Norman Garcia is an engineer and principal building science consultant at AllClimate Passivhaus in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and the founder of Passivhaus Philippines. In addition to being a Certified Passive House Designer, Norman is also a Certified Passive House Construction Verifier and an accredited Passive House Course Provider.

In this episode, we officially launch Norman's 500 Filipino Passivhaus Challenge: training 500 Passivhaus professionals in the Philippines by 2040. We also talk about the Passivhaus benefits that are most relevant to the Philippines, what switching between the extreme cold of Winnipeg and the extreme heat and humidity of Manila has taught Norman, why he loves the "open source" nature of the Passivhaus community, and how much we both like EMU Passive!

Connect with Norman, AllClimate PH, and Passivhaus Philippines:

• Norman on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/norman-garcia/

• Passivhaus Philippines on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/passivhaus-philippines/

• Passivhaus Philippines website => https://passivhausph.org/

• AllClimate PH website => https://allclimateph.ph/

• The 500 Filipino Passivhaus Challenge => https://allclimateph.ph/challenge/

Rahul Shaw is the owner and principal architect at Tight House Architecture and Interior Design, specializing in single-family home renovations, additions, and new builds that go beyond the ordinary. Rahul started his own Passive House firm after years in the industry to pursue what he perceived as an obviously better way to solve problems like condensation and moisture in homes.

In this episode, we talk about the Passive House tenet that Rahul thinks is most important, where the name of his company came from, why spray foam is a terrible idea, the many different benefits of Passive House and which resonate with which demographics, and more.

Connect with Rahul and Tight House:

• Rahul on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulyshah/

• Tight House on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/tighthousearchitecture/

• Tight House on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/tighthouse_/

• Tight House website => https://tighthouse.com/

Michael Ingui is an artist and architect, as well as the president and a partner at Ingui Architecture, and a co-founder of both the Passive House Accelerator and Source 2050. Michael started the Accelerator because he saw how important it was to have a place to share ideas within the industry and community. He started Source 2050 to help increase the availability of high-performance building supplies.

In this episode, we talk about the next big hurdle that Passive House needs to get over (hint: it's marketing :), the critical importance of product availability if you don't want your contractor to use something other than what you specified, and the 3 things that will either let us scale Passive House the way we truly need to, or not.

Connect with Michael, Ingui Architecture, Passive House Accelerator, and Source 2050:

• Michael on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelingui/

• Michael on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/michael_ingui/

• Ingui Architecture on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/inguiarchitecture/

• Ingui Architecture on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/inguiarchitecture/

• Ingui Architecture website => https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/

• Passive House Accelerator on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/passivehouseaccelerator/

• Passive House Accelerator on Bluesky => https://bsky.app/profile/phaccelerator.bsky.social

• Passive House Accelerator on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/passivehouseaccelerator/

• Passive House Accelerator website => https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/

• Source 2050 on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/company/source-2050/

• Source 2050 on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/source2050/

• Source 2050 website => https://source2050.com/