Scientific Advisory Board 2024
Every year, more than one hundred contributions on Passive House projects from all over the world are submitted via the Call for Papers to the International Passive House Conference. An independent Scientific Advisory Board evaluates the numerous submissions and selects 40 to 50 contributions based on a ranking during the advisory board meetings which usually span several days. We would like to express our sincere thanks for the commitment of our Conference Advisory Board this year! You can look forward to an exciting programme!
- Djahanschah, Sabine | Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU
- Ebel, Witta | Passive House Institute
- Feist, Wolfgang | Passive House Institute
- Kopeinig, Gerhard | ARCH+MORE Ziviltechniker
- Krick, Benjamin | City of Riedstadt
- Lepp, Laszlo | PHI Österreich
- Mobers, Dirk | Verbraucherzentrale NRW
- Pallantzas, Stefan | Hellenic Passive House Institute
- Pfluger, Rainer | University of Innsbruck
- Ploß, Martin | Energy Agency Vorarlberg
- Reyes, Elena | Passive House Institute
- Sheng, Sichen | PowerChina Shanghai Electric Power Design Institute - SEPD
- Simader, Günter | Austrian Energy Agency
- Steiger, Jan | Passive House Institute
- Steinmüller, Bernd | BSMC
- Streicher, Wolfgang | University of Innsbruck
- Theumer, Susanne | Passive House Institute
- Trebut, Franziska | ÖGUT - Austrian Society for Environment and Technology
- Tribus, Michael | Michael Tribus Architecture
- Vekemans, Étienne | propassif France
- Vogt, Anne | VAND arquitectura

Topics
The following thematic groups served as starting points for this year's Call for Papers. However, we generally accept all contributions which highlight that passive houses are key in achieving a more sustainable, climate-friendly built environment in the future.
- Energy efficiency NOW!
- PH / EnerPHit for city districts
- Prefabrication for PH and EnerPHit projects
- Energy efficiency and renewables
- PH concepts under challenging climatic conditions
- Keeping cool: passive and active cooling solutions
- Highly energy-efficient non-residential buildings
- Tools and methods for implementation
- Heat pumps and split units for deep retrofits
- Highest energy efficiency for staged renovation projects