North American Passive House Network Conference 2018

Born and raised in Oakland, California, Andrew Michler found his way to a pine forest in the Colorado Rockies where he has lived off the grid for 20 years. He is a Certified Passive House Consultant, author of [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture, and designer and builder of the... Read More →

Ms. Barry is a licensed architect based in San Francisco, CA. She was educated in South Africa, the UK and the USA and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History of Art and English Literature from the University of Natal-KwaZulu. She completed post-graduate studies in Architecture at UC... Read More →

Floris is CEO and Technical Director of 475 High Performance Building Supply. He has a Master’s degree from the Delft University of Technology, School of Architecture, in the Netherlands. He built the Lucy House at the Rural Studio in Alabama, and worked at Common Ground Community... Read More →

Tim is a German-born and trained architectural engineer with over fifteen years of professional experience in innovative high-performance designs. He is passionate about holistic design solutions that deliver on all aspects of sustainability. In addition, Tim is a master carpenter... Read More →

Graham Irwin, AIA, CPHC, is the principal of Essential Habitat Architecture, a Northern California practice focused on healthy, high performance, sustainable buildings built to Passive Building standards. He has a degree in physics, with additional studies in engineering and architecture... Read More →

Laura has more than thirty years of experience in development, sustainable design, and communityengagement, and she has been on the cutting edge of sustainable and low-energy design solutions for the past two decades. Upon moving to Pittsburgh, Laura became co-owner of a residential... Read More →

Tessa Smith, CPHC, LEED AP, AIA, is a Principal and Lead Architect at The Artisans Group, asustainable minded Design+Build firm. Her nationally award-winning work is built throughoutthe Pacific Northwest and includes notable local projects such as the 222 Market , the newestOlympia... Read More →

After completing studies at The School for the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academy for Art & Design in the Netherlands Jonah founded the design firm NEEDBASED Inc. and for the past eighteen years NEEDBASED has focused on socially and environmentally sustainable designs responsive... Read More →

Swiss-born American architect Stephan Tanner has over three decades of experience with high performancereal estate development, planning and design around the globe. Stephan is founder aprincipal of Intep Minneapolis, and co-owner of TE Studio.  He is also founder, board member anddesignated... Read More →