The purpose of the studio was to participate in the 14th Annual Passivhaus Conference in Innsbruck, Austra. Next, the studio traveled to Malta for a three week tour which included site visits, the limestone heritage museum, ancient site explorations, etc. which culminated in a one week Passivhaus thermal bridgie study on the island of Gozo. Using the program Heat2 we determined thermal bridge issues and solutions for (3) typical housing constructions including Maltese, American (specifically the Midwest), and Passivhaus.