Passive House & Certification - Interview With Mike Anderson

Mike Anderson who is the CEO and Design Leader of Passive Design Solutions. Drawing on his combined background in architecture and physics. Mike leads a design production team with over three hundred Net Zero Ready projects, one hundred of them passive house, throughout North America over 10 years, establishing him as one of the nation’s foremost passive house experts.
In this episode Mike talks about solar hot water versus solar panel with heat pumps, where Passive House certification makes sense and how larger scale projects are benefitting from Passive House.
0:00 Intro into passive house
5:15 Passive House Certification
28:30 Hybrid Heating Systems
23:55 Larger Scale Apartment Projects
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[@jillianwilson9166]

Hi Casey and Mike, thanks for your insights on so many relevant topics. Especially the discussion about the value of certification, as well as Mike's thoughts about plastic in building products. And the gem at the end - natural ventilation. I would love to hear some more about alternatives to a mechanical ERV system.

[@6478nick]

Hi Mike
Good talk, enjoyed. If you want to explore how the real houses were built in ancient India without plastic using local materials. Earth, cow dunk, and thatch roof from rice husk and grass. 100% environment friendly. Visit remote India, and even in extreme heat, it's cool inside and warm in winter. Indian Feng Sui, which is known as Vastu Shastra and its 100%, uses cosmic energy and the heat from the sun and talks about the health and welbeing of human beings. All ancient temples were built on those principles, and they are so energy efficient and still standing after so many earthquakes and floods.