Passive House Podcast
Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement. A production of Passive House Accelerator.
Episodes
408 episodes
205: Exploring Passive House Co-housing with Sandra Rohler
In this episode of the Passive House podcast, Co-Hosts Ilka and Mary chat with Sandra Rohler from Cornerstone Architecture. They explore creative approaches to addressing the housing supply crisis, focusing on co-housing as a model for sustaina...
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Season 4
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Episode 205
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49:40
204: How Rapid Housing Can Be Better Housing
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast, Co-host Ilka Cassidy and Mary James talk with Christina Boyer, architect, and Matt Bolen, Managing Principal architect at McCallum Sather. They discuss their work in advancing high-performance housi...
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Season 4
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Episode 204
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1:03:23
203: Buildings Can Take Care of Us
In this episode of the Passive House Accelerator Podcast, Nathan St. Germain, founder of Studio St. Germain discusses his firm’s philosophy of “building to give back." Nathan explores the concept of aging in place and how Passive House design c...
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Season 4
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Episode 203
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48:29
202: Cool Hacks: Listeners’ DIY Tips for the Heat
In our final episode of our Cooling and Summer Resiliency series we asked you our audience "What's your DIY cooling/summer resilience solution?". Co-Hosts Zack, Mary, Matthew and Ilka discuss your responses and dive into their own DIY solutions...
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Season 4
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Episode 202
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42:31
201: Cooling & Resilience: The In's and Out's of Energy Modeling
In this fourth episode of our Cooling and Sumer Resiliency series, co-host Ilka Cassidy delves into the intricacies of cooling and resilience in building design with some of North America's leading energy modelers. Join us as Prudence Ferreira,...
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Season 4
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Episode 201
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1:11:14
200: Designing for Extremes In Australia's Changing Climate
In this third episode of our Cooling and Sumer Resiliency series, we welcome back Andy Marlow to discuss the unique challenges of designing Passive Houses in Australia's increasingly hot and varied climate. We dive into the nuances of maintaini...
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Season 4
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Episode 200
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1:03:44
199: Breathing Easier: Indoor Air Quality vs. Wildfire Smoke
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast we revisit a previous episode with John Semmelhack, co-owner of the Comfort Squad based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a member of the Phius Technical Committee. In their conversation Zack and Joh...
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Season 4
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Episode 199
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37:16
198: Keeping Cool: Strategies for Summer Resiliency
In this episode of the Passive House Accelerator podcast, we're kicking off a special summer mini-series on cooling and summer resiliency. Host Mary James is joined by mechanical engineer, Galen Staengl and Tad Everhart of CertiPHIers Cooperati...
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Season 4
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Episode 198
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1:02:42
197: California Building—High Performance and Low Carbon
In this episode of Passive House Podcast, co-host Mary James reconnects Bronwyn Barry in her new project in Sacramento, California during a Passive House Open House Days. Bronwyn emphasizes the importance of both operational energy efficiency a...
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Season 4
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Episode 197
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36:47
196: Passive House Humility with Alex Slater
In this episode of Passive House Podcast, co-host Matthew Cutler-Welsh reconnects with Alex Slater from Shared Spaces to delve into the latest advancements and challenges in sustainable design. Alex shares his recent work on the Passive House P...
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Episode 196
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45:50
195: How Passive Buildings Propel the Energy Transition
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast Zack Semke welcomes back Lisa White, Associate Director of Phius. A renowned thought leader in the intersection of buildings and the clean energy transition, Lisa shares insights from her work, espec...
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Episode 195
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1:06:47
194: Closing the Loop - Circular Construction in North America
In the final part of our series on circular construction co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy are joined by Felix Heisel, an architect, professor at Cornell University, and director of the Circular Construction Lab. Learn about the princi...
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Season 4
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Episode 194
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1:01:46
Bonus Episode: Chris Ballard of Passive House Canada (Passive House CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Chris Ballard of Passive House Canada.
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Bonus Episode: Morgan Wright and Christina Boyer of mcCallumSather (Passive House CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Morgan Wright and Christina Boyer of mcCallumSather.
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19:24
Bonus Episode: David Claus of UNBC (Passive House CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews David Claus of UNBC.https://www.unbc.ca/
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10:50
Bonus Episode: Craig Edwards of the City of Vancouver (Passive House CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Craig Edwards of the City of Vancouver.
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10:03
Bonus Episode: Patrick Ropple of Evoke Buildings (Passive House CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Passive House Canada Conference in Victoria, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Patrick Ropple of Evoke Buildings.
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13:34
193: Urban Mining and Circularity with Anja Rosen
In the second part of our series on circular construction, we explore the intersection of sustainable building practices and carbon reduction. Co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy are joined by special guest Anja Rosen, of the Urban Mining Inde...
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Season 4
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Episode 193
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48:00
Bonus Episode: Keith Burrows of TAF (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Keith Burrows of The Atmospheric Fund (TAF).
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10:31
Bonus Episode: Darla Simpson of ZEIC (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Darla Simpson of The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (...
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11:38
Bonus Episode: Lorrie Rand of ReCover Initiative (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Lorrie Rand of ReCover Initiative....
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192: Revolutionizing Material Reuse with Concular
In the first of three episodes of our Circular Construction Series co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy sit down with Dominik Campanella, co-founder of Concular. They delve into the innovative practices transforming the construction industry. D...
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Season 4
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Episode 192
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55:29
Bonus Episode: Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust (Retrofit CA Conference '24)
In this special bonus episode recorded at the 2024 Retrofit Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC co-host of the Passive House Podcast Mary James interviews Andrea Linsky of Alberta Ecotrust.
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10:56
191: Breaking Out of the Box
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast Matthew Cutler Welsh chats with Sue Connor of Gaea Architects based in Sydney, Australia. Sue chatted about her lifelong passion for architecture and sustainability. Sue delves into her work wi...
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Season 4
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Episode 191
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40:49