Presentations, Reports, Research
Passive How?
Municipalities are increasingly adopting Passive House as a means to comply with building codes or qualify for tax incentives. And savvy designers and their clients…
Decarbonization Debunked
As we attempt to slow and reverse global climate change, we are pushing hard as a society on decarbonization strategies to prevent excess carbon from…
Philly’s Living Future – Let’s Do More Good
As part of 2021’s Design Philadelpha, Drew and Kristen provided their insights in a pecha kucha format in response to the prompt, “What’s next for…
Let’s Talk Trash – Construction Waste in a Post-Recycling Era
News surrounding recycling in the US has increased public demand for transparency from an industry that has, for too long, remained hidden behind a trusted…
An Architect’s View on Embodied Carbon
Presented as part of Green Building United’s 2019 Materials Summit, this presentation looks at embodied carbon through the lens of the architect practitioner. Utilizing Re:Vision…
Net-Zero Energy For Small Office Buildings
Although nearly 1/3 of US commercial office space is in buildings smaller than 25,000 square feet, net-zero energy(NZE) dialogue and research on small office buildings…
Passive House Verification – What to Expect When You’re Expecting
This presentation focuses on the technical requirements of PHIUS verification for both single family and multifamily dwellings. While some requirements, such as blower door testing,…
Thinking in Assemblies: Making Better Material Choices
Assemblies like the wall section are fundamental to how we construct our buildings. Selecting materials has most commonly been driven by performance, cost and aesthetics….
Spaghetti Carbon Era: Operational & Embodied Carbon
Passive House is fundamentally a tool for combating global climate change by reducing carbon emissions; however, as a system, Passive House focuses on reducing operational…
Cost, Influence, and the Triple Bottom LIne
This presentation focuses on a simple diagrammatic concept which has become ubiquitous in both academia and the design and building industry – the MacLeamy Curve…