North American Passive House Network Announces the completed Program Schedule of the PH2021 Conference
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The NAPHN 2021 conference program is set to provide an expanded range of topics that make Passive House relevant to new occupancies and audiences. NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 13, 2021 The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) today announced that the Passive House 2021 Conference: Passive House For All program schedule has been completed.
The program is organized around the idea that Passive House should serve everyone and be accessible to everyone. Sessions feature a wide, and emerging, range of projects and intersecting interests - in use, region, climate, construction type, and audience - demonstrating that Passive House can be a core tool in making sustainable communities, more equitable living conditions, higher-skilled workers, healthy populations, and climate solutions.
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