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Author: Andrew W. Peel © 2015The Passive House Standard
The Passive House Landscape
in Canada and Beyond
Andrew Peel
President, OntarioPH Group
Accredited Passive House Certifier
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The Passive House
• The reduction of the heating requirement to the point where a
traditional heating system is no longer required
• 15 kWh/m2yr heating (4.8 kBtu/ft2/a)
~ 150 ltr/yr oil for 1000ft2
1 candle 30 W
1 incandescent lamp 100 W
1 person 100 W
• 2 x 100W light bulbs in a 200 ft2 bedroom suffice
• 120 kWh/m2/a total Primary Energy
1 kWh/m2 = 319 Btu/ft2
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PH vs OBC
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0.15
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Passive House
space heating
demand
90%
reduction
compared
to 2009
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Why Passive House?
• Healthier environment
• High occupant comfort
– thermal, acoustic
• Resilient
– Even without heating, won’t drop below 100C
on the coldest winter day
• Cost Effective
• Proven Results
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Passive House in Canada
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Projects Across the Nation
• From Coast to Coast
Passive House Buildings in Canada
Rainbow PH Duplex
Whistler
PH Triplex
NelsonNorth Park PH
Victoria
Austrian Olympic House,
Vancouver
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Naugler House
Fredericton, New Brunswick 2013
• 162 m2
• 6 kWh/m2/yr
• 6 W/m2
• 0.21 ACH
• Internorm Windows & Doors
• Monthly cost of ownership is same
– Actual utility bills
Image Source: Tim Naugler8
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Salus Clementine
Ottawa, ON
• 42 unit affordable housing multi-family building
• When completed in Spring 2016, it will be the
– Largest Passive House project in North America
– First light steel frame Passive House in North America
– First large multi-unit affordable housing Passive House in a "cold climate” in
the world to achieve Passive House certification (TBC).
• Beacon Project for the Capital City, Nation, and Continent
Image Source: CSV Architects
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Vancouver MURBs
• 80-100 units
• One is mixed-use
• Received planning
Image Source: Cornerston Architects
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Student Residence
Toronto, ON
• 28 storey
• 900-1000 beds
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High Rise Office
Montreal, QC
• 16 storey building in the old port
• Part of a proposed Ecological Quarter
• In early design
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International Examples
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Passive House - a Worldwide Phenomenon
• In over 40 countries
• What other building standard or rating system has such reach?
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PH goes Big
• Largest PHs in the world (currently)
– Development: 361 units
– High Rise: 18 storeys
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Passive House Settlement
Heidelberg, Germany
• 700 apartments units
• 560 student apartments
• Kindergarten
• Office building 10,000 m2
• Laboratory 21,000 m2
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EnerPHit
• Freiburg, Germany
• Retrofit of a 16-storey
residential building
• Meets PH new build standard
• Part of district refurbishment
and regeneration
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PH goes big
• “World’s Tallest Passive House Breaks Ground on
Roosevelt Island”
– NY Times
• 26 storeys
• 350 units
• 270,000 sq ft
• Scheduled for completion
in 2017
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/realestate/worlds-tallest-
passive-house-breaks-ground-on-roosevelt-island.html?_r=0
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Political Support
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Local Support: North America
• Vancouver
– Alternative to LEED Gold rezoning requirement
– PHI window certification accepted in lieu of NAFS
• BC
– Funding for PH Training and Windows development
• Pennsylvania
– Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency funding for PH
– Model being replicated across the US
• NY
– NYS Housing & Community Renewal (HCR) incentivize PH
Certification
– Community Preservation Corporation: encouraging PH
Certification for its SPARC redevelopment program
– NY City: references in 2014 Plan: One City: Built to Last
• The list continues to grow…
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Regional Group Collaboration
• North American Passive House Network
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Local Adoption: Europe
• PH for public buildings (2007-present)
– Region of Voralberg, Frankfurt, State of Lower Austria, Ascheffenburg,
Bremen, State of Bavaria, Heidelberg …
– Antwerp, 2013 (including retrofits)
– Oslo (2014)
• Luxembourg
– All new residential (2017)
• Ireland
– Dublin City & Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County
– Councils voted to require PH
• …
• More at http://www.passivehouse-
international.org/index.php?page_id=176
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Brussels – The World’s PH Lighthouse
• From Jan 2015, PH performance required on all new
construction and major retrofit of residential, office, and school
buildings
• Path to PH
– 2001: Worst Country in European Union
– 2004: Start of Policy Initiatives
– 2007 : Exemplary Projects (ongoing)
– 2009: Gov’t declaration: PH by 2015
– 2012: Law signed
– 2013: Gradual phase in
– 2015: It’s the law
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New PH Classes
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Opportunities for PH
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Opportunities for the Nation
• Build off the success of pioneering projects
• Develop local, provincial, and national expertise
• Create new innovative products
• Transform an industry and a market
• Define Roadmap to industry-wide adoption of PH
performance levels
• Flagship:
Passive House Retrofit for 24 Sussex Drive!!!
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Outlook for PH
• Massive growth in interest and active projects
• Growing market for forward thinking companies to
capture
• Issues to overcome
– Skilled professionals and trades
– Canadian-made products
– Code barriers
• The future is bright…thanks to the pioneers
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CanPHI West
• PH Training
• Events
• Membership
– Includes iPHA membership
• Passive House Resources
– Including members only
• List of Certified Designers
• News
www.canphi.ca
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Andrew Peel
President, OntarioPH Group
t: 905 483 9925
w: www.ontarioph.ca
Thank you for Passively watching
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Europe
• Targets
• Mechanism: Directives
– Products, Buildings, Renewables
– Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings :
• New Public Buildings: by 2019
• All others: by 2020
• National plans required and reported on
• Policies and measures for NZEB retrofits
Year GHG ↓ % NRG ↓ % RE of total
2020 20% 20% 20%
2050 80% ↓
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