Countdown to the Ice Box Challenge Reveal
Beating the Heat at the State Fair - Results of the Ice Box Challengeto be Revealed on Labor Day Passive House Minnesota takes on the summer heat in a demonstration to prove [...]
The Paris Olympic Games and our Climate & Building Goals
What the Paris Olympic Games Reveal about our Climate & Building Goals The 2024 Paris Olympic Games opened with a historic outdoor ceremony along the Seine. It was the first modern Opening [...]
International Ice Box Challenge comes to the Minnesota State Fair
International Ice Box Challenge comes to the Minnesota State Fair Passive House Minnesota is holding a multi-week demonstration to show fair-goers how to stay cool, cost-efficient, and comfortable in the late [...]
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, [...]
