Delighted to be working with @bpublicprefab.com to make beautiful, #SmokeTight, fire resilient homes easy to build in California.
This one is my nod to Gregory Ain - and LA architect whose work and life I have much admired. (More designs coming soon.)
This one is my nod to Gregory Ain - and LA architect whose work and life I have much admired. (More designs coming soon.)
🚨 New Collaboration Alert!
B.PUBLIC Prefab has teamed up with @passivehousebb.bsky.social to launch the SustAIN HAUS—a sleek, fire-resilient, and Passive House-ready home designed for #California living.
Discover more: zurl.co/vT3C7
#PassiveHouse #Prefab #highperformanceprefab
B.PUBLIC Prefab has teamed up with @passivehousebb.bsky.social to launch the SustAIN HAUS—a sleek, fire-resilient, and Passive House-ready home designed for #California living.
Discover more: zurl.co/vT3C7
#PassiveHouse #Prefab #highperformanceprefab
July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Delighted to be working with @bpublicprefab.com to make beautiful, #SmokeTight, fire resilient homes easy to build in California.
This one is my nod to Gregory Ain - and LA architect whose work and life I have much admired. (More designs coming soon.)
This one is my nod to Gregory Ain - and LA architect whose work and life I have much admired. (More designs coming soon.)
where's the bill for passivhaus mandates so in smoke events, homes are smoketight and residents can breathe fresh, filtered air?
January 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
where's the bill for passivhaus mandates so in smoke events, homes are smoketight and residents can breathe fresh, filtered air?
I've been nagging the CEC to improve #SmokeTight buildings & require #blowerdoortesting for quite some time... Will the #LAfires finally make it happen?
Here's my summary of proposals being considered for 2028, plus a bill to help rebuild better buildings: passivehousenetwork.org/featured/are...
Here's my summary of proposals being considered for 2028, plus a bill to help rebuild better buildings: passivehousenetwork.org/featured/are...
Are Smoke-Tight Buildings Coming to California?
Are Smoke-Tight Buildings Coming to California?
A review of California's 2028
passivehousenetwork.org
January 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I've been nagging the CEC to improve #SmokeTight buildings & require #blowerdoortesting for quite some time... Will the #LAfires finally make it happen?
Here's my summary of proposals being considered for 2028, plus a bill to help rebuild better buildings: passivehousenetwork.org/featured/are...
Here's my summary of proposals being considered for 2028, plus a bill to help rebuild better buildings: passivehousenetwork.org/featured/are...
And if you want to learn how to design #Smoketight buildings that will also keep you safe, here’s the best training in California to do so: passivehousecal.org/training/
Training - Passive House California
for architect, engineers, designers, realtors, contractors and everyone interested in building better high performance buildings.
passivehousecal.org
January 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And if you want to learn how to design #Smoketight buildings that will also keep you safe, here’s the best training in California to do so: passivehousecal.org/training/
DYK that California’s building & energy code does NOT require blower door testing for new homes? The need for #Smoketight buildings in California is real, and more urgent than ever ( and is why I advocate so actively for #Passivhaus alternate compliance pathways.)
“The impact of smoke can be retained inside homes for a lot longer than you would expect, so the impact of the fire is not gone after the fire is out,” says atmospheric chemist Joost de Gouw of CU Boulder. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky🧪 #scinews
Compounds from wildfire smoke persist inside unburned homes
Researchers find that people returning to their homes after a Colorado fire were probably exposed to many aromatic VOCs
cen.acs.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
DYK that California’s building & energy code does NOT require blower door testing for new homes? The need for #Smoketight buildings in California is real, and more urgent than ever ( and is why I advocate so actively for #Passivhaus alternate compliance pathways.)