Fire Smart Building
Fire Smart Building Wildfire Resilience with Passive House The qualities that make homes more energy efficient, healthy, and comfortable can also provide a better defense against future devastating wildfires and the [...]
How to Rebuild from a Wildfire
How to Rebuild from a Wildfire Stories from the Marshall Fire It was a dry day in Boulder, Colorado, when the Marshall Fire broke out on December 30th, 2021. Winds were [...]
Are Smoke-Tight Buildings Coming to California?
Are Smoke-Tight Buildings Coming to California? A review of California's 2028 Building Energy code draft proposals On January 8th, 2025, as a ring of wildfires devastated sections of Los Angeles, California’s [...]
The LA Fires: Thoughts & Actions
The LA Fires Our Thoughts and Actions Our thoughts and hopes are with the people of Los Angeles, and especially our Passive House Community members who are affected by the ongoing [...]
Passive House and the Polar Vortex
Passive House & the Polar Vortex What Unexpected Winter Weather Means for You Over the past few days, we watched Winter Storm Blair travel across the country, burying communities in up to [...]
Our Year in Review 2024
Our Year in Review | 2024 The Passive House Network has seen some incredible growth in the last year. With the list of training incentives and building incentives growing longer, it’s [...]
We Go Forward
Since 2011, The Passive House Network has worked to bring high quality Passive House education to architects, engineers, consultants, developers, policymakers, and more. Our mission is driven by science–the building science [...]
The Next Four Years of Passive House
The Next Four Years of Passive House How Passive House Can Leverage an Affordable Housing Plan The United States has been weathering a housing affordability crisis for some time now. High [...]
Passive House News Roundup—November 2023
Passive House News Roundup: November, 2023 Where did November go? With all the great Passive House happenings, this month has flown by, so we’re taking a moment to look back and [...]
New Report from Emu Shows Passive House Best for California Homes
New analysis finds Passive House designs for single-family homes will best protect Californians’ health, safety, and comfort from worsening impacts of climate change Well-sealed, highly energy efficient green building design is [...]
