Emu Pilot Program Update
Meet the Rocky Mountain pioneers of our Passive Pilot Program: In our quest to preach Passive to the masses, we’ve been moving along on our plan to standardize building science for mainstream...
View ArticleWe’re Passive Pod people. Are you?
Meet the latest development in our hands-on Certified Passive House Tradesperson (CPHT) builder training class and workshop: The Emu Passive Pod Throughout our upcoming advanced CPHT course this Feb...
View ArticlePassive Design/Build as the healthy and smart pathway to Net Zero.
As the construction industry pushes forward to solutions that are absolutely necessary for the future of sustainable life on this planet, there is an essential conversation that has to take place about...
View ArticlePassive Podlympics I | And the winner is…
Last week we ran our accredited PHI course to become a Certified Passive House Tradesperson. Builders from all over the country joined us at our office in Arvada (Denver), Colorado, for five days of...
View ArticlePassive House Too Tight – Builder to Refund $5k in Damaged Testing Equipment
Notice: please read to the END of this article, and note the date. #thingswethoughtwedidnthavetoexplain 😉 Gally Tullagher, a builder in Red Lodge MT, was court ordered to refund $5k in damaged testing...
View ArticleBeartooth Passive House nails Blower Door Test at 0.16-0.19 ACH50 on first try.
With U.S. building codes now starting to address air tightness with respect to energy efficiency, many builders find themselves struggling to meet the defined ACH50 values (air changes per hour at 50...
View ArticleEmu’s Passive Pod CPHT Workshop to be presented in China.
With a desire to share lessons learned from the process we’ve been going through over the past couple years in offering advanced builder training in North America, we submitted a paper for the...
View ArticleConstruction Moisture Management: Catch Up or Lawyer Up
Moisture in buildings has become increasingly worrisome for construction professionals in recent years. American buildings are subject to a wide variety of defects related to water in its different...
View ArticleA #BuildPassive Message for Mainstream America
As Passive House specialists, we often get chunked into a niche of the construction industry usually reserved for extreme “greenies” and mad scientists. However, it’s interesting to see how mainstream...
View ArticleTeaching the Way: the Shining Mountain Waldorf School Students Put Passive...
This is the story of a lucky, very timely coincidence. Back in February 2018, as part of our curriculum development for North American Passive House training, Emu Systems added a hands-on workshop to...
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