The Green Urbanist
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#96: Mainstreaming Passive Building Design in the USA, with Phius
My guest on this episode is Katrin Klingenberg, the Executive Director of Phius. Phius is a non-profit organization committed to decarbonizing the built environment by making high-performance passive building the mainstream market standard. They are mainly active in USA with some international projects.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why passive design principles need to be adapted to different climate zones - and how Phius has done this in their standards.
- The role of passive design in net zero carbon.
- How passive design is becoming mainstream in the USA and what else needs to be done to achieve this.
Learn more about Phius: https://www.phius.org/
Phius Passive Building Foundations Training: https://www.phius.org/passive-building/what-passive-building/passive-building-foundations-training
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