Events

Passive Houses in Europe and the US

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:34:11 -0400

Friday, November 16, 2007 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, 645 N. Michigan, Suite 990, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Wolfgang Feist and Katrin Klingenberg will conduct this day-long Passive House workshop. For details, agenda and registration, click here.

Improving Energy Efficiency By A Factor of Ten: Groundbreaking Examples from Europe

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:25:53 -0400

Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:00 pm
116 Rogers Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Dr. Wolfgang Feist, Founder and Director, Passivehaus Institut, Darmstadt, Germany.
A master of building physics, Dr. Feist introduced the Passive House, which saves 90% on space heating energy compared to standard construction. U of I is very fortunate to host, in a lecture format, this progenitor of what is perhaps the world's greatest building energy standard.

2nd Annual North American Passive House Conference

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:35 -0400

November 2-3, 2007 Urban Civic Center Urbana, Illinois
Building on the success of our last year's inaugural conference (at the BioHaus, a certified Passive House in Bemidji, Minnesota), this year's event will be hosted by e-co lab here in Urbana. Conference Information is now available at the passivehouse.us site!

ISEA Solar Tour 2007

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 09:51:02 -0400

October 4th, 2007, Illinois

The Illinois Solar Energy Association organized this open house of homes across the state employing active or passive solar energy. Both the Smith and Fairview II houses participated in the event, which was well-attended by many very knowledgeable visitors. Thanks!

The 25th Excellence in Building Conference & Expo

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:15:28 -0400

October 9-11, 2007 Crowne Plaza St. Paul, MN
The Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) hosts their 25th Anniversary Conference this year in St. Paul. E-co lab will be presenting on "Advanced Passive Homes" in the "Renegade" track on Thursday!