the annual FORUM

For more than a decade, passivhausMAINE’s annual Forum has brought together builders, designers, policymakers, educators, and climate advocates to explore what high-performance building can, and must, become.

From cold-climate innovation and workforce development to scalable retrofits and low-carbon construction, Maine has become a proving ground for ideas that are now informing national practice and policy.

Topics throughout past Forums include high-performance envelopes, retrofit strategies, embodied and operational carbon, low-carbon foundations, financing and workforce pathways, urban planning, and decarbonized building systems. The conference concludes with a guided site walk, offering participants a chance to see passive principles in action and connect theory to practice.

At its core, the annual Forum is about momentum. It’s about learning from Maine’s experience, our successes, challenges, and innovations, and understanding how regional leadership can drive national change.

About passivhausMAINE

passivhausMAINE (phME) is a nonprofit organization committed to reducing carbon in the built environment. We support building-science-based design and construction, promote low-carbon materials, and advocate for scalable retrofit solutions across Maine. Through local, regional, and international partnerships, phME works to advance durable, healthy, and climate-responsive buildings that meet the urgency of the moment.