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Passive House Consultants’ Training Program will take place at Parsons The New School for Design from July 6 till July 17. The program is designed as a series of three, three-day sessions. These sessions are meant for those architects and building system designers who want to learn how to successfully implement Passive House design principles in residential, commercial, and retrofit scenarios.

The Program is an overview of:
•Principles of Passive House Design – Heat Transfer, Airtightness, Super-insulation, Ventilation and Moisture Control
•Instruction in the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), our powerful and precise energy modeling software
•Mechanical Systems
•Construction Examples
•Materials Selection
•Quality Assurance

You can register for phases I, II and/or III here.
The Roundtable Discussion: Passive House in the US will take place at Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Av., New York, NY, this July 14 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. It’s open to public, but please RSVP to sce@newschool.edu.

Parsons The New School for Design is pleased to announce its 2009 thesis show schedule, which celebrates the work of its graduating students. Throughout the month of May, Parsons will present a series of exhibitions in The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and venues across Manhattan, representing the final works of its undergraduate and graduate students. Work by students from the architecture, communication design, design and management, design and technology, fashion design, fine arts, illustration, integrated design, interior design, lighting, photography, and product design programs will be on view.

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(Image by Maxine Nienow, BFA Photography)