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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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…
S1E15 TRE 15: Are You Experienced?
There’s a lot of building science that goes into making passive buildings extremely durable, efficient, comfortable, and healthy. However, one of the things that often gets overlooked when trying to…
S5E237 273: Buildings as Habitat: Biodiversity-Informed Investments in Public Health
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Ilka Cassidy and Kristof Irwin discuss with Helena van Vliet the concept of biophilic design and its impact on human wellbeing. Helena explains how…
S5E272 272: Beyond the Bubble: Carmel Pratt and the Future of Passive House in NY
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast Mary James and Jay Fox chat with Carmel Pratt, the new executive director of New York Passive House. They explore Carmel's background in architecture and…
S5E271 271: Decarbonizing Domestic Hot Water with James Petersen
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, co-host Mary James discuss Passive House practices with James Petersen, founder of Petersen Engineering. The episode focuses on domestic hot water…
S5E270 270: Building Resilience: Maggie Ullman on Asheville's Path Forward
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Jay Fox interviews Maggie Ullman, a Councilwoman from Asheville, North Carolina. Maggie shares her multifaceted background as a climate advocate, former…
S5E269 269: High-Performance Building with Ben Bogie
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast, co-hosts Jay Fox and Ilka Cassidy interview Ben Bogie, a third-generation high-performance builder and Director of Outreach and Education at BPC Green…
TRE 14: Making the Hard Stuff Fun
In episode fourteen of The Reimagine Edit series of the Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke shares selected clips of conversations from the Reimagine Collective. Featured speakers in this episode…
S5E268 268: Building the Future: Insights from the 2025 Passivhaus Conference
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast Matthew is joined by Caroline Ashe Brady, Ann Marie Fallon, and Nathan Campbell at the Passive House Association of Ireland Conference held in Belfast.…
S5E267 267: Ecological Building Systems at the 2025 Passivhaus Conference
In this Episode of the Passive House Podcast Matthew interviews representatives of Ecological Building Systems, including Niall Crosson, the Group Technical Director, and Neil Turner, the UK…
TRE 13: Starting Out and Rethinking Retrofits
In episode thirteen of The Reimagine Edit series of the Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke shares selected clips of insights from Al Mitchell, Kimberly Llewellyn, Greta Tjeltveit, Ya’el…
S109E5 266: From Retrofits to New Builds: River Architects
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, Mary James interviews James Hartford and Juhee Lee Hartford of River Architects in Hudson Valley. The discussion covers the firm's focus on Passive House…
S5E265 265: Best of Retrofit with Emily Mottram
In this episode of the Passive House Podcast co-host's Jay and Mary chat with Emily Mottram, founder of Mottram Architecture, about her architectural firm and her passion for building science and…
S5E264 264: Navigating Local Law 97 with Katie Schwamb
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast host Mary James meets with Katie Schwamb, Managing Director at Building Energy Exchange (BE-Ex) to discuss emissions reduction and compliance with Local…
S5E263 263: Best of Retrofit with Andrea Michael
In this episode of The Passive House Podcast, host Jay Fox talks with Andrea Michael, an architect from Love Schack Architecture in Bozeman, Montana. They discuss Andrea's comprehensive home…
S1E12 TRE 12: Changing the Conversation on High-Performance Practice
In the twelfth episode of The Reimagine Edit series of the Passive House Podcast, host Zack Semke shares selected clips of insights from Jake Bruton, Ben Bogie, Michael Ingui, Ed May, Kristof Irwin,…
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