{"id":10,"date":"2017-03-13T09:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T09:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/?p=10"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T18:56:12","slug":"ken-levenson-ph-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/2017\/03\/13\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Levenson on Passive House Standard &#8211; pro clima TV interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_28589\"  width=\"1170\" height=\"658\"  data-origwidth=\"1170\" data-origheight=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAD6oFrKO4Q?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ken Levenson is a registered architect in New York State and the President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypassivehouse.org\/\">NY Passive House<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to promote the Passive House Standard as well as a founding member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/naphnetwork.org\/\">North American Passive House Network<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aphnetwork.org\/\">.<\/a> In recent months, New York City passed a law mandating that city owned buildings, which are being contructed have Passive House Standard as an optional goal to fulfill energy efficiency requirement. This optional goal which will move to a mandatory fullfilment in the future. In his interview with pro clima\u00b4s Heide Gentner, Levenson said &#8220;Passive House is a critical tool to establish a carbon free society and answer the climate crisis that we are facing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about Ken Levenson and the Passive House movement:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ken Levenson:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kenlevensonarch.wordpress.com\/\">https:\/\/kenlevensonarch.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NY Passive House:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypassivehouse.org\/\">https:\/\/www.nypassivehouse.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American Passive House Network:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aphnetwork.org\/\">http:\/\/www.aphnetwork.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Passive House Institute:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/passiv.de\/en\/\">http:\/\/passiv.de\/en\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The International Passive House Association:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/passivehouse-international.org\/\">https:\/\/passivehouse-international.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>International Passive House Conference 2017 in Vienna, Austria:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/passivehouseconference.org\/en\/\">https:\/\/passivehouseconference.org\/en\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Levenson is a registered architect in New York State and the President of NY Passive House, a nonprofit dedicated to promote the Passive House <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/2017\/03\/13\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[64,65,66,62,67,27,63],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pro-clima","category-pro-clima-tv-interviews","tag-carbon-free-society","tag-climate-crisis","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-ken-levenson","tag-ny-passive-house","tag-passive-house","tag-passive-house-institute"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ken Levenson on Passive House Standard - pro clima TV interview - pro clima international blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/2017\/03\/13\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ken Levenson on Passive House Standard - pro clima TV interview - pro clima international blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ken Levenson is a registered architect in New York State and the President of NY Passive House, a nonprofit dedicated to promote the Passive House ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.proclima.com\/int\/2017\/03\/13\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"pro clima international blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-13T09:54:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-03-15T18:56:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Julia Metzger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Julia Metzger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.proclima.com\\\/int\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/13\\\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.proclima.com\\\/int\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/13\\\/ken-levenson-ph-standards\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Julia Metzger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.proclima.com\\\/int\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2cc86d57b4e91b6c23ab77b2ada44b16\"},\"headline\":\"Ken Levenson on Passive House Standard &#8211; 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