June 19-20, 2025 - Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
Announcing Bondor Principal Sponsor
THRIVE 2025
Geoff Marsdon, Executive General Manager, Bondor Metecno celebrates THRIVE 2025 Partnership
“Supporting the Thrive Passivhaus Conference represents our organisation's commitment to lifting Australian building standard. The success of the Passivhaus Standard's growth is a testament to its accuracy in performance, superior comfort and health benefits. We know that the exponential growth of the standard will improve the lives of all Australians.”
Principal Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
EARLY Bird Tickets
Early bird sales end March 7th, 2025
The Brains Trust
Our Conference Committee
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Carlos Acuna
DIRECTOR - ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERTH
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Merylese Mercieca
BUSINESS MANAGER - BLUE ECO HOMES
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Marcus Strang
TECHNICAL LEAD& PASSIVHAUS CERTIFIER - HIP V. HYPE
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Estelle Roman
PROJECT ARCHITECT - FRASER & PARTNERS
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Phil Diver
CEO & COMPANY SECRETARY - CISC PTY LTD
day one
Thursday, June 19
Program
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By flipping the script on outdated living standards, MODEL develop places where residents thrive without sacrificing their personal, communal, or planetary health.
With a combined development cost of $250 million across our first two projects, we are delivering 400 residences to the market, including 10% affordable units, helping meet the Victorian government’s housing goals. These residences, designed for Passivhaus Certification, built with Mass Timber Construction, and achieving a 6 Green Star Rating, will set a global standard in lowering carbon emissions. Importantly, these projects are investable and can be scaled out across Australia, attracting global capital.
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A case study exploring the journey of integrating Passive House standards into the design of a Steiner School’s new kindergarten and classroom building.
Highlighting the challenges and overcoming resistance to create a healthier learning environment and setting a new benchmark for sustainable schools.
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A great time to mingle with each other and speak to our sponsors and exhibitors.
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Thermal performance is verified indirectly through insulation datasheets and photos of installed insulation. There is no post-construction experimental measurement of overall thermal performance of Passivhaus buildings.
Using an objective measurement of building thermal performance that may help to redress this shortcoming. These measures are related to the heat retention time and is a proxy indicator of thermal performance in much the same way that the 0-100 km/h acceleration time of cars is used by consumers as a proxy of vehicle performance. Such a measure may be used to differentiate Passivhaus buildings from code-minimum, solar passive and other building types.
This presentation will describe the measurement of heat retention time using data from residential dwellings in Australia, varying from older homes to certified Passivhaus dwellings. The method relies only upon temperature data indoors and outdoors overnight, so can be readily and inexpensively measured. Guidance will be given as to what would be considered normal for a low and high performance building so that home owners, builders and architects can use it for quality assurance, benchmarking and for marketing.
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Achieving low energy building standards once the slab is already poured…
Alex and Malcolm will discuss the journey around the design process and the challenges that came with trying to create a Passivhaus while construction had already started and how it became an Certified PH.
They will highlight the lived in experience of a Passivhaus through a post occupancy analysis!
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Join Kate Nason as she dives into the launch of our ‘How to Talk about Passivhaus and Benefits Guide’.
More information to come.
Featuring on the panel are:
Rachael Bernstone, Founder - Sounds Like Design
Alexia Lidas, CEO - Australian Passivhaus Association
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The process of urbanisation and densification fundamentally alters the physical characteristics and layout of our environment. One well-known consequence of this transformation is the Heat Island Effect, where urban areas experience significantly higher temperatures compared to nearby rural areas. This effect not only impacts outdoor thermal comfort but also increases the energy demand and cooling loads of buildings, leading to higher emissions in cities.
Currently, the design industry does not commonly prioritise designing with climate change in mind. When it comes to energy and comfort modelling, buildings are still designed based on outdated historical weather data that is no longer relevant.
This presentation shows a framework that leverages existing data and modelling tools to parametrically run different design options to assess the Heat Island Effect under different future weather scenarios to better design for adaption. The study runs a sensibility test for hundreds of scenarios to better understand the key design considerations planners and designers need to focus on.
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Andy walk us through with a clear-eyed look at the Australian construction industry, the interconnectedness of the system and its possibilities for positive change. We’ll join the dots of some of the biggest challenges of our times and present the step changes we need to address them.
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A great time to mingle with each other and speak to our sponsors and exhibitors.
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We are currently negotiating with a special venue. We estimate the cost will be the same as last year.
Keep your eyes peeled for the announcement!
day two
Friday, June 20
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Tim is the Principal at Architype in NZ and specialises in the design of Passivhaus buildings. This presentation covers their recent Certified Passivhaus Multi-unit housing projects:
Toiora Cohousing Neighbourhood, Dunedin – 21 homes
Leith Street Student Accommodation, Dunedin – 19 homes
Dunedin City Council Community Housing, Dunedin. – 10 homes
Tim dives into how these townhouses and apartments are the ‘low hanging fruit’ of Passivhaus building typologies by using build cost, comfort and energy consumption data gathered since these projects were completed.
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A great time to mingle with each other and speak to our sponsors and exhibitors.
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Join us as Alexia interviews Passivhaus CEO’s from around the world to provide an update on where Passivhaus is at today. Target countries -
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Rory Hunter and Joe Karten take a dive into systemic leadership.
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Hear from our advocacy working groups
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TBC
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Presenting on the ins and outs of a large scale design, student accomodation project where Passivhaus was the solution to the project needs.
Featuring 1500 student rooms, the client wanted a no mould, robust, healthy, safe and an environment supportive of learning.
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A great time to mingle with each other and speak to our sponsors and exhibitors.
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This presentation uses the Bob Marshman Building (BMB) to analyse the benefits and challenges associated with applying the Passivhaus standard to learning environments within a subtropical climate.
The building, completed in 2024 for the Construction Training Centre, was designed as a living laboratory that explores emergent passive thermal design principles, sustainability, and the impacts of these on construction education pathways. It has been formally certified as Queensland’s first Passivhaus training facility.
The Deicke Richards architectural team worked closely with the environmental consultant and the engineering and services team to ensure that the resulting built form aligned with the key Passivhaus requirements. Whilst this was the first Passivhaus project for most of the consultants involved, everyone came together as a team to resolve numerous challenges that occurred during the design and construction of the project, including the positioning and sizing of the double glazed, fully thermally broken windows, the challenging detailing of the continuous airtight barrier and double thermal insulation, eliminating thermal bridges and the design of the heat recovery ventilators.
Training sessions
Day 1:
Thursday, June 19
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Presented by Australian Glass Group
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the difference between PH and NCC terminologies
Understand the two key performance factors; Ug and g-value
Discuss Double Glazed Performance factors
Discuss Triple Glazed Performance factors
Identify all key compliance factors around Glazing
Demonstrate some local PH projects
Site Tour
Saturday, June 21
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Something exciting for 2025, is our site tour to Cowes Cultural and Community Centre!
This will be a limited ticket event and will include travel to and from the venue.
Seperate ticket sales.
More information to come!
Trade Show
Exhibitors
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Bondor® is Australia’s leader in complete thermal building solutions and lightweight architectural panels. More than just the leading manufacturer of insulated panels, Bondor® has unrivalled experience in design assistance and construction.
As Australia’s only manufacturer, distributor and installer of EPS-FR cored panels, Factory Mutual Approved PIR cored panels and Factory Mutual Approved Mineral Fibre cored panels, Bondor® is in a unique position to be able to offer our customers impartial advice on the right insulated panel solution to meet their needs.
Founded in the 1950s, Bondor® offers the most comprehensive range of insulated panel products and systems available. As the developer of the original patented Slip Joint which makes the system work, Bondor® is constantly working on solutions for industrial and commercial building customers across Australia.
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Established in 2009, BINQ is a privately owned Australian company whose influence comes from travelling the globe researching the most advanced window systems, machinery and manufacturing techniques.
Expanding its business and operations to a national, recognised brand, BINQ has two manufacturing plants located in Melbourne, Victoria, with a combined floor area of over 3,000m2, and is now Australia's largest high-performance window manufacturer.
As things have evolved, our core company values are built on solid foundations of integrity, trust, and a high focus on customer service, driven by providing value and delivering high-quality products made from quality workmanship.
Our customer service is geared to exceptional standards at each touch point of the customer journey, with responsiveness being the critical driver right from the first touch point, through the sales process, to scheduling and production and after-sales services.
Our diverse product offer consists of timber and uPVC window systems catering to a range of both residential and commercial markets in Australia, specializing in high-performing, thermally efficient, architectural window systems.
Windows have tradionally been viewed as a utilitarian product where a designer has designed a hole in a wall for a window to be installed into, whereas we view windows as much more than that. We view windows as the most important element in a building that has a dramatic impact on the design, aesthetics, functionality, liveability, and performance of a home.
We've always been very focused on the type of business we want to be and the type of business we want to be known for and it's this clarity that continues to drive the business every day.
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Australian Glass Group (AGG) are glass processors of Insulated Glass Units (IGU), made in Australia at their three glass processing plants; Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart.
AGG specialise in high performance softcoat LowE IGU, including Double and Triple Glazing, with Passivhaus certified WarmEdge spacers, and argon gas-filled air gaps in all of their units. Passivhaus performance data (EN-673 and EN-410 and PSI values) are available on all of their glass make-ups.
With locally stocked raw glass at all three plants, AGG can currently manufacturer and supply within 7 days, including the highest performing triple glazed units with Ug values of 0.5, and a full range of g-values to suit any climate.
Pick up our Passivhaus White Paper at our display and you will also get to see our IGU range as well as feel them in action in our unique HeatBox demonstrations!
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Industry Leaders For 50 Years
Engineering Expertise
Fantech has been at the forefront of fan and acoustics technology by developing and implementing new and innovative products for virtually every air movement and ventilation need, as well as noise attenuation.Continuous Improvement
We have been accredited under ISO9001 since 1992 and more recently ISO9001:2015 - Quality Management System, Fantech maintains high standards of manufacturing and a continuous improvement culture.Extensive Manufacturing & Warehousing
With modern manufacturing plants in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and warehouses throughout Australia and New Zealand, we provide unmatched delivery performance and customer service.Excellent Support Services
With modern manufacturing plants in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane and warehouses throughout Australia and New Zealand, we provide unmatched delivery performance and customer service.Representation
Fantech offers a most comprehensive network of representatives, including offices in all capital cities and regions of Australia and New Zealand, as well as throughout South East Asia. -
Logikhaus was founded in 2017 and has become Australia's leading supplier of Passivhaus certified Aluclad Timber windows and doors.
To date, Logikhaus has supplied windows and doors to at least 23 certified Passivhaus projects across Australia, with many more in the pipeline.
Logikhaus windows and doors are manufactured in Europe, in a state of the art factory covering more that 5000m2, with over 185 employees.
The Logikhaus success story has been built on:
Exceptional quality products with the latest innovative design and technologies
Sustainable FSC certified timbers
Full product PHPP and NatHERS data
Full product testing to Australian Standards AS1288 (glass in building installations) AS2208 (safety glass) AS2047 (air infiltration, water infiltration and structural strength)
BAL 40 bushfire certification (AS1530.8.1-2018)
Market leading before and after sales customer service
10 years of Passivhaus building knowledge and expertise
To complement the windows and doors, Logikhaus supplies motorised external zipscreen blinds, for the ultimate in solar heat gain control and privacy.
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Innovative, yet down-to-earth. Open-minded, yet regionally rooted. Extremely versatile and steady at the same time – this is aluplast. Despite its international success, aluplast still is a family-run business. The company, which now in its second generation, is characterised by flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes.
Company founder Manfred J. Seitz and his sons Dirk Seitz and Patrick Seitz managed to transform aluplast into one of the most successful companies in its industry in just a few years.
Four key factors played a major role in its success:
Innovation: Constant product development and innovation are important to the success of both the aluplast group and its cooperation partners. We analyse current market requirements to create new products that satisfy the demand and meet our customers’ highest expectations. So it is no surprise to hear that our innovative power has been recognised, with aluplast being named one of the Top 100 most innovative SMEs in Germany.
Partnership: Our customers and partners are at the heart of everything we do. The company headquarters also maintains close partnerships and cooperation with its many different production plants and sales offices all over the world. This enables it to make the most of synergies.
Flexibility: Although aluplast has gone on to become a key global player, it has managed to retain the positive attributes that are often attributed to SMEs. Flexibility remains one of our greatest strengths. Short communication channels and lean structures allow us to respond quickly to customer demands and market requirements.
Compatibility: “Compatibility” is the secret ingredient in aluplast's recipe for success. But what does it actually mean? It means that all product ranges can be mixed and matched, making life a lot easier for window fabricators. The company's owners, the Seitz family, have cultivated this philosophy right from the outset, making sure that each new product lives up to this vision.
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Siegware was formed in 2009 to supply Siegenia hardware to the energy-efficient window industry in Australia. Since then we have increased our product range to include other quality brands for a variety of uses, mostly in the building industry. We also supply New Zealand.
We know our reputation is built on the reputation of both our products and our service. With extensive industry experience, we provide technical expertise and understand the need for reliable supply and superior customer service.
Siegware is partnered with select world-leading companies. This enables us to stock a range of consumable and construction products, for example Isocell wraps and tapes, Sherpa connectors, Adler low-VOC paints, and Paarhammer certified Passivhaus windows.
Real value for our customers:
Consistent reliable supply with a large stock holding in Australia.
Knowledgeable technical support with an extensive and sound knowledge of our products.
Superior customer service, stock management system, and order tracking.
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Pacific Ventilation, a trusted name in ventilation, combines decades of expertise to address your indoor air quality needs. With a robust network of offices, sales teams, and distributors nationwide, we are equipped to provide comprehensive solutions for any ventilation challenge.
Our offerings include:
Fans and Ancillaries: Suitable for commercial, residential, and industrial applications.
Attenuation Products: For noise control and enhanced system performance.
Air Handling Units (AHUs) and Fan Coil Units (FCUs): Efficient climate control.
Plug and Play Car Park Ventilation Systems: Car park design and CFD analysis.
Passive House Certified AHUs and HRU’s: Ensuring energy efficiency and sustainability.
Online Selection Tools: Streamline equipment selection and drafting with Specifier and our Revit add-in, minimising errors.
After-Sales Service and Engineering Support: Dedicated support to ensure project success.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Systemair AB Group, a global leader in HVAC innovation, Pacific Ventilation delivers high-quality products and services with timely delivery and expert support.
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