Ventilation Summit

Every passive building depends on continuous, balanced ventilation. It's a critical part of all Passive House standards. But designing, installing, and balancing these systems can present challenges, especially in larger multifamily buildings with complex needs.

This workshop is intended to bring together stakeholders from across the Passive House Massachusetts community to have a frank, technical, and constructive conversation about resolving issues related to ventilation. Topics of special focus will include Constant Airflow Regulators or Automatic Balancing Dampers and ventilation measurement best practices.

The first portion of the moderated discussion will focus on how to navigate ventilation issues under current rules and protocols. The second portion will discuss how those rules and protocols could potentially be improved in the future. Feel free to reach out to Alexander Gard-Murray at alexander@phmass.org with any suggestions or questions.

Moderators:

Iain Walker, PhD is the leader of the Residential Buildings Team at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. He is an ASHRAE Fellow, deputy department head for Whole Building Systems Department of BIES, and leader of DOE core National Laboratory IAQ team. He is also leader and developer on standards and technical committees for ASHRAE, ASTM, RESNET, IEC, the IEA and other national and international organizations, board member of the IEA Annex 5 Air Infiltration and Ventilation Center, and a member of the RESNET Standards Management Board.

Alexander Gard-Murray, PhD is the Executive Director of Passive House Massachusetts. He was previously Director of the Greenhouse Institute, and before that he taught and researched energy and environmental policy in the Government Department at Harvard and the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown.