Technical Aspects of Passive House

Basic Principles
Written By Aaron Gunderson

Passive House 201: Technical Aspects at Passive House
This course goes into greater depth regarding the challenges and successful strategies employed to achieve the Passive House design criteria on significant projects in the Northeast.

Presented by Luke McKneally, CPHC, AIA, LEED AP

Topics Covered include:

  • Basic massing, shading and solar control

  • Air barrier, weather barrier and thermal control layers

  • Balanced ventilation, efficient heating, cooling and domestic hot water systems

  • Models used to guide the design

Forum feature available for questions and discussion with presenter. 

Aaron Gunderson
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