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Consider this a guide for beginners and experienced modelers alike. Phius' certification team put together this outline of helpful modeling tips, tricks and general information on getting the geometry of a building from SketchUp into WUFI Passive.

Phius Communications Manager Max Lapthorne announces the opening of the Phius Passive Projects Design Competition and provides details on the competition.

Phius Certification Program Director James Ortega answers mechanical questions.

Phius Building Certification Manager & Policy Specialist Zoe Rader details how team members on Phius projects can take advantage of financial incentives offered by a new program in New York.

Phius Certification Program Director James Ortega outlines strategies for mitigating thermal bridging on passive building projects.

Former Phius Certification Manager Al Mitchell shares parting thoughts on the passive building industry and reflections on his time at Phius.

Phius Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director Katrin Klingenberg examines the value proposition of building resilience within the context of recent severe storms in Chicagoland.

This estimator may be used to determine a lower temperature reduction factor than the default of 0.95 and the associated additional energy use for attached zones outside of the thermal and airtight envelope that are conditioned to a lower setpoint temperature than the certified portion of the building.

This edition of the Phius Project Spotlight Series highlights the Edogawa Passive House in Tokyo, Japan.

Phius Certification Team members Haley Harlow and Rodrigo Barrios-Piedra answer questions on the METr energy modeling software tool.