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Friday, October 19 • 11:15am - 11:45am
Track 5: Passive House and “Off-Grid” Locations – a Match Made in Heaven?

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Chris Doel (Mechanical Engineer and Associate Principal, Integral Group), Cillian Collins (Senior Architect, Perkins + Will), and Derek Newby (Associate Principal, Perkins + Will) discuss the unique challenges and solutions when designing and constructing a Passive House home on a remote, “off-grid”, location near Whistler in the Coast Mountain Range of British Columbia.

Learning Objectives
1. Respecting design aspirations while pursuing performance objectives.
2. Integrated Design Approach – The importance of a clear goal for the project to overcome the expected and unexpected challenges that arise when using passive house as a design philosophy and the unique issues of the off-grid location.
3. Site constraints and PHPP – The role that site and geography play in passive house project and their impact in PHPP.
4. Construction Techniques and Philosophy – Choices around construction assemblies, and the use of volumetric and panelised prefabrication systems including integrated services.
5. Mechanical and electrical Strategies – A first-principles approach to systems design, and the motive to find robust and reliable strategies during design and the final solution.
Speakers
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Cillian Collins

Perkins + Will
Cillian is a Senior Architect at Perkins + Will. He has over 10 years of experience across a variety of project types and scales. Cillian is a Certified Passive House Designer and has worked on Passive House projects in Canada and Ireland. He is Chair of Passive House Canada Education... Read More →
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Chris Doel

Integral Group
For over fifteen years, Chris has been passionately working with clients to deliver cost effective and sustainable mechanical engineering solutions. He draws on extensive industry experience within the Canadian construction market and further afield in Europe. Chris’ areas of expertise... Read More →
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Derek Newby

Perkins + Will
Derek has over 16 years of experience with a keen interest in green building, striving to deliver practical, elegant solutions that exhibit a responsible use of resources. His experience spans across a variety of project types and he is involved in all phases from site planning to... Read More →

Friday October 19, 2018 11:15am - 11:45am EDT
Room 319 David L. Lawrence Convention Center
  Track 5 - Solutions Using Passive House