It’s official: passive house design standards are coming to Massachusetts. The lessons learned in the Northeast can help design energy-efficient, multifamily buildings elsewhere too. The Commonwealth ...

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 ...

Passive House design principles are intended to create a healthier, more efficient, and more durable building. Fire hardening is not an explicit goal. However, as a result of smarter building ...

Above: The living room of a Passive House conversion in Jersey City, New Jersey, designed by Mowery Marsh Architects with interiors by Elaine Santos Design. If you were building a new house or gutting ...

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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 architectural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

As the construction industry moves toward greener solutions, the push for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings grows. Global energy consumption for buildings accounts for nearly 40% of total energy ...