The Passive House movement has accelerated under its own power in the United States, driven by increasing efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s not just big cities: Inside the housing crisis hitting one of the world’s most remote towns Two architects have designed a more adaptable, resilient, and inclusive housing typology for Fort ...

When Via Verde opened in the South Bronx in 2012, the 222-unit affordable housing complex revived hopes that New York City would jump-start housing construction in communities that needed it the most.

In New York’s Rockaway Park in Queens, wind off the Atlantic Ocean buffets a pale blue building in the midst of construction. In New York’s Rockaway Park in Queens, wind off the Atlantic Ocean buffets ...

Watching from their kitchen as their dog plays in the yard, Tim and Amy Eian point out how the south-facing orientation and floor-to-ceiling windows provide much of their northeast Minneapolis home'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 architectural ...

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 ...

The Saltbox Passive House is located in Bromont, Quebec, and is a residence for a family of four. The 3100-square-foot home sits in a meadow at the edge of a 2.5-acre wooded plot. Its design combines ...