8:30 am
8:45 am
9:35 am
PHCA Co-President : Bronwyn Barry
Palo Alto Mayor : Karen Holman
Palo Alto business people and homeowners share their experiences of building, working and living in Passive House Buildings
OPEN PLENARY - Main Theater
Intro and Welcome
Keynote Presenter: Diana Ürge-Vorsatz
Palo Alto Speaks : Building Owner Panel
- Sven Thesen
- Stuart Bernstein
- Hilary Hug
TRACK 2 - Community Room
Andrew Michler:
DeCarbonize Your Passive House
John Druelinger:
Towards Safe and Natural High Performance
Ken Eklund:
CO2 Refrigerant Heat Pumps--A New Technology
10:30 am
11:10 am
11:50 am
TRACK 1 - Main Theater
Graham Irwin:
Passive House as a Battery : Present + Future Value
Allen Gilliland:
A+B=Zero : Zen and the Art of Zero Energy Design
Diane Moss
100% Renewable: From Pipedream to Mainstream
Ballroom Coffee Break
Registration and Refreshments
8:00 am
10:15 am
Ballroom - Vendor Tour and Lunch
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
2:10 pm
2:50 pm
TRACK 1 - Community Theater
Terry Nordbye
Air Sealing Old Buildings to 1.0 ACH50
Chie Kawahara
Living In A Passive House: Benefits, Care, and Maintenance
James Bill, Mary James
Passive House Architecture in Spain:
Lessons for California
TRACK 2 - Community Room
John Sarter
Sol-Lux Alpha, California's first Multi-family Microgrid, Passive House, Carbon Zero Living + Transportation System
Katy Hollbacher & Lizzie Adams
Case Study: 412 Olive Avenue Office, One Year Later
Robert Boulton
The Jackson Winery - A Carbon Neutral Building in Davis, CA.
Ballroom - Coffee Break
3:30 pm
Why Low Tech Trumps Widgets and Gadgets Every Time
CLOSING PLENARY - Main Theater
Ann Edminster
Closing Thank You
4:15 pm
4:55 pm
EVENT CLOSED - Networking continues at local establishement, location TBA
5:30 pm
BUILDING CARBON ZERO CALIFORNIA
PASSIVE HOUSE CALIFORNIA
Fall Symposium 2015