Market transformation for passive design

Barriers, solutions, and summary of supportive policies in North America

October 2, 2015
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Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze
Former Program Director, Buildings
Barriers and Solutions (Paper)
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Programs and Policies (Paper)
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Removing barriers (Presentation)
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Market transformation (Presentation)
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These documents outline research around Passive House and near-zero buildings as presented at the North American Passive House Network Conference in October, 2015.

The conference white papers examine:

  • barriers and solutions to near Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) and high performance building envelope in Europe and North America
  • programs and policies to encourage Passive House in North America

Conference presentations address:

  • removing regulatory barriers to high performance buildings
  • accelerating market transformation to high performance buildings
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Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze
Former Program Director, Buildings

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