The What: The 4th annual Building Carbon Zero conference hosted by Passive House California will take place in Palo Alto, California this year. The Program includes engaging speakers, a bike tour of projects including Palo Alto’s first passive house and a tiny Passive House named Mightyhouse. The keynote speaker will be Peter Busby, Principal at Perkins+Will Architects, San Francisco. Internationally recognized and published for his contributions to architecture and planning, Peter Busby’s award-winning portfolio embodies his philosophy of social responsibility and commitment to sustainable design. Break-out sessions follow the opening plenary with two tracks: Carbon, Efficiency + Photovoltaic and Retrofits and Large Passive House. An expo during the event features a variety of companies that provide today’s most advanced materials, technologies and equipment used to achieve high-performance buildings while significantly reducing the carbon footprint.
The When: Friday, November 13, 2015, 8:00 am through Saturday, November 14, 2015, 4:00 pm
The Where: The event will take place at the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301, United States.
The Who: Anyone who is passionate about the environment and passive houses and reaching carbon zero.
The How: Please register here.
The Details: On Friday, the Opening Plenary speakers include Peter Busby and the Mayor of Palo Alto. Session speakers include Katy Hollbacher, Graham Irwin and others speaking on topics ranging from post-occupancy case studies, decarbonizing your passive house, to air sealing old buildings to 1.0 ACH50. In between presentations will be networking opportunities and the expo. Closing Plenary speaker Ann Edminster will talk about why low tech trumps widgets and gadgets every time. On Saturday, there will be two guide bicycle tours of multiple projects ranging from a passive house office to Palo Alto’s first passive house.
Thanks for the plug! This is going to be a GREAT event, and anyone who’s excited about smart, high-performance building design and systems won’t want to miss out.