Below is a running list of all articles that have appeared on our English blog, ordered chronologically with the most recent first.
Emu’s COVID-19 Message
As of April 1, 2020. We are a small business ourselves, so curve balls like this one can be hard to flatten. At the same time, we are a scrappy and creative bunch here at Emu, so we have been…
Denver City Council approves Green Code and lists Passive House certification as compliance path
We are pleased to share some exciting news from our home city – Denver, Colorado. In the City’s efforts to push forward its 80×50 Climate Action Plan, and with the goal of Net Zero new construction by 2035, City Council…
Highlights from the 2019 International Passive House Conference in Gaobeidian, China
How is Passive House growing and evolving outside the US? Enrico reported to the PHRM/NAPHN regional call on the state of the PH-sphere with regards to policies, projects, products and training in different continents around the world. With this being…
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Today marks a milestone in American Passive House Professional Training
We are pleased to announce that today, PHI accreditation exams for Passive House construction professionals are being conducted simultaneously in Denver, Minneapolis, and Oakland. Through Emu’s partnerships with excellent host organizations like the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN), Home…
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Emu’s Pilot Program Update
A quick check in with our builder partners: Beartooth Passive House in Red Lodge, Montana As our first Pilot Project, we cannot speak highly enough of how wonderful the process of working with Beartooth has been. The house is now…
Teaching the Way: the Shining Mountain Waldorf School Students Put Passive House to the Test
This is the story of a lucky, very timely coincidence. Back in February 2018, as part of our curriculum development for North American Passive House training, Emu Systems added a hands-on workshop to the Certified Passive House Tradesperson course. After…
A #BuildPassive Message for Mainstream America
As Passive House specialists, we often get chunked into a niche of the construction industry usually reserved for extreme “greenies” and mad scientists. However, it’s interesting to see how mainstream America is having many of the same conversations we are…
Construction Moisture Management: Catch Up or Lawyer Up
Moisture in buildings has become increasingly worrisome for construction professionals in recent years. American buildings are subject to a wide variety of defects related to water in its different forms – liquid, vapor and sometimes snow and ice. These range…
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Emu’s Passive Pod CPHT Workshop to be presented in China.
With a desire to share lessons learned from the process we’ve been going through over the past couple years in offering advanced builder training in North America, we submitted a paper for the International Passive House Conference, scheduled for September…
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Beartooth Passive House nails Blower Door Test at 0.16-0.19 ACH50 on first try.
With U.S. building codes now starting to address air tightness with respect to energy efficiency, many builders find themselves struggling to meet the defined ACH50 values (air changes per hour at 50 Pascal) required by their local codes. This measurement…
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- Emu’s COVID-19 Message
- Denver City Council approves Green Code and lists Passive House certification as compliance path
- Highlights from the 2019 International Passive House Conference in Gaobeidian, China
- Today marks a milestone in American Passive House Professional Training
- Emu’s Pilot Program Update
- Teaching the Way: the Shining Mountain Waldorf School Students Put Passive House to the Test
- A #BuildPassive Message for Mainstream America
- Construction Moisture Management: Catch Up or Lawyer Up
- Emu’s Passive Pod CPHT Workshop to be presented in China.
- Beartooth Passive House nails Blower Door Test at 0.16-0.19 ACH50 on first try.
- Passive House Too Tight – Builder to Refund $5k in Damaged Testing Equipment
- Passive Podlympics I | And the winner is…
- Passive Design/Build as the healthy and smart pathway to Net Zero.
- We’re Passive Pod people. Are you?
- Emu Pilot Program Update
- New to the construction industry? Start out on the right foot. #BuildPassive
- Mold and Condensation Beneficial to Human Health, Research Says
- Meet the newest Emu class of Passive House trained tradespeople.
- The results of the Emu Mockup naming competition at our last happy hour
- Emu is proud to announce the launch of the Red Lodge Passive House pilot project!
- Construction women unite at Denver’s Transportation Girls event.
- Passive House builder training opportunities with Emu in New England this autumn
- Emu Systems and Phoenix Haus, ruffling the feathers of the construction industry.
- A bird brained invitation, dealing with fame and ice, and Dirigo Maine – Emu’s July Newsletter
- Colorado’s first generation of PHI Certified Passive House Tradespeople are ready to build!
- Advanced Building Science Standardization to the Rescue – Emu’s interview on AOC Podcast
- Emu presents at South Pacific Passive House Conference 2017: “Cost effectiveness of retrofits in Italy to the EnerPHit standard”
- Emu’s interview with the Insulation Institute: “For Better Homes, Is it Net Zero or Passive House?”
- Passivhaus Trainer
- 20th International Passive House Conference in Darmstadt
- Darmstadt calling
- The window as a “solar panel”: light transmittance and solar factor g
- The glass edge thermal bridge: the PSIg value
- Energy efficiency of windows: the Uf value
- Thermal transmittance of glass: the Ug value
- FensterBau 2016 in Nuremberg
- Thermal paints: just a joke?
- Thermal transmittance U vs th. resistance R
- Insulation materials: discovering the lambda value
- Mold and condensation: if the solution is worse than the problem
- Passive House Window Talks 2016
- What’s an insulation material?
- Andrew Michler’s Passive House
- Certified construction system for Passive Houses
- Colorado: our work ties become permanent
- PHPP 9: a misunderstanding?
- Airtightness: why is it so important?
- Thermal bridges: the temperature factor fRsi
- Passive House Days in Cavriago: a great success
- Thermal bridges: the PSI value
- International Passive House Days in Cavriago, Italy
- The compactness ratio of a building
- What’s the “time constant” of a building?
- Meet the Mechanical Ventilation System
- DesignPH: the SketchUp plug-in to design Passive Houses in 3D
- Discovering Colorado, the cradle of passive houses
- Our visit to the Rocky Mountain Institute
- Our impressions from the 2015 Int’l Passivhaus Conference in Leipzig, Germany
- Living Future unConference 2015 Recap and REGENERATION Italy
- Energy Efficiency: the importance of site supervision
- Shedding some light on Earth Hour and the like.
- Passive House Window Talks 2015
- The blackout-proof home: Passive House with high time constant
- Our Passive House Italy group surpasses 2,500 members
- The potential benefit of an early ‘Blower Door Test’.
- A Disastrous Case Study: How Replacing Windows Alone Can Lead to Mold
- Energy efficiency and barbaric marketing
- Trends in Ceramics at CERSAIE 2013 (Bologna, Italy) | Houzz
- What does a Passive House look like?
- BIM Energy Analysis with Archicad 17
- Passive house: new construction or renovation?
- How do you define the “health and comfort” of building occupants?
- Mold and condensation problems
- What is a ‘thermal bridge’?
- Students from Boston Architectural College visit to discuss sustainability in Reggio Emilia
- Green roofs and facades: discussing an alternative approach to landscape heritage in Italy
- Three examples of Italian green roofs that reinforce the natural landscape.
- Energy effiency retrofit: external insulation or new doors and windows?
- ‘La Casa Passiva in Italia’ (Passive House in Italy) LinkedIn group passes 1000 members
- Overview of the 3rd International Green Roof Conference in Hamburg, Germany.
- Near Zero Energy Buildings in Italy
- A beautiful example of residential green roofs at Wohldorf-Ohlstedt near Hamburg
- We are now officially Certified Passive House Designers.
- Why an Italian regional energy certification is not enough to guarantee the quality of a building.
- iPHA announces new release of PHPP version 8 – 2013
- The main difference between a Passive House and a Near or Net Zero Energy House
- Residential architecture on a Texan scale: drawing inspiration from the 2012 AIA Dallas Home Tour
- Emu Architects at Casa e Tavola 2012 (‘Home and Table’ expo) in Reggio Emilia
- What is the ‘thermal envelope’ of a building?
- Passive House: What is a “passive” building?
- Daylight Design with Archicad 15 and Velux Daylight Visualizer
- BIM Energy Analysis with ArchiCAD 16
- Clay and earth finishes by Matteo Brioni
- Fuorisalone Milano 2012: Wrap Spaces – our favorite find!
- Fuorisalone Milano 2012: the Brera Design District – Miyazaki Chairs, HomeLess Design Network, and the Austrian Design Expo
- Fuorisalone Milano 2012: temporary street art – The Pothole Gardener and more
- Emu Architects at Home Furniture and Design Expo in Parma
- Live at MADE Milan 2011
- “Via Goti” finished project photographs by Alessandro Bartoli
- Live at CERSAIE Bologna 2011
- “Via Argentera” project approved by the Susa town council in Torino, Italia
- “Via Goti” construction site is officially completed
- “Conte Re” project approved by Albinea town council in Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Italy Takes Second Place for Total Installed Solar PV
- Graphisoft announces Archicad 15
- GreenBuilding at SolarExpo 2011 in Verona, Italy
- “Green BIM” webinar | GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner
- ‘Gli Italiani e il Solare’ (Italians and Solar Technology) | Report for 2010
- LEED, Itaca, Casa Clima Conference by Agape
- LEED CMP | enrollment for LEED APs without specialty
- Enrico Bonilauri on RAI TV’s ‘Okkupati’ Series
- Emu Architects Wins Free Copy of Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD
- Mariana Pickering of Emu Architects Becomes a LEED Accredited Professional