September 15 2020

Kicking off the next 10 years with a new look

Passive Buildings Canada was Canada’s first national non-profit organization supporting the passive house community to build a more sustainable Canada and planet. This summer we celebrated 10 years of welcoming a diversity of approaches and voices to connect, share knowledge, and promote passive house projects.

We now have a new look and a new website at www.passivebuilding.ca. We will be rolling out new features but one thing we are excited about is our new member forum section. Like our popular listserv this is a place to promote discussion, ask questions and get informed answers. The advantage of the forum is that it will become, over time, a searchable resource for great passive house information. 

You will also find on the website right now exclusive PBC articles including a recent interview with the folks at Indwell, Ontario's leading passive house developer (see below) and a piece on how Toronto Community Housing Corporation decided on their passive house standard (see below). We are still moving over some older pieces but you can find lots of great reading right here

Not a member but you want to help build the passive house movement? Just click "membership" on our website and you can join us in a few minutes. 
 

PBC ORIGINAL CONTENT

How A Charity Became Ontario’s Leading Passive House Developer: An Interview with Indwell

In 2018, Indwell made the commitment to build to the Passive House standard and that choice has coincidentally led to them becoming the leading Passive House developer in Ontario with three projects occupied, four under construction and plans for an additional five properties in the works. Graham Cubitt, Director of Projects & Development at Indwell for over 15 years talks with PBC about what it has been like to transition the charity into the Passive House Movement. 

Read the full article by Kourtnie Rodney-Brown right here. 

How Toronto Community Housing Decided on a Passive House Standard for Their Latest Project

Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) wanted to better understand the Passive House approach at the Alexandra Park Revitalization in partnership with Tridel. In the search for a Passive House  design team, TCHC wrote a RFP that required the integrated teams bidding on the project to report on the  major differences between PHI and PHIUS, and make a formal recommendation on which  system  they thought would be a better fit for the project.  After conducting a comparative analysis based on criteria developed with TCHC, the design team made a recommendation to proceed with the PHIUS path to certification.

Read the full article by Kourtnie Rodney-Brown right here.
 
EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS
PBC member events:
Check out ongoing online PH courses from Peel Passive House Consulting 

Online and (future) in-person trainings and gatherings: 
International Passive House Association: Online PHI courses and events including in Canada can be found here.
Passive House Accelerator: Global Passive House Happy Hour on Wednesdays, 11pm GMT. (Weekly)
Passive House Institute US: training and event calendar
Pembina Institute: Reframed Tech Series, Webinars on evolving deep retrofit solutions
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