LEED and Energy Efficiency
LEED and Energy Efficiency: When will the Feds Learn? When energy efficiency and the benefits that derive from it are the primary objective, Passive House has set a clear path connecting the [...]
Open Days Photos -June 2024
That's a Wrap on Open Days '24! Thank you to everyone who made this year's International Passive House Open Days a success! We hope you enjoy taking a look at these [...]
International Passive House Open Days June 2024
Open Doors Abound for International Passive House Open Days A Global Celebration of High Performance Building This weekend, buildings across the country will open their doors, joining one of the largest [...]
Your Summer Reading List – Passive House Edition
Your Summer Reading List: Passive House Edition Summer is here, and your bookshelf is calling. Whether you’re looking for a book to unwind with at the beach, kill a few hours [...]
Zero Emissions Buildings as the Framework for the Future
A Definition Towards Success: Zero Emissions Buildings as the Framework for our Future What do Zero Emissions Buildings look like? The Department of Energy has just finalized an official definition. The new [...]
The Houston Power Outage
What it Means to be Safe at Home: Houston, Heat Waves, and Why We Need Better Buildings Last week, in a storm that killed seven, large swaths of the Houston, Texas area [...]
Pratt Ice Box Challenge
Pratt Ice Box Challenge: Empowering Tomorrow's High Performance Designers If you can’t take the heat, build a better kitchen–that’s the moral of the story from last year’s Pratt Ice Box Challenge, [...]
The Curse, A Review
Credit: Paramount/Showtime The Curse, A Review By Ken Levenson I first watched The Curse in January, and I’m still trying to figure it out. Passive House is a central element of [...]
The ICC Board Has Spoken: Let’s Ignore Them and Get to Work
The ICC Board has Spoken: Let's Ignore Them and Get to Work The recent International Code Council (ICC) board decision to strip decarbonization measures from the model building code is a [...]
All Eyes on Spring Training
All Eyes on Spring Training After Winter CPHD Cohort Sets New Record Certified Passive House Designer Students Enroll in Record Numbers, Learning the Principles of Passive House Design Across the Country. [...]
