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Passive House Podcast

Passive House Podcast

<p>Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement.

Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy

535 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Passive House Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 535 episodes, alongside 201 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 360 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence, with the show now in its 109th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 19 min and 57 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 44 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 143 episodes published. Published by Matthew Cutler-Welsh, Zack Semke, Mary James, and Ilka Cassidy.

Episodes
535
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
45 min
Cadence
Several per week

From the publisher

<p>Interviews with the leaders, practitioners, and change-makers in the global Passive House movement. A production of Passive House Accelerator.</p>

Latest Episodes

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308: Putting Pride Back in Construction with Tomás O'Leary

Oct 6, 20261h 8m

307: Josh Dorfman on Building Carbon-Negative Materials

Sep 29, 202655 min

306: Scaling Straw Panel Construction with New Frameworks

Sep 22, 20261h 0m

Bonus Episode: Resilience, Retrofits, and the Road to PhiusCon 2026

Sep 17, 202646 min

305: Michael Jemtrud on Prefabrication, Education, and the Future of Architecture

Sep 15, 202657 min

304: Prefabricated HVAC for Multifamily Retrofits with Tom King

Sep 8, 20261h 8m

303: Scaling Affordable High-Performance Prefab with Rob Leonard

Sep 2, 20261h 11m

Bonus Episode: The Heat Pump Conversation You Don’t Want to Miss

Aug 31, 202625 min

302: Bringing Passive Building Principles to Schools with Evan Greulich

Aug 26, 202659 min

301: Building the Next Generation of Passive House Professionals with John Loercher

Aug 19, 20261h 5m

300: Rethinking Cooling in the UK, with Dominic O'Riordan and Alan Budden

Aug 12, 202654 min

299: The Missing Standard for Panelized Construction with Johann Betz

Aug 5, 202646 min

298: The Potential for Passive House at Scale in Australia with Sven Maxa

Jul 30, 202646 min

297: Nakita Reed on Preservation, Equity, and High-Performance Retrofits

Jul 22, 202655 min

296: Inside Thrive 2026 with Andy Marlow

Jul 15, 202631 min

295: Finding Agency: Michelle Apigian on the Power of Architects

Jul 8, 20261h 7m

294: Beyond Operational Carbon: Rethinking Cement, Steel, and Embodied Carbon

Jul 1, 20261h 4m

293: Innovative Solutions for Affordable, Sustainable Living

Jun 23, 20261h 11m

292: Profit by Experience: Insights from the Passive House Network Conference

Jun 16, 202658 min
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