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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The following workshops that will take place in <b>NYC, June 16</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0'>Passive House Primer: </span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'>With instruction by Tomas O’Leary of the <a href="http://www.passivehouseacademy.com/index.php/our-services/training/us-training-events/primer-course-us" target="_blank" title="PHA Primer Course, June 2014"><b><span style='color:#FF5531;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Passive House Academy</span></b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'>This course is a basic yet extensive one day introduction to Passive House. Learning objectives go from specifics like defining the Passive House Standard and explaining Space Heating and Cooling Demand to reviewing a range of case study projects including domestic and large scale commercial buildings. Participants will get an overview of key construction elements like airtightness, thermal bridge free connections, windows and heat recovery ventilation as well as the PHPP software and key issues of Passive House design optimization. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'> 6.5 AIA CES credits are offered. Find out more and register <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.passivehouseacademy.com/index.php/our-services/training/us-training-events/primer-course-us" target="_blank" title="PHA Primer Course, June 2014"><span style='color:#FF5531;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>here</span></a>.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></h2><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0'>designPH:</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0;font-weight:normal'> The New Sketchup Plug-in for PHPP</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'>With instruction by Andrew Peel of <a href="http://peelpassivehouse.ca/" target="_blank" title="http://peelpassivehouse.ca/"><b><span style='color:#FF5531;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Peel Passive House Consulting</span></b></a> and the <a href="http://www.passivehouse.ca/" target="_blank" title="http://www.passivehouse.ca/"><b><span style='color:#FF5531;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>Canadian Passive House Institute</span></b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'>This one day intensive session participants will learn how to use designPH for the design and certification of Passive House Buildings. Participants will be guided step-by-step through the building design process, from building model creation to exporting to PHPP with a focus on iterative design to achieve the Passive House criteria. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.6pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#555555'>6.5 AIA CES credits are offered. Find out more and register <a href="http://www.passivehouse.ca/designph-ny/" target="_blank" title="http://www.passivehouse.ca/designph-ny/"><b><span style='color:#FF5531;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>here</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#353A3E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>These courses are being offered in conjunction with:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0'>NY14 Passive House Conference & Expo on June 17.</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0EADC0;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Find more info and register <a href="http://www.rightevents.net/NY14PH_Conference_Expo/" target="_blank">here</a>."</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif"'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Rockwell","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:black'>Andrew Peel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E57C09'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E57C09'>Canadian Passive House Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Phone:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> 905 483 9925<br><b>Email:</b> <a href="mailto:andrew@passivehouse.ca"><span style='color:blue'>andrew@passivehouse.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Web:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.passivehouse.ca/"><span style='color:blue'>www.passivehouse.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>