Passive House (Passivhaus) represents today’s highest energy standard, with a focus on reducing building energy consumption while improving comfort, indoor air quality, efficiency, and enabling sustainable development. Passive House standards focus on implementing “passive” energy savings like airtightness, improving insulation, and increasing healthy ventilation. Coupled with renewable technologies like solar, Passive House can reduce building energy use by up to 85%, making zero energy targets a reality. Passive House is a proven international standard that has revolutionized energy consumption in over 100,000 buildings in every climate region.
New York Passive House (NYPH) promotes the same energy standard throughout New York City and State. The organization strives for a carbon-neutral New York built environment.
To achieve this worthy goal, NYPH champions the following:
- Education
- Resources
- Advocacy
- Policy initiatives
- Raising stakeholder awareness
- Collaboration with community groups and NGOs
Ice Air sponsoring Passive House is important for energy!
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A Passion for Education
Ice Air is proud to announce that it will be giving a webinar on how builders, developers and engineers can reduce energy consumption and meet Passive House standards through the integration of innovative heat pump technology.
The webinar, “Heat Pump Water Heaters: Strategic Electrification and the Designer’s Role” will be presented on Monday, September 23, 2024 from 12:00PM – 1:00PM EDT. Ice Air looks forward to collaborating with Passive House in this and future webinars. Providing education and training is our team’s passion!
The webinar will cover the following crucial points:
- The fundamentals of heat pump technology and its application in water heating systems.
- The concept of strategic electrification and its role in decarbonizing energy consumption.
- Relevant codes, standards, and Passive House guidance governing the deployment of HPWH and electrification solutions.
- Practical insights into optimizing building systems and layouts to accommodate HPWH and electrification infrastructure.
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“Ice Air is proud to partner with New York Passive House for this crucial webinar,” said Ric Nadel, Ice Air Founder and CEO. “Thermally efficient HVAC design can seem elusive because of complex and ever-changing industry requirements. But with integration of the right technology, like heat pump water heaters, coupled with innovative design strategies, even the most challenging projects can achieve the Passive House stamp of approval.”
Passive House is Taking the Building Industry to New Heights!
Passive House is a cutting-edge energy standard that delivers high performance buildings through “passive” design strategies that increase energy efficiency, comfort, indoor air quality, durability, and lower maintenance costs. By embracing Passive House, developers and industry professionals can make Net Zero a reality. Some of Passive House’s benefits include:
- Incorporating “Passive” Measures: Strategies like designing for airtightness, strategic insulation, and eliminating thermal bridges make heating and cooling buildings much more efficient – and less expensive than relying on mechanical systems alone.
- Evidence Based Performance: With tools like the Passive House Planning Package, designers and engineers can model and predict a building’s improved performance.
- A Growing Market: The growth of the Passive House standard gives professionals who receive knowledge, certification, and training a competitive advantage.
- Aligns with the Electrification Process: Passive House makes electrification initiatives, such as Local Law 97 in New York City achievable every step of the way.
- Improved Indoor Air Quality: COVID-19, wildfires, and other recent events have made airtightness, continuous ventilation, and no re-circulation of stale indoor air desirable. Passive House design makes healthy indoor air possible!
- Environmental Responsibility: The growing movement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and preserve the health of our planet relies on designers, developers, and engineers pursuing sustainable options like Passive House.
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Ice Air is a proud Silver Sponsor of New York Passive House!
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Supporting NYPH means promoting the transition to healthy, comfortable, durable, energy efficient buildings and communities throughout New York. To achieve this, Ice Air offers free training, project assistance, and education. See our sponsorship listing: nypassivehouse.org/our-sponsors/