Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Ralph DiNola, Chief Executive Officer of New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Ralph shares what's coming for NBI and what he sees on the horizon for building decarbonization in the United States. The importance and challenge of building retrofits loom large in the conversation. New Buildings Institute ...
Jan 02, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 120
Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Mark Lyles, Senior Project Manager at New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Mark shares news from NBI's work on the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), his work helping to develop ASHRAE's Passive Building Standard (227p), his thoughts about the interplay between performance-based and prescri...
Dec 24, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Josh Salinger, founder and principal of Birdsmouth Design-Build in Portland, Oregon. Josh shares his journey from student of science, to bartender, to builder, to leader of a mission-driven design-build firm, to dedicated communicator about how to address the climate crisis by improving the built environment. Passive House features prominently in this story. Oregon DEQ (Dept. of Environmental Quality) case study on low carbon concrete: https://w...
Dec 19, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Cohost Zack Semke interviews Amy Failla, Principal at Baxt Ingui Architects, the NYC-based firm known for its Passive House retrofits of historic buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and beyond. Amy shares about how she was drawn to architecture as a young child, how she made the leap from architecture school straight to Baxt Ingui, her recent work managing the Engine 16 project (a Passive House retrofit of an historic firehouse into a 6-unit multifamily building), and her role on the board of Pass...
Dec 12, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 117
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews Michael Hindle of Passive to Positive. https://www.passivetopositive.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest pro...
Dec 07, 2022•14 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Bronwyn Barry, principal of Passive House BB and longtime board member and leader at The Passive House Network. The two dive into Bronwyn's recent presentation to COP27 in Egypt about the mutually supportive role that the international Passive House standard and building energy code development can play. She shares an analogy of Passive House as high-speed rail and code development as the local train; both are important, both ultimatel...
Dec 05, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 116
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Mark Ginsberg, Partner at Curtis + Ginsberg Architects. https://www.cplusga.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programmin...
Dec 02, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Dan Whitmore, longtime passive building trainer and Phius board member. Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit ...
Dec 01, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Julie Klump of POAH. https://www.poah.org/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit...
Nov 30, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh Ryan Abendroth of Passive Energy Designs and Stefan Goebel of Goebel Consulting Group. https://www.passiveenergydesigns.com/ https://www.gcg-us.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about P...
Nov 29, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews Lauren Thomsen, architect and principal at Lauren Thomsen Design. The two discuss Lauren's attraction to architecture at a young age, her fine arts training in Paris, and her journey to Passive House as an architect, including the Northern Liberties Passive House in Philadelphia. Link to the Grand Designs New Zealand episode that co-host Matthew Cutler-Welsh shares in the intro: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/grand-designs/130537676/g...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 115
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews keynote speaker Graham Irwin of Essential Habitat Architecture. http://www.essentialhabitat.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our l...
Nov 25, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Lois Vitt Sale of Wight & Company. https://www.wightco.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our late...
Nov 24, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews keynote speaker John Woelfling of Dattner Architects. https://www.dattner.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming,...
Nov 23, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Christoph Stump of Trinity Financial. http://www.trinityfinancial.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of o...
Nov 22, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Passive House Podcast co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Zoe Kaufman of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory). As a research engineer, Zoe focuses on guiding building fabrication toward replicable, low-carbon design. In her conversation with Mary and Ilka, Zoe shares her collegiate experience in the Solar Decathlon, and her subsequent work at the Levy Partnership and Bright Power in New York City. She also dives into her work at NREL doing hygrothermal modeling in the context o...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 114
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Marine Sanchez of RDH Building Science. https://www.rdh.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit passivehous...
Nov 18, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Dylan Ingui, featured speaker at PhiusCon Youth and incoming freshman at the University of Michigan. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-ingui/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more abo...
Nov 18, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews PhiusCon 2022 keynote speaker Andreas Holm of FIW Munich. https://fiw-muenchen.de/de Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest progra...
Nov 16, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's director of publications Mary James interviews Beth Campbell of Unity Homes. https://unityhomes.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest programming, visit pass...
Nov 15, 2022•16 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Passive House Podcast o-host Mathew Cutler-Welsh sits down with Clint Gollop, of CBG Construction. Clint, an eighth-generation builder based in Wanaka, New Zealand, speaks about his introduction to Passive House, becoming a Passive House Tradesperson, and the shift in the general public’s understanding of what makes a well-functioning home. Links to upcoming Passive House and Passive House-adjacent events: https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-november-14-2022 A parti...
Nov 14, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 113
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Sam McAfee, NYC/LA Regional Sales Manager with Zola Windows. https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest p...
Nov 11, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Sloan Ritchie, President of Cascade Built, the Seattle-based Passive House builder and developer. https://www.cascadebuilt.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive Hou...
Nov 10, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's director of publications Mary James interviews Tessa Bradley, co-owner of Artisans Group. https://artisansgroup.com/ Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/ Thank you for listening to the Passive House Podcast! To learn more about Passive House and to stay abreast of our latest program...
Nov 09, 2022•9 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Mariana Pickering, co-founder of Emu Passive based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Emu Passive trains the trades in Passive House construction and provides Passive House consulting services. Mariana shares about what's new in Emu's work, including reflections on Emu's recent tradesperson training held in Santa Barbara. She also discusses the recent Marshall Fire outside of Denver, the ongoing rebuilding effort there, and the role that Colorado's Pass...
Nov 07, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke catches up with Mahnaz Nikbakht and Robert Blount of ROCKWOOL North America. The three discuss the personal Passive House advocacy of both Mahnaz and Robert, the product innovations and design guidance offered by ROCKWOOL, and the application of mineral wool in two major projects (the Ken Soble Tower retrofit in Ontario and the Winthrop Center Passive House office tower in Boston). After their interview, cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh catches up with Robert i...
Nov 03, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Kim Dupont-Madinier of Atelier Dupont-Madinier. Kim shares about her work weaving textiles into architecture, as well as her exploration of incorporating Passive House into traditional Mongolian architecture. Matthew Cutler-Welsh and Zack Semke join Mary and Ilka in person at the PhiusCon conference in Chicago to record the intro and outro of this episode. Atelier Dupont-Madinier: https://www.dupontmadinier.com/ For links to upcoming Passive House events: ht...
Oct 31, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Zack interviews Lisa White, Associate Director at Phius, about her 10-year service there, the role of passive buildings in supporting and accelerating the clean energy transition, the new ASHRAE passive building standard underway, and the big Phius conference coming up this week in Chicago, PhiusCon. Info about ASHRAE 227P: https://www.ashrae.org/news/esociety/new-ashrae-passive-building-standard-to-boost-use-of-strategy Notable Passive House news stories this week: https://www.fastcompany.com/9...
Oct 24, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke catches up with co-founder and CEO of Glavel , Rob Conboy. The two discuss the new production facility for the foam glass gravel manufacturer, based in Vermont, and the steps Glavel has taken to produce its product with clean energy, dramatically reducing the embodied carbon of the material. Rob shares what advice he would give his past self as he was just getting started with building Glavel, as well as Glavel's work in progressive hiring practices. He al...
Oct 20, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Matthew interviews Enda McDonagh , Certified Passive House Consultant and principal at Montgomery Sisam Architects. Enda studied and worked as Architectural Technician in Dublin where he developed a passion for detailing. In 2010 he moved to Toronto, Canada where he has worked at Montgomery Sisam ever since. His portfolio includes projects for the education, supportive housing, and mental health sectors. Montgomery Sisam is currently working on an affordable housing development in downtown Hamil...
Oct 17, 2022•50 min•Season 109Ep. 3
