Summer Workshop With NYC CTE High Schools

In the Summer of 2022, Passive House for Everyone had the honor of providing Passive House Workshop to three NYC CTE (Career & Technical Education) High Schools: Boys & Girls HS, Transit Tech HS and Westinghouse HS.

 Through a holistic teaching approach that prepares students to be learners for life, through Knowledge Sharing, Creative Explorations and Hands-On Training of the Passive House building science, the students are able to apply their newly gained 21st century skills to enter into the growing workforce supporting energy efficiency and clean energy in the building industry, and become active agents of change for social & environmental justice in our green economy, making the world a better place for everyone. 

Knowledge Sharing, Creative Explorations and Hands-On Training

STEP 1: KNOWLEDGE SHARING

  Passive House presentation introducing students to the contextual framework of WHY we do Passive House…

STEP 2: CREATIVE EXPLORATIONS

After the presentation, students explore Passive House principles through creative explorations in model making, drawing, collage, song writing and more...

STEP 3: HANDS ON TRAINING

After creative explorations of the Passive House principles, students engage in a hands-on training workshop for full scale implementation of the PH building principles…

The students share their creative explorations.

Please enjoy these student-created songs on Passive House principles!

And Then…

Ventilation

Air Sealing

High Performance Windows