Sep 27 2020 45 mins 9
In this episode, Passive House Podcast host Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Simone Schenkel, director and Certified Passive House Designer at Grün Eco Design in Victoria, Australia. Schenkel is the Victorian Chapter lead of Australia Passive House Association and an advocate for moving the building industry toward energy efficient, high performance buildings. Matthew and Simone touch on the importance of production builders in this transformation and the role of regulation to help spread high performance building to all segments of the housing market. [email protected] Matthew and co-host Zack Semke discussed upcoming events and trainings, which can be found in the Accelerator's "Passive House Week In Preview" for September 28, 2020. Here are details: WED: Global Passive House Happy Hour with Brandon Nicholson and Sloan Ritchie Featuring Pax Futura, Seattle’s first PH apartment building. Join us. ROUND TABLE: Passive House and Wildfire Smoke More information coming soon on Passive House Accelerator PHIUS Events in October PHIUS CPHB Training (Mon Oct 12) Hootenannies (Oct 26 — 30) FALL CONFERENCES: 24th International Passive House Conference (NOW — Oct 8). South Pacific Passive House Conference (Oct 12 — 16). Passive House Maine Fall Forum (Oct 21 — 23). PlatformaPEP — Passive House Spain Conference (Oct 21, 22, 28, 29). SOCIALS: Passive House/Building Science Gatherings NAPHN Lunchtime Special with Ken Levenson (Thu, Oct 1) Fine Homebuilding BS+Beer Show (Thu, Oct 1) Dave Cooper & Mark Wille #BS Fridays (Fri, Oct 2) EDUCATION: Upcoming Passive House Trainings New York Passive House: Ventilation Methods: Traditional vs DOAS (Tues, Sep 29) North American Passive House Network: NAPHN LIVE YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE (Tues Sept 29) New York Passive House: Ventilation Methods: Traditional vs DOAS (Tues, Sep 29) Building Energy Exchange: ASHRAE Global HQ: Designing for Net Zero two part series (Sep 29th & Oct 1) Vancouver Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx): A Pattern Language from Passive House (Oct 22, 22, 27, 29)
