Feature article showcases the “corehaus” project as well as Hammer & Hand President Sam Hagerman’s role in the local effort to “raise the bar” in Portland’s home building community.

In “Heating your home with a hair dryer,” Portland Tribune writer Joseph Gallivan covers the burgeoning Passive House movement in Portland, describes a cool local project on Mt. Tabor, and reports on our own Sam Hagerman’s efforts to move the building industry along toward Passive House construction.  Gallivan also cites Dylan Lamar of Green Hammer and quotes Jeffrey Tufenkian, both collaborators in our joint efforts to get the Passive House standard included in Oregon’s Reach Code.

Read the article here!

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Zack Semke

Zack Semke, passive building advocate and now-director of Passive House Accelerator, was an invaluable member of our team as Director of Business Development from 2010-2016. He is the director of Passive House Accelerator, co-host of the Passive House Podcast, and a member of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps. He writes and speaks about the role that buildings can play in accelerating the clean energy transition. Passive House Accelerator is a catalyst for zero carbon building, providing a hub for sharing innovation and thought leadership in high performance building design and construction.

Zack’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharysemke/

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