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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


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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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


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


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


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


Vancouver MURBs

• 80-100 units

• One is mixed-use

• Received planning

Image Source: Cornerston Architects


Student Residence

Toronto, ON

• 28 storey

• 900-1000 beds


High Rise Office

Montreal, QC

• 16 storey building in the old port

• Part of a proposed Ecological Quarter

• In early design


International Examples


Passive House - a Worldwide Phenomenon

• In over 40 countries

• What other building standard or rating system has such reach?


PH goes Big

• Largest PHs in the world (currently)

– Development: 361 units

– High Rise: 18 storeys


Passive House Settlement

Heidelberg, Germany

• 700 apartments units

• 560 student apartments

• Kindergarten

• Office building 10,000 m2

• Laboratory 21,000 m2


EnerPHit

• Freiburg, Germany

• Retrofit of a 16-storey

residential building

• Meets PH new build standard

• Part of district refurbishment

and regeneration


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


Political Support


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…


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

http://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=176


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


New PH Classes

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Opportunities for PH


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!!!


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


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

e: [email protected]

w: www.ontarioph.ca

Thank you for Passively watching


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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