Passive House is an integrated approach focused on building fundamentals that support our deep desires for home: comfort, health, security, affordability, and standing for a better world.
As you start the rebuilding process we encourage you to start the journey, on day one, with Passive House.
What is Passive House?
Passive House is a design and construction standard backed by more than 30 years of scientific research. It’s a construction concept integrating health, comfort, and efficiency into the design and building process. The Passive House methodology includes five building principles (climate-specific insulation levels, thermal bridge-free connections, airtightness, high-performance windows & doors, and high-efficiency heat recovery ventilation. Instead of relying on gadgets and technology that can fail or malfunction, the Passive House standard weaves these concepts into the architecture, creating a building with predictable performance that can keep you safer during extreme weather while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions.
Passive House Images
Clockwise from Upper Left: Colorado/Hyperlocal Workshop, New York/CoAdaptive, Pennsylvania/Onion Flats, New York/Baxt Ingui, California/Paravarant, New Mexico/Needbased
Passive House & Extreme Weather
The Marshall Fire Rebuilds
Dive Deeper
Watch a FREE Introduction to Passive House
Attend our Free Online Events
Read Our Reports
Read the Passive House
Brochure
Look at the building Certification Guide
View Our Case Studies
Are You a Building Professional? Get Trained.
Passive House is not rocket science, it’s simple and basic building science, applied with intention.
Builders and Architects: There are direct pathways to gain the few critical skills needed to deliver reliable high-performance homes. It’s not about re-inventing the wheel, it’s about focus, and integrated thinking. You really have the skills, Passive House training simply brings them to the fore and perhaps unexpectedly transforms your expectations of building performance. Don’t hesitate, don’t build the last 20th Century home – instead build the future.
Become a Certified Passive House Designer or Consultant
Become a Certified Passive House Tradesperson
Building Certification is Important for Many Reasons
Building certification can be the gateway to financial incentives and hence the incentives a driver of certification, but don’t lose site of the massive opportunities certification provides well beyond the transaction. There are many many important reasons to certify. When you certify your home will be much better for it, the team will be better, your life will be better.
Watch Passive House Building Videos
