Dietz & Company Architects, Inc. is pleased to announce that firm Principal, Lee H. Morrissette AIA, CPHC®, LEED AP has earned the credential of Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) through Phius, a non-profit organization dedicated to decarbonization and passive building. The Phius passive building certification standard is a rigorous energy standard that produces buildings that use 40-60 percent less energy than conventional structures. In order to achieve CPHC certification, Mr. Morrissette completed a comprehensive training course and a rigorous multi-part exam to prove his knowledge.
Lee joined Dietz & Company Architects in 2019 and has over 20 years of experience designing new construction and renovations for affordable housing, community and senior centers, educational, and commercial facilities. Throughout his career, he has focused on bringing sustainability and energy efficiency to his projects.
“As an architect and environmentalist, Passive House design offers a way for me to make an outsized impact on climate change through massive building energy use reductions. It is a powerful tool for creating buildings that are more comfortable to be in, with better quality air and daylight. Passive House design isn’t a solution, it’s a method to enrich design and make buildings healthier while reducing their long-term operating costs,” said Morrissette about why he pursued certification. “This additional knowledge will have an impact across all of our work as we continue to design our projects to be as sustainable as possible.”