News: Kelly Holland Becomes Certified Passive House Consultant at Architectural Nexus
Architectural Nexus is proud to announce that Kelly Holland has become our first Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC). The PHIUS+ certification process is a quantifiable building performance standard. It uses specific climate data to optimize energy efficiency within an explicit occupant comfort level. Every project striving for PHIUS+ certification is required to have a CPHC.
As part of the design team, the CPHC guides a project towards certification with an understand the major building science principles of low-energy buildings, including:
- High levels of continuous insulation
- An extremely airtight envelope
- High-performance windows oriented and optimized for project-specific conditions
- Balanced ventilation
- Minimal space conditioning
According to PHIUS, “Passive building principals offer the best path to Net Zero and Net Positive buildings by minimizing the load that renewables are required to provide.” This connects to the Arch Nexus focus of Inspiration, Regeneration, and Stewardship, as passive buildings are incredibly resilient and require less operational costs than traditional, energy code minimum construction. The CPHC certification adds to the Architectural Science node as it is a critical piece of a low-energy net positive future.
Congratulations Kelly!