Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But we have a sustainable solution to this problem in the form of passive housing, a new kind of low-energy architecture governed ...

Passive House design is booming in multifamily development. However myths about this sustainable building approach may be holding back momentum. Originating in Germany in the late 1980s, PH is a ...

All-electric multi-family Passive House projects can be built at the same cost or close to the same cost as conventionally designed buildings, according to a report by the Passive House Network. The ...

It was the midst of a July heat wave, with humidity sticky in the air. Phoebe Saldana sat in the colorful plaza of her East Harlem housing complex, watching her two young daughters ride scooters and ...

BUILDERS ABOUT WHAT IS CALLED áPASSIVE HOUSING.á <TALIA STANDUP> HERE ON FRONT STREET.. THE PORTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY IS REDEVELOPING THIS AREA INTO MORE THAN 100 áAFFORDABLE PASSIVE HOUSING UNITS.

A German-born energy efficiency standard is catching fire in the multifamily housing development industry in Chicago, bringing reduced carbon footprints, improved air quality and lower costs for ...

New York has 123 homes constructed under the environmentally friendly “passive house” building standard certified by Passive House Institute US. But architects and environmental experts say it should ...

The proposed 3831 Chicago project, which 548 Enterprise says will be the largest Passive House building in the city to date. (Rendering courtesy 548 Enterprise) This is your first of three free ...

Energy saving and sustainability have begun to take a central role in home design projects. In a costly city like Boston, we’re constantly trying to save money on our energy bill, and with threats to ...