New York Passive House Presents: 2012 Passive House Symposium Get the NYPH monthly newsletter: NY Passive House (NYPH) is an independent non-for-profit organization working to promote a healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient built environment through the promotion of the Passive House building standard. Formed in 2010, NYPH is supported by member dues and industry sponsors. NYPH facilitates the exchange of information and experiences, among practitioners of the Passive House building standard. Partners: Passive House is an international building standard that affordably achieves the very highest levels of comfort and indoor air quality while reducing heating energy costs by up to 90%. Passive House was formalized in Germany in the early 1990s by Dr. Wolfgang Feist and the Passive House Institute - and has a proven track record of accurately predicting and delivering building performance. Passive House offers a clear, sustainable and affordable path for combating climate change. The event facility opens at 8:30AM with opening remarks at 9AM. Become a NYPH member today: Professional Membership in NYPH also provides the added benefit of membership in the International Passive House Association and access to their global Passive House Institute resources. Join here. Beverages and box lunch included. Register Now! Registration in advance is available to NYPH members, the General Public and Guests. Event in brief: 9am Welcome Passive House: a global standard, Tomas O’Leary, Passive House Academy (PHA) Founder and Director. Tomas will describe the latest developments at the Passive House Institute (PHI), and PH activities generally in Europe - including the Frontrunner Region of Brussels, where they've gone from no Passive Houses to over 1mill square feet in just a few amazing years - as well as activity in Asia and the Americas, and how New York fits into this worldwide effort. The Passive House Academy is accredited by PHI. Certified Passive House: Architect Bill Ryall and Passive House consultant David White will present their completed project Orient Point, a new building on Long Island recently certified by PHI. Short Break Project roundtable: Architects Andreas Benzing, Julie Torres Moskovitz, Jeremy Shannon and Chris Benedict will each explore diferent aspects of working toward the Passive House standard in a variety of projects. Noon Lunch Passive Passion: during the lunch break a 20 minute documentary on Passive House by Charlie Hoxie - featuring New York area practitioners - will be presented. See the trailer here. A copy of the documentary can be purchased here. Certified Passive House: Omega Institute. Architect Stephanie Bassler presents this upstate institutional new construction/addition certified in Fall of 2011. Project Slam: (4) PechaKucha 20x20 presentations: Stas Zakrzewski: PH in France, and what construction there can show us here. Wendy Ing: Facing thermal bridges in an upstate home. TBD, Chris Steffens: Data collection in PH buildings Short Break Project roundtable: Architect Sam Bargetz on Brooklyn projects: variations. Builder Gennaro Brooks-Church on radical sustainability and engineer Jordan Goldman on New England PH: commonalities and differences. PH going forward: projects on the boards: Architect Paul Castrucci on ABC NoRio: PH, a tight urban site. Architect Greg Duncan on commercial PH in Brooklyn: concerns beyond residential buildings. And engineer Lois Arena discusses process of PH enclosure assembly in upstate housing. Closing remarks 5pm Drinks and networking nearby New York Passive House is a founding member of the American Passive House Network and an Affiliate of the International Passive House Association: 
Where
Sciame Auditorium
141 Convent Avenue
Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
The City College of New York
New York, NY 10031
Driving Directions Press Contact:
All press inquiries, including reservation for press seating, contact Ken Levenson at info@nypassivehouse.org, 917-837-8487. 
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
NYPH 2012 Passive House Symposium
The 2012 Passive House Symposium is a one day exploration of the many Passive House projects underway in the New York City area. The symposium will demonstrate how local architects, builders and owners are meeting the demanding Passive House standard, and making a substantive contribution to New York's climate change mitigation efforts.
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