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Reconstruct on the Passive House Podcast
Date:
April 8, 2025
Location:
McGill University
Members of the Reconstruct Initiative at McGill and Carleton Universities were interviewed by Ilka Cassidy and Steve Hessler of Holzraum System at the end of a two-day workshop in March. Their conversations spanned harnessing the power of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) by creating Single Integrated Manufacturing Models (SIMM), developing a comprehensive toolkit to support deep energy retrofit rollout in Quebec, and researching new efficient material assemblies for panelized construction among other topics.
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- Arrondissement de l’Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève
- Société d’habitation du Québec
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- Building decarbonization alliance
- Pembina institute
- Québec BVI – Bâtiment vert et intelligent
- ReCover Initiative
- Retrofit Canada
- The Atmospheric Fund (TAF)
- Transition Accelerator
- Zero Emissions Innovation Centre
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- Minotair Inc.
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