Passive House Webinar by BCSEA

Rob Bernhardt's new passive house in Victoria, BC

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As part of our mandate to help each other live within the finite means of our environment, we like to share great ideas. The BC Sustainable Energy Association has lots of them. You can learn about the practicalities of energy efficient houses using the Passive House principles with their webinar on November 12.

BCSEA Webinar: Building a Passive House - The Practical Low-Down 
Free BCSEA Webinar on Tuesday, November 12, 12:00-1:00 pm PST

Reserve your free Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/727309002

A Passive House building uses 90% less energy than conventional construction, and larger Passive House projects are now being designed and built in North America, following Europe’s lead. Join the free BCSEA Webinar to hear:

• Why would a North American contractor build to the Passive House Standard?
• What are the distinguishing construction features of a Passive House building?
• Are they expensive to build?
• And what are they like to live or work in? 

BCSEA guest presenter Rob Bernhardt provides answers to these questions and discusses multi-family passive house projects. 
The Webinar is presented with the generous assistance of Vancity, Canada's largest Credit Union.

Presenter: 
Rob Bernhardt is trained in passive house design and construction, and works with Bernhardt Contracting Ltd. in providing construction management, consulting and construction services. As a commercial general contractor with an interest in high performance buildings, Bernhardt Contracting Ltd. built the first building on Vancouver Island to the International Passive House Standard of energy efficiency. Current passive house projects in the pre-construction phase include a six-unit rental building in Victoria, a show home in a 50 lot subdivision, and two larger multi family projects.

See BCSEA's previous webinars at http://www.bcsea.org/past-webinars

System Requirements
PC-based attendees - Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh®-based attendees - Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer
Mobile attendees - Required: iPhone®/iPad®/Android™ smartphone or tablet


Posted by Christian Cowley