Colin Shane

Colin Shane is a Principal and Senior Project Manager at RDH Building Science Inc. in San Francisco, CA, leading both new construction and rehabilitation building enclosure projects. Colin’s experience is varied and covers all components of the building enclosure including walls, glazing systems, balconies, and roofs, and ranges

geographically across Canada and the United States. Colin has a

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. broad knowledge of building construction and applies building science principles to analyze and design durable, energy efficient building enclosures across the United States and Canada.

Ted Sheridan

Ted has worked with Bill Ryall and Ted Porter since 1994. He earned his Bachelor of Environmental Studies and his Professional Architecture Degree at the University of Waterloo. Previously, he worked for Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in New York and Parkin/Cannon in Los Angeles. Mr. Sheridan has instructed courses on architectural

acoustics and the acoustics of musical instruments at the Parsons School of Design and has lectured on the subject at the University of Virginia, Ryerson University and the University of Toronto.

Brett Singer

Brett Singer is a Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator (PI) in the Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Singer is a Deputy Leader of the Indoor Environment Group and co-leader of Indoor Air Quality research in the Residential Building Systems Group. Dr. Singer has conceived, conducted and led research projects related to

air pollutant emissions, physical-chemical processes, and pollutant exposures in both outdoor and indoor environments. The current focus of Dr. Singer’s work is environmental quality and risk reduction in high performance homes. The ultimate goal of this research is to accelerate the adoption of IAQ, comfort, durability and sustainability measures into new homes and retrofits of existing homes. Brett earned a Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Summa cum Laude, 1991) from Temple.

Tessa Smith

Tessa Smith, CPHC, LEED AP, AIA, is a Principal and Lead Architect at The Artisans Group, a Pas-sive House Design/Build firm. Her award-winning work is seen throughout South Puget Sound and explores issues of human scale, inter connectivity to site, and the beauty of restraint. Tessa regularly presents and educates on Passive House, and is a

founding member of Passive House Northwest. The Artisans Group has designed and built over eighteen Passive Houses, with many more in development. Tessa travels the world, hikes and hangs out with her dog as much as possible.


Christina Snyder

Christina Snyder is a registered architect, licensed builder, and was one of the first Certified Passive House Consultants from the first class taught in the US in 2008. She became accredited by PHI as a building certifier in 2015. She has been certifying buildings through CertiPHIers Cooperative since 2015, but was performing solar site assessment

consultations long before she was aware of the Passive House Standard. She developed her own methodology of using the Solar Pathfinder and the free SketchUp software to model the solar resource on top of buildings that hadn’t yet been built.

Jonah Stanford

After completing studies at The School for the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academy for Art & Design in the Netherlands Jonah founded the design firm NEEDBASED Inc. and for the past eighteen years NEEDBASED has focused on socially and environmentally sustainable designs responsive to need. The firm’s work commonly

achieves Site-Net-Zero-Energy and PH certification and have won na-tional awards for sustainability, including the ECOHOME design award.

Marcel Studer

Marcel Studer is a principal of Econ Group Ltd. He holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (Switzerland). Marcel has lived and worked in Canada for the last 16 years in his capacity as a designer, builder and most recently as a teacher of CanPHI’s Passive House Trades Person Course.

Since 2006 Marcel has been involved in various local PH projects covering design and construction while increasing his skills and knowl-edge in the fields of energy efficiency, building science and construction technology. Marcel also is a board-member of CanPHI West, the not for profit organization promoting the Passive House Standard in BC.

PRESENTER BIO’S CONT. Skylar Swinford

Skylar Swinford is the Principal of Energy Systems Consultants (ESCO), an Idaho-based building energy and enclosure consulting firm. Swinford graduated with a degree in Environmental Science from Willamette University in 2007 and has worked in the high-performance building industry since. He is a Certified Passive House Consultant

and Rater. He has consulted on hundreds of residential and commercial building projects in the Northwest and across North America. This ranges from his work on many Net-Zero Energy and Certified Passive House projects, to the forensic evaluation of failed buildings.

Gwill Symons

Gwill is a UK qualified project architect in Cornerstone with over 10 years’ experience, including work in the UK before joining our firm in 2012. He has experience with a wide range of new development and refurbishment of existing buildings. He is a Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD) and has worked on a number of residential

certifiable Passive House & multi-unit residential buildings in British Columbia in a variety of climates zones. Gwill studied architecture at the University of Wales, Cardiff obtaining his BSc and BA before completing his architectural studies and obtaining his diploma in professional practice in architecture at the University of Westminster in London.

Sven Thesen

Sven Thesen believes that we need to electrify our transportation system as quickly as possible. As a former member of the Business Development team at Better Place, Thesen worked diligently to reduce global dependency on oil through the creation of a market-based transportation infrastructure making electric vehicles more convenient. Prior

to joining Better Place, Thesen ran PG&E’s Electric Drive group, guiding the company to become the first utility to demonstrate vehicle to grid technology. Thesen received his bachelor of science in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. His work in reducing diesel emissions through the electrification of agricultural equipment earned him the 2006 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award.



Germán Velázquez

Germán Velázquez is an architect, Passivhaus Designer and partner of VArquitectos, Spain. This team was founded in 1972, and since then has finished well over 10.000 housings. Germán Velázquez is leading the Passivhaus residential progress in Spain, with the first certified apartment building, the #29Soto, and the soon to be finished

#361Bolueta, with 28 floors and 361 apartments. The team is developing all around the country projects for more than 600 PH housings, a PH Sports Centre, a PH Clinic, some PH retrofits, etc. This activity is complemented with several Passivhaus consulting projects, and with Conferences around Spain and Europe regarding High Efficiency and Passivhaus buildings.

Sylvia Wallis

As a practicing architect with Harley Ellis Devereaux, Sylvia Wallis’s practice centers on sustainable design for educational, civic, and cul-tural facilities, integrating various energy modeling and performance simulation applications into the design process. Sylvia is particularly focused on facilitating an effective migration of Passive House

strategies to Southern California. She has initiated the development of the nascent community of Passive House enthusiasts in Southern California so as to enable the type of information- and experience- sharing that has occurred so successfully in the Bay Area. With common state jurisdictions and utility commissions, sharing in addition between Northern and Southern Californians can only prove beneficial. She has consulted on various Passive House projects in Southern California for both individual and developer clients. She holds Architecture degrees from U.C. Berkeley (Phi Beta Kappa) and Princeton University.

Tim Weyand

Tim is a Principal and the CEO of NK Architects’ Seattle office. He holds a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor’s degree in environmental design from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Previously at HOK, Tim served as Managing Principal of the Seattle office, over-

seeing operations and business development, and expanding its practice within the commercial, transportation, science, and justice markets. Tim is a sought-after expert for his insight on proven strategies for imple-

menting high performance and Passive House design on multifamily urban projects with minimal additional cost. He is an active member of the AIA, ULI, USGBC, and Board President of Passive House Northwest.

Andrea Wickham

Andrea is the City of Vancouver’s Green Buildings Planner. In this role, Andrea is responsible for developing policy and regulations - related to zoning and development - to support the development of green buildings, more specifically, zero emission buildings. Her current projects include developing relaxations to Vancouver’s zoning to facilitate Passive

House building, and exploring policy barriers to Passive House. Previous projects include traditional urban planning projects, major project redevelop-ment in Vancouver’s downtown core, and heritage revitalization work.

Jean Woo

Jean is an advocate for a green and sustainable future. Jean earned an MBA in Sustainable Man-agement at Presidio Graduate School, and is the founder of Custom Power Solar, Inc. Custom Power Solar, founded in 2012, specializes in solar systems with battery energy storage and EV charging with the express purpose of reducing GHG emissions on

a widespread basis, improve the environment, and reduce air pollution and adverse health effects related to air pollution. She is a member of the Board of Directors for NorCal Solar, a non-profit advocacy group that provides a forum for providing education to the public on solar power, renewable energy and energy storage.

Sam Wright

Sam Wright works at the International Living Future Institute where he manages certifications, develops resources, conducts technical consulting, and provides ongoing support for Living Building Challenge projects around the world. Additionally, he works behind the scenes to develop technology platforms and streamline processes to assist teams

in their pursuit of the Challenge. Sam also delivers LBC education to domestic and international audiences via workshops and online webi-nars. Sam is a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor with a background in non-profit program development and implementation. Sam’s career has spanned several continents and industries, taking him from an environmental non-profit and a community-focused cooperative tool library in Vancouver, BC to development-related NGOs in Kenya and Tanzania. Throughout, the overarching theme of his work has been the complementary priorities of social and environmental sustainability. Sam currently volunteers on the Board of both the Whidbey Institute and



Reach Out to Humanity. These volunteer roles blend intensively local community development with internationally-focused humanitarian aid. Sam’s primary focus is supporting Living Building Challenge project teams throughout the course of their effort from beginning to end. He holds a double B.A. in Geography and Philosophy from the University of British Columbia.

Stas Zakrzewski

Stas Zakrzewski received his Bachelors of Architecture degree from University College Dublin in 1992 and his Master of Architecture from Columbia University in 1996 where he graduated with honors for excellence in design. Mr. Zakrzewski started his own practice in 1999 and worked independently until the establishment

of Zakrzewski & Hyde Architects in 2002. Mr. Zakrzewski’s personal interests lie in the pursuit of effective architectural and urban design strategies and creating a synthesis between the design and energy saving features of a project. His facility in detailing brings unique solutions to each design challenge, regardless of budget, scale or program. Mr. Zakrzewski became a certified Passive House Consultant in 2011 and is currently a board member of the non-profit New York Passive House organization.


The Palo Alto Tour – our largest cluster of Passive House buildings in California.

Clarum Homes Office The first commercial Passive House project in California was a gut renovation of an existing warehouse building, transforming it into a 5,800 ft2 office space.

MagicThis ecologically informed intentional community demonstrates how Passive House fits perfectly with high-density cooperative living, hidden in plain sight within a low-density single-family neighborhood. Project Green HomeThis net zero energy family home was the first Passive House in Palo Alto, and continues to explore and experiment with energy and water efficient strategies. This house powers the first public electric vehicle charging station in the country.

Spanish Colonial PassiveThis is merger of Passive House and Spanish Colonial style home. With its 12.6 kW PV array, the home, with its two electric car chargers, operates at net positive energy annually.

TOUR INFOBy popular demand, we have combined and simplified our tours. Please contact us at the registration desk if you would like to change your selection or if you were previously registered on another tour. All tours leave from the front of the conference venue hotel and return via SFO or OAK airports. (See the schedule below.)

Santa Cruz TourPassive by the beach

Midori HausThe millionth square meter of Passive House building, is a renovation of a classic Californian Craftsman Bungalow.

Eco CottageThe exterior insulation and siding of this 1940’s beachside cottage is cork, a sustainable carbon negative material.

Soquel PassiveThis new construction luxury home is located in a wildland-urban interface area and extra attention was given to fire protection measures.

Boarding Departure Airport Marriott

Tour 3: Palo Alto 8:45 – 9:00 9:00 a.m. SFO 3:30 p.m.

OAK 4:15 p.m. 4:50 p.m

Tour 4:Santa Cruz 8:10 – 8:20 8:20 am OAK 4:15 p.m 4:50 p.m


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2 ROXUL 4 Zehnder America, Inc. 5 Solar Technologies 6 Alpen High Performance Products 7 RAB Lighting Inc.

8 Mitsubishi Electric 9 Daikin / Goodman Manufacturing 10 Zola Windows11 Buildings Don’t Lie 12 Sanden International (USA) 13 Ventacity Systems, Inc 14 TallWood Design Institute 15 Passive House Buildings

16 sonnen, Inc. 17 Partel18 America Italiana 19 Minotair Ventilation Inc. (MVI) 20 EuroClime LLC 21 PROSOCO22 Air Treatment Corporation/ SWEGON

23 European Rolling Shutters 24 German System Windows 25 Peak Building Products26 Colmac WaterHeat / Elmco & Associates27 SIGA28 IPS Corp29 Unilux Gmbh30 Messana Radiant Cooling & Clarum Homes31 AEA West32 Eurotek windows33 SDI Insulation IncIZ Build Equinox IZ Nexus eWaterIZ SRP Building Products Inc.IZ Tri-County Insulation & Acoustical ContractorsIZ Fasco America - Beck Fastener GroupIZ IES Ltd.


Grand Ballroom A & B

7:00 AM REGISTRATION OPENS

8:00 AM Welcome - PHCA, NAPHN. & Greetings from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

8.30 AM Message from the State of California - Andrew McAllister, California Energy Commission

8.55 AM Welcome from the Passive House Institute - Dr. Witta Ebel

9.15 AM Keynote Presentation - Scott Foster, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

10.15 AM TOUR OF EXPO & Break in East Hall Expo (1 Hour)

Grand Ballroom (A) Grand Ballroom (B) East Hall (C) 2nd Floor, Rm 208 (D)

11.15 AM. - 12.45 PM

Researching High Performance: A Training Showcase Center & Multifamily Retrofit Feasibility In New York City

Okay, But Will Your Banker Fund It?

Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick: Neighborhood & Regional Plans

Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance: Get The Antidote

12:45 PM BOXED Lunch (1 Hour to enjoy the Farmer's Market Directly Outside)

1.45 PM - 3.15 PM

Passive Goes District Wide: Reaching The Energy & Housing Needs of Tomorrow

Much More Than A Facelift: Home Retrofits For Our New Energy Future

Renewable Storage and the Passive House: In the Driveway, on the Wall, by the Utility or the Building Itself?

POLICY MAKERS SESSIONS (Closed to General Attendees)

3:15 PM Break in EXPO Hall (15 mins)

3.30 PM - 5.00 PM

Clean Air For Healthy Living: Passive House Ventilation & Indoor Pollutants

Forget About The House: Passive Buildings Serve Unexpected Uses

Become Certified, Not "Certifiable": The Ins & Outs of Passive House Building Certification POLICY MAKERS SESSIONS

5:00 - 6.00 PM Cocktail Reception in the Expo Hall

PLENARY PRESENTERSFriday, October 6th



7:30 AM Coffee in EXPO Hall

Grand Ballroom (A) Grand Ballroom (B) East Hall (C) 2nd Floor, Rm 208 (D)

8.30 AM -10.00 AM

The New Power Couple: Passive House & The Renewable Grid

Schools Are Learning To Go Passive

Driving a Passive House Market: Can You Sell What You Can't See?

Net Positive Water and the Living Building Challenge (ILFI Hosted Session)

10.00 AM Break in EXPO Hall (30 mins)

10.30 AM - 12.00 PM

Multifamily Housing: Optimized Affordability Across America

Passive House Across The Pacific: Austrailia, China & Japan

PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed: Windows, Renewable Energy Systems, and Multi-Family Design

Materials, Declare, the Red List, and the Living Building Challenge ((ILFI Hosted Session)

12:00 PM Buffet Lunch served in EXPO Hall (1 Hour)

1.00 PM - 3.15 PM (2hrs 15 mins)

Passive Stands Tall: High Rises In North America & Europe

The American Dream Renewed: Passive House Plus for Everyone

Heat Pumps Are Your Friend: Serving Your Mechanical Needs & The Needs Of Your Power Supply

1.00 PM - 2.10 PM (70 mins)

Net Positive and Zero Energy, Reveal, and the Living Building Challenge (with ‘Crosswalks’ to Passive House) - (ILFI Hosted Session)

2.10 PM - 3.15 PM (65 mins)

Nothing will be Untouched: Passive House, Meet Building Codes & Zero Energy Buildings

3.15:00 PM Break in EXPO Hall (30 mins)


3.45 PM (1 hour) Closing Plenary: Elrond Burrell - The Intoxicating Paradigm of Passive House

4.45 PM Closing Thanks & NAPHN18 Announcement

5.00 PM Informal Evening Social - Location to be Announced at Closing Plenary

PLENARY PRESENTERSSaturday, October 7th


CORE CONFERENCEFRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH

7:00 AMREGISTRATION OPENS

8:00 AMWelcome - PHCA, NAPHN. & Greetings from Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf

8.30 AMMessage from the State of California - Andrew McAllister, California Energy Commission

8:55 AMWelcome from the Passive House Institute - Dr. Witta Ebel

9:15 AMKeynote Presentation - Scott Foster, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

10:15 AMTOUR OF EXPO & Break in East Hall Expo (1 Hour)

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM (Grand Ballroom A)Researching High Performance: A Training Showcase Center & Multifamily Retrofit Feasibility In New York CityBarry McCarron, CREST, Ireland; Yetsuh Frank, Building Energy Exchange, NYC.Building research is yielding practical lessons on both sides of the Atlantic. In New York City, BEEx, in partnership with the Passive House Insitute and Steven Winters Associates, used the PHPP and designPH to develop retrofit strategies for a typical 1-million ft2, 17-story, multifamily building - including step-by-step to accomodate occupied buildings. And in Northern Ireland, CREST, a Centre for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technologies, achieves carbon neutrality by combining efficient technologies like Passive House with PV system that includes ba robotic solar tracker. The building is being monitored for indoor air quality, temperature, energy consumption, energy generation and energy storage.

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM (Grand Ballroom B)Okay, But Will Your Banker Fund It?Brandon Nicholson & Tim Weyand, NK Architects, Tim McDonald, Onion Flats.Many assume that Passive House projects must be particularly finan-cially challenging. And given new low energy incentives and mandates in California and across the continent, developers are increasingly scratching their heads about how they might make it all work. In this presentation and panel discussion, learn from leading developers of cutting-edge Passive House projects across the U.S. and Canada about the strategies they employ to make their projects more profitable than conventional developments. How do they maximize revenue, reduce expenses and leverage green incentives, essentially how do they “do well by doing good?” Panelists will draw on real world examples to illustrate the details of how they minimize project risk and maximize profitability in green development.

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM (East Hall C)Vancouver & NYC Make Passive House Stick: Neighborhood & Regional PlansAndrea Wickham & Chris Higgins, City of Vancouver, Aaron Ordower, NYC Mayor’s Office.Vancouver and New York City are leading North America in aggressively tackling building carbon emissions and looking to Passive House as a mechanism to get the job done. Get the details on how they are man-aging to deploy a wide range of strategies - about the efforts around incentives, codes, zoning and leading by example.

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D)Thermal Bridging Can Poison Passive House Performance: Get The AntidoteColin Shane, RDH; Rolf Jacobson & Chris Petit, CertiPHiersIn striving for continuity in thermal comfort and insulation, lingering therrmal bridges produced by unwitting detail design and construction can undermine the best of intentions and result in mediocre perfor-mance, discomfort and moisture damages. From a demystification of the basics to the latest laboratory research, dive into thermal bridges in case studies, typical details, PHI protocols and the modeling software used to neutralize them. Make thermal bridge-free construction normal.


CORE CONFERENCE CONT.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM (Grand Ballroom A)Passive Goes District Wide: Reaching The Energy & Housing Needs of TomorrowMarine Sanchez, Enhabit; Monte Paulsen, RDH; Mike Eliason, Patano Studio Architecture.Implementation of Passive House is not occuring simply at the building level; entire developments, communities and neighborhoods are being planned and executed. Presenters will take a close look at large scale projects in the UK, and Vancouver, BC, to investigate how partnerships of space, energy and use can promote future flexibility and community.Mr. Eliason explores Baugruppen - an owner-driven multi-family development model being used to reduce development costs and expand urban housing choices.

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM (Grand Ballroom B)Much More Than A Facelift: Home Retrofits For Our New Energy FutureAlbert Rooks, Small Planet Workshop; Stas Zakrzewski, ZH Architects; James Bill, Zero Impact ArchitectsThe home renovation has been too often a slap-dash effort more focused on a cosmetic make-over than a real performance upgrade. Today, Passive House retrofits are demonstrating how even the most decrepit buildings can not only be returned to aesthetic glory but provide state-of-the-art comfort, health and efficiency in an affordable manner. From East Coast wood framed buildings to California bunga-lows, gut retrofits to step-by-step retofits, this presentation will show how the remaking of our existing housing stock is possible.

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM (East Hall C)Renewable Storage and the Passive House: In the Driveway, on the Wall, by the Utility or the Building Itself?Sven Thesen, Project Green Home; Olaf Lohr, Sonnen; Jean Woo, NorCal SolarRenewable energy storage is the key to unlocking our transition to a carbon-free grid, but what are our options for storage? This panel will review the possibilities currently available to us, including EV’s, wall mounted storage and utility scale options. Presenters will look at the financial incentives for adding storage to your home, how it stacks up economically and also review local, regional and grid scale economics, using US and international examples.

1:45 PM - 5:00 PM (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D)POLICY MAKERS SESSIONS

3:15:00 PMBreak in EXPO Hall (15 mins)

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Grand Ballroom A)Clean Air For Healthy Living: Passive House Ventilation & Indoor PollutantsMonte Paulsen, RDH; Christina Snyder, CertiPHiers; Ryan Militello-Hourig-an, University of Colorado; Brett Singer & Gabriel Rojas, LBNLPassive House people understand that high-efficiency heat recovery combined with continuous, distributed and balanced air flow is the basis of high quality ventilation and indoor air quality. Yet questions remain. What about kitchen ventilation? Find out which pollutants commonly follow cooking and the strategies to mitigate them. What about radon? learn how to plan for radon mitigation and take remedial action if discovered too late. Look at collected data and see how common indoor air pollutants impact air quality.

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Grand Ballroom B)Forget About The House: Passive Buildings Serve Unexpected UsesAndrew Peel, Peel Passive House Consulting; Stuart Hood, Integral; Carl-Jan Rupp, HCMA Architecture + Design.A simple idea is powerful when it is adaptable. Passive House shows its inherent usefulness, not just when applied to housing, but also with a variety of new occupancy types. A Passive House manufacturing facility in Ontario? Fire Houses in Vancouver? A recreation center in Canada? Find out what’s familiar, what’s new and what specific strategies are necessary to adapt and make such Passive House buildings.

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (East Hall C) Become Certified, Not “Certifiable”: The Ins & Outs of Passive House Building CertificationTad Everhart, CertiPHiers; Tomas O’Leary, Passive House AcademyWe often look for Certified labels, be they Organic, Fair Trade or others, because they ensure a clear level of quality. They help transform a market. Passive House building certification is no different. Members of the North American Certifiers Circle, will demystify the certification process and demonstrate recent improvements: What works and what doesn’t; Short cuts, dead ends, and the 10 most common PHPP mistakes to avoid; PHI’s interactive online certification platform.


5:00 - 6:00 PMCocktail Reception in the Expo Hall

6:30 PM - 10:30 PMFormal Evening Dinner at Hangar One Distillery with Special Guests (Separate Ticket Purchase Required)

CORE CONFERENCE CONT.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH

DISTILLERY DINNER Hangar 1 Distillery, 2505 Monarch Street, Alameda Island

Directions:Our less-formal evening dinner is a seventeen minute bicycle ride from the conference hotel (including a short ferry ride) or a nine-minute taxi or ride-share journey.

7:30 AMCoffee in EXPO Hall

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (Grand Ballroom A)The New Power Couple: Passive House & The Renewable GridZack Semke, NK Architects; Stefan Gracik & Stet Sanborn, Integral Group; Jessica Grove-Smith, PHIRenewables alone are not enough to address the climate crisis. Exactly how far can renewables plus storage get us? What role must buildings play? Renewable energy penetration into the California electric grid has been rapid, exacerbating issues around the daily and seasonal shifting of grid demand by the imperfect overlay of sunlight supply and energy demand. Can Passive House dampen the intensity of the shifting grid demand? And what role can Primary Energy Renwable targets of Pas-sive House have in smoothing the transition to an all renewable grid?

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (Grand Ballroom B)Schools Are Learning To Go PassiveFiona Brazil, South West College, Enniskillen, Ireland; Sylvia Wallis, HED ArchitectsPassive House schools are an education for all and K-12 schools have an expansive impact on a community. The Advanced Energy Design Guide targeting Zero Energy performance through acollaboration between the AIA, ASHRAE, IES, and USGBC - with Passive House a natural fit - has targeted K-12 schools first. Across the Atlantic, a new 8,200-m2 college campus building, designed to meet PassivHaus Premium and BREE-AM Outstanding standards, is due to start construction in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland at the end of this year. This exceedingly high-perform-ing building will be welcoming students and influencing the community every step of the way. Learn about this remarkable design.

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (East Hall C)Driving a Passive House Market: Can You Sell What You Can’t See?Debra Little, AjO; Andreas Benzing, Stas ZakrzewskiHigh efficiency and comfort push sales of Passive House buildings to new heights. Or that’s the theory anyway Come learn how experiences compare to expectations and what is driving demand for highly efficient homes. Spoiler alert: Homeowners and builders deserve the certainty that their investments will pay off, but too often real estate agents,

CORE CONFERENCESATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH


appraisers, and lenders don’t recognize high performance assets’ contributions to value. Accessibility of home performance data is a crucial element in the solution. The good news is that the home perfor-mance data network has started to be framed up. Come find out more.

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D) Net Positive Water and the Living Building Challenge (ILFI Hosted Session)Brad Liljequist, International Living Future Institute; Pete Muñoz, Biohabitats; Josiah Cain, Sherwood Design Engineers, Kenner Kingston, Architectural NexusThe Living Building Challenge sets a powerful end vision for buildings and their water performance: harvest all you need from the site, treat all used water onsite and turn it into an asset, and maintain the site’s predevelopment hydrology. This session will unpack the LBC’s Water Petal, and then do deep dives on real projects by two of the foremost high performance water practitioners in North America as well as the Arch/Nexus headquarters, aiming to be the first Living Building in the State of California.

10:00 AMBreak in EXPO Hall (30 mins)

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Grand Ballroom A)Multifamily Housing: Optimized Affordability Across AmericaTim McDonald, Onion Flats; Scott Short, Ridgewood BushwickThe need for quality affordable multifamily housing that can withstand increasingly extreme and volatile weather and adapt to climate impacts is a key challenge for the 21st century. This session will explore how the building community is addressing the affordable housing challenge, including key lessons learned from the first 7 PHFA funded Passive House projects, and what various states have done to incorporate Passive House incentives into state Qualified Allocation Plans. The session will also look at the potential for retrofiting existing affordable housing to Passive House standards and learn how it can all make sense.

CORE CONFERENCE CONT.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Grand Ballroom B)

Passive House Across The Pacific: Austrailia, China & JapanClare Parry, Grün Consulting; Prof. Yuanchen Cui, Chinese Passive Integrated Building Materials Industry Association; Miwa Mori, Passive House JapanNothing signifies the Passive House Standard’s global reach more than the activity around the Pacific Rim. From California and Britiish Columbia to Japan, China and Australia - practitioners not only share a common understanding of building physics but can learn from each other in their practical application under a diverse set of circumstances. Battle humdity in Japan, understand the fits-and-starts of the mas-sive Chinese market, and dive into the struggle to find answers across Australia’s climate zones and building practices through commercial, multi-family residential, and education projects.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (East Hall C) PHPP Modeling Secrets Revealed: Windows, Renewable Energy Systems, and Multi-Family DesignChristina Snyder, CertiPHiers; Andrew Peel, Peel Passive; Dylan Lamar, Green HammerThe PHPP is the one irreducable tool for making Passive House buildings. Mastering its meaning, its many levers and minipulation is an important part of producing timely and sophisticated designs that deliv-er energy performance and cost optimization. A Net Zero Energy 16-unit Courtyard Housing scheme will be featured. Use of the PHPP Variants sheet to model 5 separate structures with one PHPP; Value-engineered envelope details will be reviewed; common mistakes in implementing renewable energy systems made; how solar thermal and PV systems can help a passive house achieve the basic level the various levels of certification; and look into how manufacturerd windows perform relative to Passive House requirements in the PHPP.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D) Materials, Declare, the Red List, and the Living Building Challenge ((ILFI Hosted Session)Sam Wright, Living Building Challenge; Albert Rooks, Small Planet Supply; Jake Boyer, Prosoco; Kenner Kingston, ArchNexusThe Living Building Challenge seeks to eliminate all toxins in the built environment. It approaches this through The Red List, a set of chemicals to be avoided, as well as Declare, a building ingredients declaration label. This session will do a brief overview of the Living Building Challenge’s materials requirements and Declare, and then turn


to two practitioners which have extensively used the ILFI materials systems to reduce toxicity in their own products, as well as the application of the Materials Petal to the Arch/Nexus headquarters, first building targeting Living Building certification in California State.

12:00 PMBuffet Lunch served in EXPO Hall (1 Hour)

1:00 - 3:15 PM (2hrs 15mins) (Grand Ballroom A)Passive Stands Tall: High Rises In North America & EuropeGerman Velasquez-Arizmendi, VArquitectos; Eric Catania, RDH; Lois Arena, Steven Winters AssociatesHigh rises are climbing. The world’s tallest Passive House building was first in Vienna, then New York City, and soon Bilbao. Who knows where next, possibly Vancouver. Come hear the leading practitioners of tall tell all. The Bilbao building, under construction, is a 361-unit social housing project distributed across two different buildings, the first with 28 floors, the second with 31. In New York City, the Passive House high-rise field is starting to be crowded, allowing for the sharing of diverse tips and tricks to successfully completing large projects. In Vancouver, a high-rise feasibility study addresses infill site conditions that can restrict options for a high performance enclosure, meeting PE/PER targets with small suite layouts. And so much more!

1:00 - 3:15 PM (2hrs 15mins) (Grand Ballroom B)The American Dream Renewed: Passive House Plus for EveryoneMarcel Studer, Econ Group Ltd; Michael Ingui, Baxt Ingui; John Mead, Cellar Ridge Construction and Matt Daby, MODaby Design; Tim Eian, TE StudiosThe single family home looms large in the American psyche. How is our push toward efficiency and renewalbes chaning the expectations of what that iconic middle class structure should deliver? How is Passive House Plus providing answers? Find out - with examples from coast-to-coast. Find out what techniques worked, what would be done differently, and what is the best way to sell Passive House into the great Amerrican home market of, owners, developers and contractors.

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1:00 - 3:15 PM (2hrs 15mins) (East Hall C)Heat Pumps Are Your Friend: Serving Your Mechanical Needs & The Needs Of Your Power SupplyDan Johnson, Beyond Efficiency; Ken Eklund; Stefan Gracik, Integral; Tomas Mikeska, PHIHow can Passive House buildings mitigate the time-of-day discrepan-cy between renewable supply and onsite demand and move towards carbon neutrality? We need to consider the advantages of executing a perfect 180 from the traditional mindset of load shifting to the night to load shifting to times when renewable systems are generating. Heat pump water heating can be an ally in this effort. Four cases in the Bay Area and several more from the Bay Area to British Columbia will show how. Monitored energy consumption, occupant experience, and lessons learned will be presented. Explore Passive House’s potential role in evening out grid discrepancies, and contribute to achieving ZNE without exacerbating grid stress.

1:00 - 2:10 PM (70 mins) (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D) Net Positive and Zero Energy, Reveal, and the Living Building Challenge (with ‘Crosswalks’ to Passive House) - (ILFI Hosted Session)Brad Liljequist, International Living Future Institute; Bronwyn Barry, NAPHNThe ILFI plays a leading role in the world of high performance buildings, through the Living Building Challenge, Zero Energy certification, and Reveal energy performance label, as well as extensive education, capacity building, and advocacy consulting. The ILFI’s Zero Energy Director will share the full range of its current activities as well as new directions. The session will finish with a conversation between NAPHN and the ILFI about collaboration and connections between the ILFI Zero Energy and Passive Plus certifications.

2:10 PM - 3:15 PM (65 mins) (2nd Floor, Rm 208, D)Nothing will be Untouched: Passive House, Meet Building Codes & Zero Energy BuildingsMark Lyles, New Buildings Institute; Monte Paulsen, RDHModel energy codes and standards are not moving fast enough to meet the climate crisis. Why is this? What are the legal and technical constraints faced by the current model codes and standards? How can we transition to codes and standards that have the ability to achieve zero energy goals by significantly improving whole building energy performance? How can Passive House overcome the limitations of our model codes and standards? With the release of Passive House Plus and Passive House Premium, renewable energy generation is now


included. Currently, where and if these buildings meet the ZEB standard is unknown. What does it mean to meet Passive House Plus/Premium certification levels and how does it compare to similar buildings that can be described as “net-zero energy”? This session will attempt to provide answers.

3:15:00 PMBreak in EXPO Hall (30 mins)

3:45 PM (1 HOUR)Closing Plenary: Elrond Burrell - The Intoxicating Paradigm of Passive House

4:45 PM Closing Thanks & NAPHN18 Announcement

5:00 PM Informal Evening Social - Location to be Announced at Closing Plenary

CORE CONFERENCE CONT.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH EVENING EVENTS

PRE-CONFERENCE RECEPTION Pacific Energy Center851 Howard Street, San Francisco

Directions: Take the BART train to the Powell Street Station in San Francisco and walk two blocks south to Howard Street.

Join us for a free evening reception to launch our Ice Box Challenge.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM The Exploratorium Pier 17, San Francisco Pre-purchased tickets will be available for pickup at the above Reception or under your name at the Museum will-call office after 7.30pm.

Directions: Take BART to the Embarcadero Station in San Francisco. Wall north to Pier 17 along the waterfront.


ICE BOX CHALLENGE

A Live Challenge Between a Passive House and a Code Building, The Ice Box Challenge is a head-turning comparison featuring two display boxes—one built to the Passive House standard and the other to California’s building code—each box housing a large slab of ice.

How much ice will remain in each box after 5 days?

How much ice will remain after 5 days?Take the Challenge! Cash Prize $475

WWW.OAKLAND.ICEBOXCHALLENGE.COMLog on & submit your guess for free! October 4-9

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The Ice Box Challenge is a collaboration of Passive House grassroots support- from the Bay Area & beyond!

Design• Stet Sanborn• Nabih & Margaritha Tahan• HB+A Architects• Assembly Design• Bronwyn Barry, Passive

House BB• Graham Irwin, AIA• Essential Habitat Architecture

Design & Build• Kenwood Construction

Services, Inc.• Christopher POLK Design/Build• Home Energy Services• Ultimate Home Performance Other• Tom White• Raymond Richard Neutra MD• Jack Carrerow• Laney College Carpentry

Program

Consulting• Emu Systems• Beyond Efficiency

Manufacturing & Supply• Alpen Windows• 475 High Performance

Building Supply• Roxul• Fundermax• BECK Fastener Group• Construction Progress

for Home, Building, and Automation

• WAREMA SunLight Manager• Variotherm• Curtis Stewart // Certain • Teed Gypsum• Milgard Windows & Doors

A Thank You to Our Supporters:Liz Radtke, Molly Miller, Gabe Taylor, Sarah Deeds ArchitectLizzie Adams, Griffin Hagle


THANKS TO OUR KEY SPONSORS: HOSPITALITY:

SUPPORTERS:

INNOVATION ZONE:

• Build Equinox

• Nexus eWater

• SRP Building Products

• Tri-County Insulation & Acoustical Contractors

• Nexus eWater

• Fasco America - Beck Fastener Group


VENDOR SPONSORS


NOTESSpecial Thanks to our Volunteer Committees, whose efforts have made this event possible:

Executive:

Bronwyn Barry PHCA Board, NAPHN Board

Lizzie Adams PHCA Board

Rob Nicely

Ken LevensonNAPHN Board

Programming:

Ken LevensonNAPHN Board

Mary James

Media & Marketing:

Maya Ezzeddine

Melanie Bretz

Ice Box Challenge:

Nabih Tahan

Ashley Murphree

Karl Seelbach

Mitch Greene

Ed May

Gwen Fuertes

Sponsorship:

Rob Nicely

Jay Gentry

Xavier Gaucher PHCA Board

Brian RubinPHCA Board

Tours:

Chie Kawahara

Jane Melia PHCA Board

Luke Morton

Peter Calvin PHCA Board

Policy Track:

Rob BernhardtNAPHN Board

Nick Young PHCA Board

Special Thanks:To the Urban Fabrick staff for their extra help at the Distillery Dinner and elsewhere.

Steffi Sauer for her awesome graphic design work.John Schatz for his delightful webmastery.


With thanks to our partners, collaborators and media partners:

Hosted by Passive House California For more information on the event please email us at: [email protected]

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