Passive House Consultant Training

The Passive House Institute is proud to announce that the Certified Passive House Consultant Training Series is coming to Seattle and Portland.

The program is designed as a series of three, three-day sessions. These sessions are meant for those architects and building system designers who want to learn how to successfully implement Passive House design principles in residential, commercial, and retrofit scenarios.

Completion of all three 3-day programs and passage of a Final Exam can qualify participants as Certified Passive House Consultants. Consultants and their qualifying projects will be featured on an upcoming database of projects on this website.

Portland Area Spring/Summer '09
McMenamins Edgefield
Troutdale, OR

Phase I - May 21-23
Phase II - June 22-24
Phase III - August 20-22

Seattle Spring/Summer '09
Integrated Design Lab
University of Washington

Phase I - May 26-28
Phase II - June 25-27
Phase III - August 17-19

Registration for West Coast programs: $650 per Phase
If you are interested in finding out more about upcoming trainings or would like to apply, please contact us at info@passivehouse.us,(Subject: "Consultants' Training")or visit Passive House Consultant Training.

Green Building: Jobs of the Future

The WA State Department of Ecology views green building as a key player in addressing a number of our states priority environmental issues: mitigating climate change, reducing toxics in our environment, reducing waste (both solid and hazardous), managing storm-water run-off and more.

In an effort to describe the opportunities that exist in this fast growing market the Construction Center of Excellence and WIRED partnered with Department of Ecology and the Department of General Administration on a film project: Green Building: Jobs of the Future.

The film brings together local and national leaders in green building, climate change, manufacturing, and work-force development to make the case for green buildings capacity to create jobs and boost the economy while not further imposing on our environment. In these challenging times, opportunities abound!

Spokane Chapter Now On Facebook

The Spokane chapter of the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild is the first chapter to take themselves online using the free social networking website Facebook.

Once a college student phenomenon, Facebook now has more than 200 million active users, with its fastest growing demographic those 35 years and older, and more than 100 million users logging on to Facebook at least once each day.

Facebook's applications include photo and video upload, event posting and content sharing (web links, blog posts, notes, news stories etc...)

To showcase its most recent addition of rich features, Facebook partnered with several world-renowned individuals and organizations:

• President Obama is rallying support for new U.S. policies and initiatives

• “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is giving viewers a new way to interact

• U2 is connecting with fans of their new album

• CNN is providing breaking developments to news junkies

• Stanford University is sharing its discoveries and knowledge

• The NBA’s star athletes are posting photos and video highlights from their games

• LIVESTRONG is empowering cancer survivors and advocates in the global fight against cancer and raising awareness about the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign

And, added to that list is, of course, the Spokane Chapter of the NWEBG, inviting all to join them in the Guild's mission to build local living economies, safeguard the ecological diversity of their bioregion and champion human health and community.

Visit the Spokane Chapter's Facebook group now, and stay tuned for updates on their success in using this platform.

Facebook has created step-by-step instructions for any public figure or organization wanting to create a presence on their site. In addition, Facebook offers best-practice suggestions for public figures, non-profits or other organizations, entertainers and bands. This can be found at Best Practices.