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The American Passive House Network would like to support and encourage designers to show and share their work with other designers. To build more Passive Houses, designers should have the best tools available and often those new tools are created in our own community. How can we help potential clients choose to build Passive Houses? The success rate of building Passive House projects is largely based on the ability of the designer to convey the range of benefits to the owner. Making an effective cost argument is challenging, but remains a central point of the decision. A good dashboard can powerfully convey the benefits of Passive House while also making a successful cost argument. The result? More Passive Houses are built. Show your dashboards: Are you one of the many talented practitioners among us who has created additional tools that work above, next to, or in conjunction with the PHPP to collect and graphically display key data on a single page? Enter the contest to win money, prizes, and serious bragging rights. Be generous - give away your work: A high tide floats all boats. We encourage you to offer your creation to others in our community. The goal of the contest is to improve our national ability to perform quick comparison studies and to showcase the most effective methods to gather and present complex technical information to clients, who are often unfamiliar with the options and the long term impact of their choices. Alternatively, you could choose to offer your dashboard for a fee. Such a transaction would take place between the tool designer and buyer and would remain outside of the contest and APHN. Help build the next version of the PHPP. This contest has the approval of the Passive House Institute (PHI) Darmstadt. The PHPP is not a static tool, and the PHI will review the innovations demonstrated in the entries. Your dashboard features could become standard in the next PHPP update! Be respectful of the PHPP. Since the PHPP is the creation and property of the PHI, the question comes: "What is ok?" The answer is that innovation that does not change that PHPP's calculation is encouraged. In practical terms this means that it is not ok to change or modify cells or calculations within the PHPP. It is ok to build new files or sheets outside of the PHPP Calculator that may link back and harvest data without changing it. (Source: Albert Rooks, The Small Planet Workshop in conference with PHI) Enter the contest: Here is the entry form. Please fill it out and email a JPEG or PDF of a screen shot of your dashboard that we can post as an image. Please give as much info as you can on the three key questions: What does it do? How does it work? How hard was it to make? If you enter, know the rules: By submitting an entry, I am guaranteeing that the submission is my original work and that the entry is not in violation of any copyright, trademark, or other applicable law. I authorize APHN to publish my work on the APHN website. I am aware that others may see and copy my ideas, which is the goal of the contest. I am responsible for any dashboard files that I share. APHN is not responsible for maintenance or performance of any dashboard file, or damage to a user’s PHPP sustained by a shared dashboard.
Wed 06.06.2012
AIA CES: 7.5 LUs | 7.5 HSW | 7.5 SDWhen: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
Where: At The Center
Spend the day with Dr. Straube learning about high performance buildings and Passive House.
PH and high performance net zero capable buildings share many of the same goals and use common strategies. However, there are differences some significant. This seminar will compare and contrast high performance net zero energy building design to the PH approach by looking at specific building types, occupancy, and components. In the process, you will learn the fundamentals of high performance design and gain an understanding of the tradeoffs and practicalities that can be encountered.
As he always does, John will provide thought provoking examples and analysis to shed light on what is truly important in a high performance building design.
Speaker Bio
John Straube is a principal of Building Science Corporation and a professor of building science in the Civil Engineering Department and School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Straube has acted as an educator, researcher, consultant and expert witness on energy efficiency, durability and IAQ. Current interests include the optimal system design of buildings, sustainable buildings, and moisture problem avoidance.
Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training in New York City
21 - 25 May 2012
The world renowned Passive House Academy (PHA) in collaboration with the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) is delighted to announce details of it’s first Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training course starting 21 May, in New York.
The five day course aimed at building contractors and professionals is accredited by the Passive House Institute and takes place at the Association for Energy Affordability, 1695 Boone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460. Over the five days participants will be offered a unique and invaluable insight and experience into the fundamentals and techniques in building Passive Houses. Today, the passive house standard is recognized globally as the leading benchmark for building energy performance and is fast becoming the preferred choice in providing high quality, high efficiency, dynamic and cost effective solutions for US home owners and businesses.
The training course is delivered by internationally acclaimed and experienced trainers from the Passive House Academy who developed the world’s first internationally accredited Passive House Tradesperson course. The five day course focuses on the building envelope and combines classroom lectures with practical hands-on training. Participants will also have the opportunity to sit and pass an exam that ultimately provides participants with world wide recognition as Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Learning Objectives:
Certification:
On successfully passing the exam, participants will receive international accreditation from the Passivhaus Institut as Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Classroom Sessions:
May 21 – May 24th each day starts at 9am and ends at 6pm. On the last day we will start at 9am and end at 12pm (midday).
Course Costs – the costs for the training course is $1350 and the exam is an additional $350
Places are limited and early booking is advised to avoid disappointment – click here for further details including details on how to register.
If you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact me direct by email; alternatively please contact training coordinator Martha Pena, Tel 718-292-6733 x 8023 or email Martha at traininginfo@aeanyc.org
Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training in New York City
21 - 25 May 2012
The world renowned Passive House Academy (PHA) in collaboration with the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) is delighted to announce details of it’s first Certified Passive House Tradesperson Training course starting 21 May, in New York.
The five day course aimed at building contractors and professionals is accredited by the Passive House Institute and takes place at the Association for Energy Affordability, 1695 Boone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460. Over the five days participants will be offered a unique and invaluable insight and experience into the fundamentals and techniques in building Passive Houses. Today, the passive house standard is recognized globally as the leading benchmark for building energy performance and is fast becoming the preferred choice in providing high quality, high efficiency, dynamic and cost effective solutions for US home owners and businesses.
The training course is delivered by internationally acclaimed and experienced trainers from the Passive House Academy who developed the world’s first internationally accredited Passive House Tradesperson course. The five day course focuses on the building envelope and combines classroom lectures with practical hands-on training. Participants will also have the opportunity to sit and pass an exam that ultimately provides participants with world wide recognition as Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Learning Objectives:
- Definition of Passive House and basic principles of designing a Passive House.
- Understand the importance of thermal bridging and airtightness.
- Locate the correct positioning of the airtightness layer in relation to the insulation, and structural layers in a range of typical construction types.
- Demonstrate correct installation of insulation materials, and air tightness membranes.
- Outline the steps and procedures involved in the performance of an airtightness test using the Passive House methodology, and blower door technology.
- Identify suitable Passive House glazing, and frame types.
- Practice optimal fitting techniques, and calculate associated thermal bridge values.
- Identify and accurately interpret data from the PHPP files to determine construction details.
Certification:
On successfully passing the exam, participants will receive international accreditation from the Passivhaus Institut as Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Classroom Sessions:
May 21 – May 24th each day starts at 9am and ends at 6pm. On the last day we will start at 9am and end at 12pm (midday).
Course Costs – the costs for the training course is $1350 and the exam is an additional $350
Places are limited and early booking is advised to avoid disappointment – click here for further details including details on how to register.
If you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact me direct by email; alternatively please contact training coordinator Martha Pena, Tel 718-292-6733 x 8023 or email Martha at traininginfo@aeanyc.org