Building well has always meant understanding the whole system. Not just the materials or the methods, but the standards, the science, and the people pushing the industry forward. That thinking is what led Marcos Santa Ana, founder of Alloi Architecture + Construction, to join the Board of Directors of Passive House California.
Passive House California is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing high-performance building across the state. Its members include architects, builders, engineers, and advocates working to raise the bar on how California builds, with a focus on energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and long-term resilience. For Marcos, joining the board is a natural extension of work already underway at Alloi.
Passive House principles are not a trend. They are a more honest way of thinking about what a building owes the people inside it and the environment around it. Tighter envelopes, better ventilation, reduced energy loads. These are things that matter whether a client asks for them or not.
At Alloi, high-performance building is not a specialty offering. It is part of how we think about every project from the ground up. Marcos brings that perspective to the PHCA board alongside a background that runs from the trades through design and construction, a combination that tends to be useful when the conversation turns from theory to practice.
