Passive House on Tour 2024/2025
The next International Passive House Conference will take place in 2026 and preparations for this event have already started. Meanwhile, the Passive House Institute, together with the International Passive House Association and its partners around the world, has a lot in store for 2024 and 2025!
The "Passive House on Tour" event series encapsulates the motto of thinking globally and acting locally, which is core to the work of the Passive House Institute and its International Passive House Association. Only if the Passive House standard is adopted worldwide, we can make an impact and significantly decrease the harmful emissions connected to the built environment. Passive House on Tour will facilitate local events while still enabling international collaboration and networking. Watch this page, as details of "Passive House on Tour" unfold!
Various conferences and in-person events are taking place around the globe that inform and advocate for Passive House in the respective region. The regional conferences are a great way to take in Passive House knowledge in a local context while making the most of networking opportunities to bring forward highly energy-efficient buildings together. This list will be updated on a regular basis to help you find events near you:
Fancy visiting a regional conference organised by the iPHA affiliates?
Upcoming events:
THRIVE - Passive House Conference, June 19-20, 2025 - Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
Recent events:
16. Conferencia Española Passivhaus, Madrid - Spain, 22 -25 October 2024
Passive House Institute presented at 16CEPH in Madrid, Spain:
Jürgen Schnieders and Soraya López from PHI joined the Spanish Passivhaus conference in Madrid to share insights on Passive House advancements. Soraya introduced easyPH and EnerPHit Unit, innovative certification approaches for streamlined processes. Jürgen presented monitoring data from two social housing blocks in northern Spain, showing Passive House effectiveness in warmer climates and considerations for future summer conditions.
12th Passivhaus Conference Portugal 2024, Aveiro - Portugal, 22 - 23 October 2024
iPHA at the Passive House Portugal Conference:
iPHA's Carl Halbach travelled to Aveiro, Portugal for the 12th annual Portuguese Passive House Conference. The two-day event featured four plenary sessions, workshops, and a Passive House exhibition, with numerous manufacturers of highly efficient building components present.
In Wednesday morning's plenary, moderated by PH Portugal's Margarida Gamboa, Carl focused on international developments, highlighting projects and the importance of the Affiliate organizations like the conference host Passive House Portugal. Portuguese actress and Passive House owner Ana Varela provided a client's perspective, while Pedro Ribeiro explained why his company, Danosa, decided to build a Passive House building for their offices. Other speakers contributed via video call.
Passive House Bootcamp 3.0, Brasov - Romania, 18 - 19 October 2024
How was the Passive House Bootcamp 3.0? In one word - INTENSE!
4 international speakers and 21 Romanian speakers shared their experience and have confirmed, once again, that the Passive House standard is no longer a niche trend. During the two days of the conference, almost 200 participants - architects, engineers, energy auditors and other energy efficiency experts - learned about good practices, trends in Passive and nZEB Houses, technologies, mistakes and how to avoid them, and went on the technical tours.
Jessica Grove-Smith attended the Passive House Bootcamp 3.0 online, presenting on “Global Trends and New Developments in Passive House.” Dragos-Ionut Arnautu shared insights on repurposing with his presentation, “Second Life for a Brutalist Icon,” highlighting the transformation of Marcel Breuer’s Pirelli headquarters in New Haven into a certified EnerPHit Hotel.
2024 China International Green and Healthy Building Expo, Gaobeidian - China, 20 - 21 September 2024
As part of the international events in the Passive House on Tour series, the Passive House Institute contributed two sessions to the 2024 China International Green and Healthy Building Expo in Gaobeidian on 20 + 21 September 2024. More information can be found here.
While one session focused on successful policy-making and built examples of high energy efficiency in various regions worldwide, the second session offered participants valuable insights into aspects to do with technical implemenation and the latest developments in Passive House components.
The 12 internationally esteemed experts received much positive feedback from a keen audience and seized the opportunity to exchange ideas with a large number of stakeholders to spread knowledge about the Passive House concept.
UK Passivhaus Conference 2024, Oxford - United Kingdom, 19 September 2024
PHI Innsbruck at the UK Passivhaus Conference
On September 18 and 19, 2024, the UK Passivhaus Conference and Passivhaus Trust Masterclass were held. Laszlo Lepp, representing the Passivhaus Institute and Passivhaus Austria, introduced the new EnerPHit Unit certification standard and the easyPH tool during the "Passivhaus Futures" session. In the Masterclass on the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at the University of Oxford, Laszlo Lepp shared his perspective as the certifier of the building, which is set to achieve Passivhaus certification.
A big thank you to Passivhaus Trust for the invitation and for organizing such a fantastic event!
Passive House Conference, Tākina Wellington - Aoteaora - New Zealand,
12 - 13 September 2024
iPHA at the Passive House Institute New Zealand (PHINZ) Conference!
At the PHINZ September conference on Day 1, Jessica Grove-Smith delivered a presentation at the closing plenary. She shared the latest news and developments from the Passive House Institute (PHI), the International Passive House Association (iPHA), and trends from the global Passive House community. Her keynote covered various topics, including projects, components, policy developments, and the new EnerPHit Unit certification scheme for quicker single-apartment retrofits.
THRIVE - Passive House Conference, Melbourne - Australia, 23-24 May 2024
THRIVE Passivhaus 2024 - A Massive Success!
We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our community for making the 2024 THRIVE Passivhaus Conference a resounding success! This year, we had our largest turnout ever with over 300 attendees!
German-speaking countries can look forward to a dedicated Passive House on Tour event series hosted by the Passive House Institute and its German-speaking Passive House network organisations IG Passivhaus and Passivhaus Austria. Local, 1-day workshop-style sessions will bring Passive House to different regions in Germany and Austria. These compact events will deliver Passive House knowledge in a local context, spur exchange of experiences and enable the involvement of regional stakeholders and networks. For more information on the German events, please visit the German overview of the Passive House on Tour events.
Besides Passive House on Tour and the events hosted by the iPHA Affiliates listed on this page, you can expect many more opportunities to learn and share knowledge about Passive House. For example, the periodic Passive House Open Days allow an interested audience to experience the comfort and air quality of Passive House Buildings in person. Furthermore, the training offers by the Passive House Institute and its worldwide accredited course providers allow for continued learning and professional growth. And last but not least, the monthly iPHA webinars and Project Spotlights provide engaging online presentations, spotlighting different aspects and building typologies. To become part of the international community, consider becoming an iPHA member here or with your local Affiliate organisation.