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December 9, 2014

Sustainable Design Talks with Chris Bailey, Alpen Window Expert – NAPHN Conference 2014

In September, 2014, “Sustainable Design” – a Youtube channel focused on promoting new energy efficient products – visited the North American Passive House Network 2014 Conference in Portland, ME.  Video hosts stopped to talk with Chris Bailey of Pinnacle Window Solutions from Biddeford, ME while he was in his booth promoting Alpen high performance fiberglass windows.  This fun, informative video

October 20, 2014

Passive House Institute Certified Projects Database Now Online

The International Passive House Association (iPHA) recently published their searchable database of Passive House Certified projects both completed and in construction.  As similar as the diversity in the individual home designs is the diversity of window products used.  There appear to be as many European window products as there are North American windows. Among certified

October 2, 2014

Landenberg Today Touts House with Alpen Windows as “A Home for the Next Century”

October 2, 2014- Landenberg Today magazine Fall 2014 edition features multi-page article on an Alpen window home, calling it “A Home for the Next Century.” Nestled in a serene 7-acre camp in Landenberg, PA in Chester County, about 20 miles Southwest of Philadelphia, KampKaolin is a 2,700 square foot high performance home inspired, designed and built following

September 26, 2014

Holladay Expertly Recaps Successes of Passive House Network 2014 Conference

September 26, 2014: On the heels of another tremendously successful Passive House Conference – this time in Portland, Maine, hosted by the North American Passive House Network Alpen HPP thanks the NAPHN community for generously hosting the event as well as all of the experts in the field who are recapping important lessons from the event. Most recently, Green Building Advisor, Martin Holladay’s blog

September 24, 2014

“PHIUS+ 2015: Performance Standards for North America” Presentation Now Online

September 23, 2014- Graham Wright and Katrin Klingenberg’s NAPHC 2014 presentation describes the continuing evolution of climate-specific certification standards in Passive House for North America. Download now: http://www.phaus.org/NAPHC2014/Wright-NAPHC2014-Standards.pdf?mc_cid=5803809334&mc_eid=660932f846  

September 24, 2014

NAPHC Conference Recap: “It Just Keeps Getting Better”

It just keeps getting better remarks Allison Bailes III in her Green Building Advisor article, “Highlights from the North American Passive House Conference.”  Allison’s article captures the high-energy, intellectually stimulating, ambiance of this year’s events hosted by the Passive House Alliance, US (PHAUS) and the Passive House Institute, US (PHIUS) in San Francisco. The passive

September 22, 2014

Alpen and Pinnacle Window Kick Off NAPHN 2014 Conference Day One

September 22, 2014- Alpen High Performance Products proudly joins longtime Northeast US distributor Pinnacle Window Solutions to kick off Day 1 of the North American Passive House Network (NAPHN) 2014 Conference. Pinnacle Window Solutions’ beautiful hand-crafted booth boasts a diverse collection of Alpen fiberglass windows and a dozen of our suspended coated film insulating glass

September 9, 2014

PHIUS Conference Starts Thursday, 9/11! Visit Alpen at table “T3”

PHIUS’ annual Passive House Conference starts this week!  Be sure to stop by Table “T3” in the exhibit hall to say hello to Alpen HPP. Come see our latest window samples, photos, product performance data and more!

September 5, 2014

Local Alpen Team Launches “Retrofit Revolution” in Louisville, Colorado

With two successful deep energy retrofits complete and many more in design and planning phases, local Alpen team, AE Building Systems, successfully launched a “retrofit revolution” in Louisville, Colorado. Utilizing products from their own catalogue and employing Passive House building techniques, company founders and building systems experts, Todd Collins and Mark Attard, are retrofitting 1970’s-era

September 3, 2014

Vermont Homeowner Testimonial Applauds Alpen Windows: Air-Sealing and Energy Upgrades Net Utility Reward

Longtime suspended coated film (“Heat Mirror”) fan and nationally recognized window expert, Sam Wharton, recently replaced windows in his Vermont home with new Alpen 525-S Series casement and awning windows. Wharton cleverly used two different sizes of simulated divided light grids to create a custom pattern that captured the essence of the home’s original double