Passive House design is the best option architects have today for a net-zero future, and it is up to us and our clients to make this future a reality. The building industry accounts for nearly 40 ...

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That concern, heightened by COVID-19, has resulted in an increasing number of apartment projects to be designed and built to the Passive House standards promulgated by the Passive House Institute US, ...

Cincinnati architect Scott Hand designed this "passive house," the first in Cincinnati. Ever heard of a “passive house?” It’s a home designed with an air-tight building shell that allows almost no air ...

Architects across New York have embraced Passive House design, a German energy efficiency standard slowly gaining traction in the states. Despite its name, this new approach to building design can be ...

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River Architects-designed Seminary Hills Cidery, one of the Passive House designs on display in Upstate New York, increasingly a Passive House stronghold. In the aftermath of increasingly common ...

“As the city races to retrofit its building stock and meet carbon reduction goals, Passive House offers a solution that’s not just idealistic—it’s practical and proven.” The courtyard at 326 Rockaway ...

From its inception in the 1980’s the Passive House standard has been influenced by building sciences and climate vernaculars developed throughout the centuries and from around the globe. Drawing from ...

Eric Tse’s house in Toronto brings together sustainability and sanctuary. The 2,400-square-foot duplex meets the Passive House standard, achieving robust insulation and clean interior air. Yet Tse’s ...

Following a slew of national natural disasters — most recently the Southern California wildfires and the historic winter storm that hit Southern states — interest in durable and sustainable ...

Amid the absolute devastation in Los Angeles neighborhood Pacific Palisades, where fires have reduced blocks of homes to charred rubble, there is a single house on Iliff Street that remains intact.