NESEA Building Energy Conference 2016
This Wednesday, March 9th, Matthew O’Malia and Alan Gibson, alongside Adam Cohen, will present “Passiv for the Masses” at the 2016 Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s Building Energy Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
Climate change has made mainstream adoption of high-performance buildings a priority, and the Passivhaus standard provides a means to assess and drive the performance of these buildings. With 16 certified Passivhaus buildings between them, industry leaders Adam Cohen, Alan Gibson and Mathew Omalia will discuss their experiences designing and constructing a wide spectrum of building types, styles and scales that meet the Passivhaus standard. Adam Cohen will discuss techniques used to design, manufacture and construct Passivhaus buildings that cost the same or less than comparable code buildings. Alan Gibson will talk about simplifying construction systems and assemblies, and lessons learned about structure, moisture, air sealing, and air quality. Matt O’Malia will explore how to integrate Passivhaus parameters into the design process to create a new canon of architectural design. The presenters will use case studies including: single and multi-family homes, schools, university residence halls, and community buildings.
Registration is still open for the Nesea BE 16 Conference, being held March 8-10th at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, and tickets can be purchased through their site.
