Event Description

Passive house’s reliable and superior energy performance, with its myriad of co-benefits, is the cornerstone of the architectural solutions we require to be able to thrive. It is a firm foundation upon which we can build a regenerative society that repairs ecosystem damage, reverses it, and begins to increase all life.  There is a rising consciousness emerging, revealing how comprehensive the field of sustainability is truly required to be if we are to meaningfully move towards regeneration. Only by broadening the lenses of our understanding can we take advantage of synergies of our actions across systems and exponentially increase positive impacts.

For this year’s symposium, New York Passive House sought proposals showcasing how passive house design relates to any aspects of regenerative design that are dear to your interests or practice.  New York Passive House had an enthusiastic response from diverse locations and perspectives, all with inspiring examples of reaching for Regeneration and how Passive House was, or in some cases was not, a cornerstone of the strategy.

In the spirit of this symposium’s continual drive to integrate various disciplines through architecture, New York Passive House also invited a scientist focused on Green Chemistry to close out the day and inspire us with efforts in that movement to address issues upstream.