Passive House Podcast

Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cuttler-Welsh interviews Jesse Clarke, Innovation and R&D Manager at Pro Clima in New Zealand and Australia, about his pathway to Passive House and the healthy building movement. The question "why?" has played a key role in Jesse's journey of discovery in building science and building regulations. In the conversation, Jesse shares the "cascade of interventi...

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Adam White, CEO and Founder of Intelligent Membranes, maker of the Passive Purple line of intelligent liquid membranes for Passive House airtightness and water and vapor management. Adam shares his background as a builder, the near-death experience that led him down the pathway to becoming a manufacturer of liquid-applied membranes, the many fruit...

Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Tessa Bradley and Roussa Cassel, co-owners and principals of Artisans Group in Olympia Washington. The interview delves into women's leadership in architecture, Artisans Group's Passive House practice, the firm's exciting new project with Habitat for Humanity, and Tessa's and Roussa's distinct paths to their current collabor...

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews architect and Passive House consultant Jose Sosa, Passive House Accelerator's host for the new PHA LIVE! 101 Series. The two discuss Jose's work at Bright Power, his recent move to London, the latest from the Latin American Passive House scene, and Jose's hopes for the new series that launches on Feb 1. Episode 1 of Passive House Accelerator LIVE!...

Passive House Podcast guest cohosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Leslie Billhymer, Principal at Corona Partners Real Estate, about her 15-plus years of experience in real estate and her work as a Certified Passive House Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. The conversation centers on her work in Philadelphia project managing a number of complex, deep energy retrofits of historic build...

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Ralph DiNola, Chief Executive Officer of New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Ralph shares what's coming for NBI and what he sees on the horizon for building decarbonization in the United States. The imp...

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Mark Lyles, Senior Project Manager at New Buildings Institute (NBI). The two conducted the interview in the PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, the site of NBI's headquarters and Oregon's first full Living Building. Mark shares news from NBI's work on the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), his work helping to develop ASHRAE's Pass...

Passive House Podcast cohost Zack Semke interviews Josh Salinger, founder and principal of Birdsmouth Design-Build in Portland, Oregon. Josh shares his journey from student of science, to bartender, to builder, to leader of a mission-driven design-build firm, to dedicated communicator about how to address the climate crisis by improving the built environment. Passive House features prominently in...

Cohost Zack Semke interviews Amy Failla, Principal at Baxt Ingui Architects, the NYC-based firm known for its Passive House retrofits of historic buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and beyond. Amy shares about how she was drawn to architecture as a young child, how she made the leap from architecture school straight to Baxt Ingui, her recent work managing the Engine 16 project (a Passive House retr...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews Michael Hindle of Passive to Positive.  https://www.passivetopositive.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for lis...

Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Bronwyn Barry, principal of Passive House BB and longtime board member and leader at The Passive House Network. The two dive into Bronwyn's recent presentation to COP27 in Egypt about the mutually supportive role that the international Passive House standard and building energy code development can play. She shares an analogy of Passive...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Mark Ginsberg, Partner at Curtis + Ginsberg Architects.  https://www.cplusga.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/     Thank you for listenin...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Dan Whitmore, longtime passive building trainer and Phius board member.  Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listening to the Passive...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Julie Klump of POAH. https://www.poah.org/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listening to the Passi...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh Ryan Abendroth of Passive Energy Designs and Stefan Goebel of Goebel Consulting Group.    https://www.passiveenergydesigns.com/   https://www.gcg-us.com/     Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp...

Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke interviews Lauren Thomsen, architect and principal at Lauren Thomsen Design. The two discuss Lauren's attraction to architecture at a young age, her fine arts training in Paris, and her journey to Passive House as an architect, including the Northern Liberties Passive House in Philadelphia.  Link to the Grand Designs New Zealand episode that co-host Matthew...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews keynote speaker Graham Irwin of Essential Habitat Architecture.  http://www.essentialhabitat.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/    Thank y...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Lois Vitt Sale of Wight & Company.  https://www.wightco.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/    Thank you...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews keynote speaker John Woelfling of Dattner Architects.  https://www.dattner.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listening to th...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's Director of Publications Mary James interviews keynote speaker Christoph Stump of Trinity Financial. http://www.trinityfinancial.com/  Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/     Thank y...

Passive House Podcast co-hosts Mary James and Ilka Cassidy interview Zoe Kaufman of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory). As a research engineer, Zoe focuses on guiding building fabrication toward replicable, low-carbon design. In her conversation with Mary and Ilka, Zoe shares her collegiate experience in the Solar Decathlon, and her subsequent work at the Levy Partnership and Bright Power...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Marine Sanchez of RDH Building Science. https://www.rdh.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.com/ https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listening to the Passive House Pod...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews Dylan Ingui, featured speaker at PhiusCon Youth and incoming freshman at the University of Michigan.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-ingui/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible. https://www.stocorp.co...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Podcast cohost Matthew Cutler-Welsh interviews PhiusCon 2022 keynote speaker Andreas Holm of FIW Munich.  https://fiw-muenchen.de/de   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listen...

In this special bonus episode recorded at PhiusCon 2022 in Chicago, Passive House Accelerator's director of publications Mary James interviews Beth Campbell of Unity Homes.  https://unityhomes.com/   Thank you to Sto Corp. and Zola Windows for making the Passive House Podcast at PhiusCon 2022 possible.  https://www.stocorp.com/   https://www.zolawindows.com/   Thank you for listening to the Passiv...