PHNW Spring 2012 Conference

Posted on Dec 13th, 2011 by Linda Whaley

Jerry Yudelson—“Godfather of Green”—to Headline

March 2, 2012 Passive House Northwest Conference in Portland, OR

At its upcoming spring conference, Passive House Northwest will feature Jerry Yudelson, renowned green building expert, on “Climbing the Summit to Passive and Zero Energy Buildings!”.

Mr. Yudelson has written twelve books on green building in the US and Europe, particularly on zero energy buildings and Passive House construction. He is a leading authority on green development and marketing green buildings.

Passive House Northwest’s educational conference will be an all-day event Friday, March 2^nd at Portland State University’s University Place.

Other presentations on Opportunities and Challenges related to the Passive House Standard include—

Money: Is Passive House a Good Investment?

Commercial real estate investor Mark Jewell’s analysis of the financial performance of commercial buildings meeting the Passive House Standard
Dee Walsh of REACH on analysis and decision-making in developing affordable housing projects to Passive House Standard
Central City Concern’s report on renovating its Hatfield Building to the Passive House Standard.

Monitoring: How Do We Prove Passive House Performance?

Best Practices In Performance Monitoring High-Performance and Passive House Buildings and Initial Results from Monitoring By:

o David Sailor, Portland State University’s Green Building Research Laboratory

o Jeremy Fisher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

o Luke Howard, WSU Extension Energy Program

o Thorsten Chlupp, Cold Climate Housing Research Center

Regional Passive House Project Updates

Who should attend?

This event is aimed at seasoned practitioners of green building and low energy buildings as well as those just beginning to be interested in these approaches. Attendees include builders, developers, architects, engineers, teachers, professors, realtors, investors, media representatives, and interested others. There will be a mix of beginning and advanced presentations and discussions that will enable attendees to advance their knowledge, understanding, connections, and networking related to this relatively new and thoroughly exciting form of building that is beginning to transform how we view our built environment.