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Passive House Comes to Central Ohio
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- Apr 6, 2026
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Summary
Steven Rhodes is a mechanical engineer and Certified Passive House Consultant (Phius CPHC) who built Central Ohio's first certified passive house in Clintonville. In this episode, he breaks down what passive house certification actually means in practical terms - envelope performance, air quality, energy independence, and the real numbers behind it. Steven walks through what his family pays to heat and cool their home ($41/month), how the Phius Revive program is making passive house retrofits accessible to existing homeowners, and why Ohio's building code is about to change in ways that push the entire industry toward higher-performance construction. If you design, build, invest in, or own a home in Ohio, the code changes Steven describes will affect you.