Andy Allwine
Username
Andy Allwine
Proposer First Name
Andy
Proposer Email
andy@passivetopositive.com
Proposer Last Name
Allwine
Proposer Company/Organization
Passive to Positive
Proposer Phone
(717) 314-1555
Proposer Job Title
Architect and CPHC
Boston 2023 Areas of Focus
Proposer Additional Info
At Passive to Positive we are pushing the envelope on low environmental impact, healthy, energy resilient design and consulting from single family, multi-family, commercial and institutional passive house/zero energy, zero carbon projects to holistic, energy-resilient , regenerative neighborhoods.
Proposed Session Description
This session will present an in-progress mid-sized single family housing development and discuss the challenges and opportunities as it relates to building high levels of performance and resilience into the development process and final products with an eye toward scaling up deeply sustainable single family housing. This includes a range of topics: passive house integration, pass survivability, PV and battery integration, Resilience measures: EV as building battery, and nano/pico-grids.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
We tend to approach resilience from an environmental justice lens. When there is severe weather, the power goes out, the grid is down, and there is general societal disruption we must look at who is impacted the greatest, and who will have the most difficult path back to recovery. We are using the project that will be presented as a framework to understand how these strategies can be developed and implemented, and then scaled and deployed to single family housing of all types, all income levels, and across both new construction and retrofits.
Learning Objectives
Evaluate and apply layered resilience measures for use in new mid-to-large sized single family housing developments.
Integrate high performance and resilience measures into future single family projects to enhance efficient team dynamics.
Offer integrated resilience measures to future single family housing customers.
Encourage the process of creating high-performance single family homes at market scale.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
A version of this session will be presented at the PHIUS Passive House Conference this year, however that presentation will focus more on the PHIUS certification methodologies and process whereas this presentation will tend to focus more on matters related to resilience and energy optimization opportunities in mid-to-large scale single family developments.
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 1 - No prior knowledge needed.
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Session Format Details
We are still finalizing the format, but we will plan to have members of the project's team, including the Architects and CPHC/sustainability consultants available to present the project and discuss the challenges and opportunities. We anticipate approximately 40 min session followed by audience Q+A, and will encourage audience questions and conversation as the presentation is ongoing so that we can discuss particular points as they come up.
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023
Reviewer 1
Schow, Mark
Reviewer 2
Carlson, Kurt
Proposal #
187
Committee Decision
Being Considered
Presenters
Full Description
As we see more extreme weather and associated power disruptions, incorporating resilience measures into our buildings is becoming ever more critical. We are seeing opportunities to bake resilience, as well as a host of added benefits - from curtailed operational energy use, to occupant health and comfort and low embodied carbon - into the fabric of new construction mid-to-large sized single family housing developments, resulting in a win-win for both developer and homeowners.