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Xcel Energy has announced a tiered incentive package designed to encourage families who were affected by the Marshall Fire in Boulder County Colorado, to consider rebuilding to a higher standard than baseline building code. Those who pursue Passive House certification…
I-Joist vs Larsen Truss: Does it make a difference for exterior high R-Value insulating? Many high-performance buildings, when addressing the issue of super-insulation, will opt for traditional 2x6 stud framing with an added layer of exterior insulation to help reach…
We are pleased to share some exciting news from our home city — Denver, Colorado. In the City's efforts to push forward its 80x50 Climate Action Plan, and with the goal of Net Zero new construction by 2035, City Council…
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…
Read More Today Marks a Milestone in American Passive House Professional Training
A quick check in with our builder partners: Beartooth Passive House in Red Lodge, Montana Rendering As our first Pilot Project, we cannot speak highly enough of how wonderful the process of working with Beartooth has been. The house is…
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…
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…
Read More Construction Moisture Management: Catch Up or Lawyer Up
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…
Read More Emu’s Passive Pod CPHT Workshop to be presented in China.
Notice: please read to the END of this article, and note the date. #thingswethoughtwedidnthavetoexplain 😉 Gally Tullagher, a builder in Red Lodge MT, was court ordered to refund $5k in damaged testing equipment to the company performing the blower door…
Read More Passive House Too Tight – Builder to Refund $5k in Damaged Testing Equipment
Last week we ran our accredited PHI course to become a Certified Passive House Tradesperson. Builders from all over the country joined us at our office in Arvada (Denver), Colorado, for five days of intense learning and growing. We've now…
