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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear all: I apologize for the short notice, but thought that you would be interested in attending this Zoom event 
 on Passive House, a green building design that saves
up to 90% of the energy required for heating and cooling conventional buildings
and 60 to 80% of all energy usage when electricity is included in the total. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PASSIVE HOUSE ACCELERATOR POLICY SUMMIT. Monday, April
26, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This ZOOM event is free, but you must RSVP
here:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/event-announcements/passive-house-policy-summit-i-new-construction" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/event-announcements/passive-house-policy-summit-i-new-construction</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The speakers at this event will discuss
the various policies to promote Passive House design and construction. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information about Passive House
Accelerator, see the organizational website which provides educational
materials and announcements for future events as well as the option to sign up
for a weekly newsletter: <a href="https://passivehouseaccelerator.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://passivehouseaccelerator.com</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information on Passive House
please see my recent article, Lisa DiCaprio, Passive House Update – Educational
Resources, <u>Sierra Atlantic</u>, Spring 2021: <a href="https://atlantic2.sierraclub.org/content/passive-house-update-%E2%80%93-educational-resources" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">https://atlantic2.sierraclub.org/content/passive-house-update-%E2%80%93-educational-resources</span></a>
In this article, I provide an update on developments in Passive House design
and construction since my previous article, “<a href="https://atlantic2.sierraclub.org/content/high-rise-passive-house-nyc" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">High-rise Passive House in NYC</span></a>,” <u><span>Sierra Atlantic</span>,</u> Fall 2017. The <u>Sierra
Atlantic</u> is the publication of the Sierra Club Atlantic (NYS) Chapter.<span></span></span></p><div><br>





</div><div>Lisa DiCaprio</div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Lisa DiCaprio<br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Associate Director of Curriculum<br>Clinical Associate Professor of Social Sciences<br><span>NYU School of Professional Studies</span><br>Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies<br>7 East 12th Street, Room 623G<br>New York, NY 10003<br>(212) 998-7118</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>