Lisa Goodwin Robbins
Username
Lisa Goodwin Robbins
Proposer First Name
Lisa
Proposer Email
lisa@kalinassociates.com
Proposer Last Name
Goodwin Robbins

Boston 2021 Areas of Focus

Proposer Company/Organization
Kalin Associates
Proposer Job Title
Architect/Specifier
Proposed Session Description
WHY is it so hard to get everyone on the same page for Passive House projects? Passive House can be intimidating. It’s a challenging standard with strict performance and testing requirements, with precise details and documentation. Many teams are hesitant about impacts to budgets and the ability to find a contractor who can pull it all together. How can we help teams get through these barriers? This session will explore our solution through specifications. Using case studies from recent passive house projects, we will discuss the importance of specifications and drawings to the Passive House process and highlight key elements of our new open-source Passive House specifications resource. Why? To help facilitate communication among project teams, to improve performance testing outcomes, and to help make your passive house dreams a reality .
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Our panel is 2/3 women speakers and addresses social equity through affordable housing. One of us is an emerging professionals.
Learning Objectives
Understand the importance of contract documents, both drawings and specifications, in setting Passive House expectations.
Interpret which parts of the Passive House certification process are best explained and where in the contract documents.
Improve communications by using specifications to everyone’s advantage.
Gain insight in ways to share knowledge through connecting drawings to clear, concise, correct, and complete specifications.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format Details
Introduce the problem, for multifamily and single to three family homes. Explain the specifications, full length and short form types. Present 2-3 case studies, with photos. Conclusions, including Q+A with audience.
Recommended Length
60-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2021

Comments about your speaker roster
Lisa has presented at NESEA in previous years and was selected to speak at AIA Minnesota, GreenBuild, and ABX in Fall 2020.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
We saw a problem to solve, worked together, and are sharing our work.
Reviewer 1
Heath, Anna
Reviewer 2
Heath, Anna
Proposal #
124
Committee Decision
Being Considered

Presenters

Full Description
WHY do specifications matter for Passive House certification? Open-source specifications give every team an opportunity to understand what the passive house program requires and the tools to implement Passive House standards on their projects, both large and small. This session will introduce project teams to key elements of passive house specifications while addressing questions such as: How can better documentation improve communications between Architect and Contractor? and How can we make the Passive House process more clear and improve testing outcomes?