Passive House Podcast
Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy
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Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement. A production of Passive House Accelerator.
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S1E17 TRE 17: Refining the Model
Passive House design and construction is a team sport. It requires effective strategies and cooperation, but also precision in the field and the ability to tweak and recalibrate systems once the…
S5E291 291: Beyond Carbon: Transforming UK Housing with Passive House
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast, Mary James and Ilka Cassidy speak with Joel Callow, building physicist and founding director of UK consultancy Beyond Carbon, about scaling certified…
S5E290 290: Decarbonization and Affordable Housing: The New Ecology Approach
In this episode of the Passive House Accelerator Podcast, Ilka Cassidy chats with Marty Josten and Ashley Wisse of New Ecology. Marty and Ashley describe the nonprofit’s 26-year mission to preserve…
S5E289 289: High Design, Low Carbon: A Conversation with Nathan Kipnis
In this episode of the Passive House Accelerator podcast, Ilka Cassidy interviews Nathan Kipnis, founder of Kipnis Architecture and Planning in Chicago and Boulder, about his path from early solar…
S5E288 288: Insights from Wolfgang Feist at the International Passive House Conference
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast, Michael Ingui and Ilka Cassidy to share their interview with Dr. Wolfgang Feist from the 35th International Passive House Conference in Essen and discuss…
S5E287 287: Global Insights on Scaling Passive House
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast Ilka Cassidy and Michael Ingui, are at the International Passive House Conference in Essen and share rapid-fire interviews focused on scaling Passive…
S5E286 286: Elizabeth and Everett's Straw Bale Passive House Journey
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Matthew Cutler - Welsh interviews Elizabeth and Everett Norris from their newly completed Christchurch home. They describe their Port Hills site on…
S5E285 285: Exploring Design and Community with Filmmaker Allie Rood
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast Jay Fox interviews Vermont filmmaker Allie Rood about her documentary Prickly Mountain and My Design Build Life, which traces the design-build…
S5E284 284: Breaking Down Barriers to High-Performance Buildings with Nidhi Shah
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Mary James chats with Nidhi Shah, a certified Passive House designer and member of the Reimagine Buildings Collective. Shah traces her path from early…
S5E283 283: Wunderbar Passive House with Andreas Goetz
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Matthew Cutler-Welsh speaks with Andreas Goetz about building the Wunderbar Passive House in Orewa, about 40 minutes north of Auckland. Originally from…
S5E282 282: BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 Part 2
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Ilka Cassidy and Jacob Racusin are at the BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 Conference (Sponsored by New Energy Works).Ilka and Jacob recap day 2 of the…
S5E281 281: BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 Part 1
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Ilka Cassidy and Jacob Racusin are at the BuildingEnergy Boston 2026 Conference (Sponsored by New Energy Works).Ilka and Jacob speak with:Gregory Smith,…
S1E16 TRE 16: Beyond Building Science
Building science is at the core of high-performance construction, but it takes more than an understanding of psi-values and hygrothermal dynamics to actually get these buildings built. As we see in…
S5E280 280: Scaling Passive House in Massachusetts with Nick Nigro
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Zack Semke chats with Nick Nigro of Leggat McCall about the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment in Charlestown, Boston, a phased replacement of 42 aging…
S5E279 279: Beyond Aesthetics: Kia Weatherspoon on Design Equity
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Mary James chats with Kia Weatherspoon, founder of Determined by Design. Weatherspoon describes how experiences visiting her brother in prison and…
S5E278 278: Exploring Insulation and Overheating Risks with Tavis Creswell-Wells
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, host Matthew Cutler interviews New Zealand building scientist and sustainability specialist Tavis Creswell-Wells of Ecolution about overheating risk,…
S5E277 277: Transforming Multifamily Housing: Lessons from Cycle Architecture + Planning
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Jay Fox speaks with Tony Daniels and Caitlin Matusewicz of Cycle Architecture + Planning about their backgrounds in high-performance design and the…
S5E276 276: Edie Dillman and Karen Ramsey on Fort Collins' Designed to 2030
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast Jay Fox interviews Edie Dillman (co-founder and CEO of B.Public Prefab) and Karen Ramsey (founder and sustainability strategist at Building Wellness)…
S5E275 275: Sustainable Practices in New York City with Shefali Sanghvi and Heather McKinstry
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, co-host Jay Fox interviews Heather McKinstry and Shefali Sanghvi of Dattner Architects about their work focusing on Passive House projects, primarily…
S5E274 274: Regenerative Building Practices with Lindsey Love
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke discusses bio-based materials and high-performance buildings with Lindsey Love from Regenerative Building Solutions. They highlight the…
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Passive House Podcast has published 515 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Science, Society & Culture.
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