Episode Details

In this Episode of the Passive House Podcast, Ilka Cassidy shares on-the-ground interviews from Green Building United’s Sustainability Symposium in Philadelphia, highlighting regional policy, incentives, and high-performance affordable housing work. Ilka chats first with  Rich Freeh  and  Emily Pugliese  of Green Building United about Pennsylvania’s divided political landscape, lagging energy code adoption and advocacy opportunities including Philadelphia’s push to adopt 2021 IECC residential code. Ilka also chats with  Justin Lovenitti and  Norm Horn of New Ecology about  Energize Delaware programs and case studies in  Philadelphia.

https://greenbuildingunited.org/event/2026-sustainability-symposium/

https://www.newecology.org/

https://energizedelaware.org/

https://collective.reimaginebuildings.com/

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