Presentation Overview:

Passive House tends to be associated with residential building but one can certify all types commercial buildings from student dorms to office spaces. Join PHN board member, Lois Arena, as she dives into the basic principles of Passive House building and also illustrates the core concepts through numerous big building case studies. 

Presentation Topics:

Understand that the PH standard applies to any building type Identify how you move forward with a challenging typology
List one of the main challenges in meeting the standard for:
High Rise Apartments
Hotel
Office Space
Industrial buildings
Say “Yes!” to your next challenging PH project

Speaker Bio:

Lois Arena, Director of Passive House Services at Steven Winter Associates, Inc., possesses over 25 years experience in the building science field and has extensive experience with new and existing buildings.  Lois holds both US and international Passive House consultant certifications and is currently consulting on some of the largest and most difficult Passive House projects in the world.  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 conferences and private firms around the world to discuss the benefits of and road blocks to PH adoption.