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Call for Pa­pers

Be­come a speak­er at the 28th In­ter­na­tio­na­l Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce!

Join us in Es­sen, Ger­many, on 24 and 25 April 2026! Share your pro­ject ex­per­i­en­ces, re­search find­ings, new tools, and in­ven­tions with a keen audi­en­ce of pas­sion­ate Pass­ive House ex­perts from all over the world!

 

The Call for Papers will be open until 30 June 2025!

 

Submit an abstract

 

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Them­at­ic groups in the CfP sub­mis­sion form

 

Fast and easy retrofits for a successful transformation of the building stock

Retrofit projects that show how existing buildings can be upgraded to a sustainable and future-proof standard - quickly, easily and in a user-friendly way. This can include conventional retrofits, prefabricated concepts as part of a serial refurbishment or step-by-step retrofit approaches.

Serial renovation

Serial renovation - implemented buildings, concepts, practical experiences and lessons learned, components

Highly energy-efficient components taken a step further

For example all-in-one solutions, components for specific applications or components that have been optimised for use in step-by-step retrofit projects. 

Ventilation solutions for new builds and retrofits

Approaches for centralised and decentralised ventilation systems

Split units and heat pumps for the electrification of new builds and retrofits

Everything to do with the use of heat pumps, split units, water heating etc. in new builds and retrofits.

Cost-effectiveness of high energy efficiency measures

Reports on costs and economic feasibility of recent projects, as well as concepts for particularly cost-effective, highly energy-efficient building projects.

Large buildings and / or non-residential buildings to the Passive House or EnerPHit standard

Project examples of kindergartens, schools, office buildings, museums, student residences, hotels etc. - ideally with reported user experiences and monitoring results

Special use cases or challenging climatic conditions

Examples of projects that either have to cope with challenging climatic conditions or that have special usage requirements, such as swimming pools, hospitals, laboratories, (large) kitchens etc.

Supplementary sustainability assessments of highly energy-efficient buildings

Sustainability with regard to construction and material choices, such as e.g., life cycle assessments or the recyclability of highly energy-efficient buildings, materials and components

PHPP and add-on tools

Calculation methods, supplementary tools, interfaces from or to the PHPP, etc.

Solutions for districts

Concepts at district level and municipal planning, including the use of local heat, district heating and renewable energies in the neighborhood.

Technologies for energy-positive buildings

Everything to do with renewable energies, energy storage, and load management.

Thermal insulation and renewable energy supply going hand in hand

Everything to do with the successful combination of efficiency measures (e.g. thermal insulation) and renewable energy - under the premise of an "and" rather than "versus" approach.

Training, capacity building, energy consulting and dissemination

Concepts and new materials for knowledge transfer and dissemination of the Passive House concept. This includes concepts aimed at professionals as well as those aimed at non-professionals. Practical experiences from training and course providers are encouraged.

Regulations and incentives

Examples of Passive House policy and incentive programmes at a local, regional, national and international level. In particular their specific requirements, their implementation in practice and impact reports.

Comparison of standards

Comparison of Passive House and EnerPHit standards with national (or regional) building standards, including e.g., differences or similarities of technical requirements and cost-effectiveness over the life cycle. Compliance examples of Passive House or EnerPHit projects with building regulations.

Transformation highlights: Successful building projects from North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany

New builds and retrofit projects in the Passive House or EnerPHit standard, ideally with long-term experience and monitoring results.

Other

The content of your abstract does not quite fit into the above categories? No problem, just submit your text under “Other”.

Guidelines for your ab­stract sub­mis­sion

Please pre­pare a text doc­u­ment with max. 3,000 char­ac­ters in­clud­ing spaces. In the sub­mis­sion form, you will be asked to copy and paste your text in­to the des­ig­nated dia­logue box. If you wish, you can ad­di­tion­ally up­load up to 3 pho­tos and/or graphs in a sep­ar­ate field. Please make sure that you hold the copy­right!

 

If you are plan­ning on present­ing a build­ing pro­ject, please try to in­clude the fol­low­ing in­form­a­tion in your ab­stract:

  • Did you face any par­tic­u­lar chal­lenges (For ex­ample, did you have to use in­teri­or in­su­la­tion be­cause it was a his­tor­ic build­ing? Did the res­id­ents re­main in the build­ing dur­ing the ren­ov­a­tion?)? How did you over­come these chal­lenges?
     
  • What les­sons have you learned from your pro­ject? What would you do dif­fer­ently if you could start all over again?
     
  • Did you ap­ply in­nov­at­ive strategies that were new in your pro­ject coun­try or that had not been ap­plied to your type of build­ing be­fore?
     
  • If avail­able, please provide the (ex­pec­ted) yearly run­ning costs and the (ex­pec­ted) in­vest­ment pay­back.
     
  • If avail­able, please in­clude feed­back from the ten­ants / users of the build­ing.
     
  • In gen­er­al, please give as much de­tail as pos­sible and avoid vague in­form­a­tion and rhet­or­ic­al ques­tions!

 

Im­port­ant in­form­a­tion for ap­plic­ants

The Sci­en­tif­ic Con­fer­en­ce Ad­vis­ory Board for the 28th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce will ev­al­u­ate your ab­stract.

 

If you are se­lec­ted as a speak­er, we ask you to con­trib­ute to the 28th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce by do­ing the fol­low­ing:

  • Giv­ing a 20- to 25-minute present­a­tion (fol­lowed by a short Q&A at the end; we re­com­mend that you use a Power­Point slideshow)
     
  • Sub­mit­ting a 2-, 4- or 6-page art­icle for the di­git­al con­fer­en­ce pro­ceed­ings (you choose one of these lengths your­self)
     
  • At­tend­ing the con­fer­en­ce in Es­sen (nat­ur­ally, you will re­ceive a speak­er dis­count on the tick­et price)

 

The con­fer­en­ce ses­sions will be re­cor­ded and made avail­able as on de­mand videos after the event. If you are a group of au­thors, please se­lect 1 speak­er and max. 1 co-speak­er. You can in­clude the names of ad­di­tion­al au­thors in the art­icle for the con­fer­en­ce pro­ceed­ings.

 

We are look­ing for­ward to read­ing your ab­stracts! To in­crease your chances of be­ing ac­cep­ted, please make sure that you have read and un­der­stood the guidelines above. We will send you an e-mail with the se­lec­tion res­ults in Oc­to­ber/Novem­ber 2025.

 

Submit an abstract

 

If you have any ques­tions or com­ments re­gard­ing the Call for Pa­pers or the 28th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce, please do not hes­it­ate to send an e-mail to con­fe­rence@pas­siv.de or call us at (+49) 6151 82699 109.

 

We are look­ing for­ward to cre­at­ing an ex­cit­ing, in­spir­ing pro­gramme for the 28th In­ter­na­tion­al Pass­ive House Con­fer­en­ce with you!