Prescription for better buildings: Phius prescriptive path from start to plaque

John Loercher
Proposal Status
Ready for Committee Review
Username
John Loercher
Proposer First Name
John
Proposer Email
john@ne-projects.com
Proposer Last Name
Loercher
Proposer Job Title
CPHC trainer, Certification team
Proposed Session Description
The Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS) has introduced a new version of their standard with the goal of making it easier and more affordable for single-family residential homes to achieve Passive House certification. In this workshop, you will learn about this new Prescriptive Path and how it can simply the design and certification process for single-family homes and make certification available for a wider range of project teams, project sizes and project budgets. This workshop will cover background context on the Passive House standard and origin of the Prescriptive Path checklist and then provide step by step instructions and case studies on how it's used in action. Audience questions and discussion included.
Why is this session important?
Operational energy certification is important but is still not being adopted by a wide single family residential market. This prescriptive path is the first step in providing the lowest operational carbon in our detached buildings while meeting the budgetary constraints of a wider range of constituents.

Comments

Gwen McLaughlin Mon, 05/02/2022 - 5:55 pm

Yes - addresses the skills gap, because Phius Prescriptive allows teams to certify to Passive House without modeling.

Kristy O'Hagan Wed, 05/04/2022 - 8:48 am

Yes - Skills Gap. I would like to hear from professionals (or who ever)who have gone through the process. I think it would be particularly helpful to hear from the building contractor.

Ben Sachs-Hamilton Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:55 am

Round 1 Discussion:Question for reviewer to ask: Can a panelist who has gone through the presecriptive certification process be added. (may not be available) Addresses the skills gap. John is good speaker.

Kristy O'Hagan Thu, 05/26/2022 - 3:21 pm

YES - Spoke with Lisa White. Requested she reach out to contractors/clients who have either gone through the Rx process or ones that gone through the Phius process and sees the value in the Rx path. Requested they speak on at least 2 case studies. Requested John or other panelists beable to speak on single-family and Multi-famaily proceses. Here is the webinar that the session is based off of: https://youtu.be/f6ZDxh7E9bQI reiterated that the addition of 2 to 3 panelist was preferred.

Ben Sachs-Hamilton Fri, 06/03/2022 - 8:48 am

R2 Discussion:Spoke with John. Has given session before. Add panelists who have gone through perscriptive process. Will get back to us with possible additional panelists. Well thought out and very relevant. Nice to have a single family residential topic. IFeels the skills gap. Question as to whether this has been presented too many times, Is it new? Answer: Different way of getting to certification. And what they are doing to improve. Questiions, Concerns, Suggestions: Make sure builder is included.

Diversity and Inclusiveness
Yes - it makes the passive house standard more easily achievable for a wider range of users
Learning Objectives
Learn about the creation of the Phius 2021 CORE prescriptive path and about its intentions towards the design industry
Witness the prescriptive path applied to a number of projects throughout the east coast
Learn about climate-specific variables and how they change depending on the project location
Witness a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the prescriptive checklist
Has this session been presented before?
Yes
When and Where?
Phiuscon 2021

NYC 2022 Areas of Focus

Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists

Strongest Content Connection - NYC 2022

Reviewer 1
McLaughlin, Gwen
Reviewer 2
O'Hagan, Kristy
Curator
Altavilla, Jeannine
Proposal #
130
Session #
108
Committee Decision
Accepted

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