Last Chance Tickets: THRIVE – Scaling a Proven Concept

Australia’s only official Passivhaus conference returns to Melbourne this June, bringing together world-leading experts, local success stories, and the commercial case for building Passivhaus at scale. Get your tickets now.

25–26 June 2026 · Pullman Melbourne Albert Park

1 June 2026 – The Australian Passivhaus Association (APA) is calling on the built environment community to secure their place at THRIVE 2026 — the country’s only official conference dedicated to Passivhaus and high-performance building.

Now in its fourth year, THRIVE has become the essential annual gathering for builders, architects, engineers, developers, and allied trades who are serious about the future of sustainable construction in Australia. More than 300 delegates are expected to attend the two-day Melbourne event, with a program designed to move the conversation decisively from curiosity to commercial confidence.

In recent years, APA has recorded a 40% increase in membership and a 50% year-on-year rise in the number of Passivhaus-certified projects completed on Australian soil — signals that the sector has reached an inflection point. THRIVE 2026 reflects that momentum, with a program focused on scaling what is working, understanding the commercial proposition with real data, and building the workforce capable of delivering it.

“Passivhaus in Australia has moved well beyond its pioneering phase. What we are now seeing — across residential, multi-residential, and commercial sectors — is a genuine convergence of technical mastery, market readiness, and financial logic. THRIVE 2026 is designed for the professionals who are leading that transition and those who are ready to join them.

“The Passivhaus Standard demands precision — but that precision is precisely what separates a building that simply meets code from one that delivers exceptional comfort, healthier air quality, and meaningfully lower energy costs for the people who live and work in it. The market is increasingly able to quantify and communicate that value, and at THRIVE 2026 we will show exactly how that case is being made — and won.” — Stalin Chakrabarty, CEO, Australian Passivhaus Association

This year’s program centres on the multi-residential and commercial opportunity — exploring how early design decisions can drive cost parity, how monitored real-world performance data is reshaping the client conversation, and what a compelling customer value proposition looks like beyond technical specifications. Global speakers will be joined by a strong contingent of Australian practitioners presenting case studies from projects completed in the past 12 months.

Feature Presentation: Materia

Among the highlights of this year’s program is a presentation by Maurie Novak, Director of Obsessive Architects, on his own home Materia — a Passivhaus-certified residence in St Kilda currently in contention for multiple design awards. Novak designed and built the home himself, and his presentation will explore how meeting the Passivhaus standard shaped — and ultimately elevated — the design outcome.

“Passivhaus sets a high technical bar. Meeting it on Materia produced better architecture than I would have achieved without it. When you embrace the constraints properly, performance doesn’t limit design — it sharpens it.” — Maurie Novak, Director, Obsessive Architects

To buy tickets and see the full program details, speaker bios, and registration are available at www.passivhausassociation.com.au, or register directly here.