Archdaily Passive House Competition for New Orleans http://tiny.cc/v0eb6

Jason Andersen send NYPH this competition on Archdaily for New Orleans/PH, thanks for the tip.
http://www.archdaily.com/125478/challenge-design-a-passive-house-for-new-orleans/

Architecture 2030 has changed the way we look at buildings. Recognizing that the building sector is BOTH the
problem and the solution Design By Many has media partnered with ArchDaily to issue the following Challenge:
Design a Passive House for New Orleans, sponsored by HP.

According to Architecture 2030 and the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the building sector consumes two-
thirds (77%) of all electricity produced in the U.S. and is responsible for producing nearly half (46.9%) of U.S. CO2
emissions in 2009.

The technologies necessary to achieve significant energy reductions in buildings are cheap and readily available: no
exotic mechanical systems or costly renewable energy sources are needed. These technologies have already been
successfully applied to achieve dramatic reductions in tens of thousands of buildings across Europe and North
America using the Passive House Standard, the world’s most rigorous building energy standard

This Challenge, coinciding with the 2011 AIA National Convention, seeks to address this issue directly by engaging
the design community in developing a series of affordable, low-energy, single-family homes for the communities
in New Orleans that are still recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. The homes that are
rebuilt in these communities will need to be sustainable in the broadest sense of the term: affordable to build and
purchase, long-lasting, with minimal impact on the local environment, and affordable to heat and cool throughout
the life of the building. Adhering our Challenge Objectives to the Passive House Standard will insure that all of
these goals are met.

Prizes include an HP Designjet T2300 PostScript eMFP (nearly $10,000 value), a feature on DesignReform on the
first day of the AIA National Convention in New Orleans (May 12th), AND the winner will also receive a feature
on ArchDaily.