The passive-house building standard relies on lots of insulation and intentional design to use as little energy as possible for heating and cooling. If your home is super energy efficient and it has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker walks into the back of the Conservatory Apartments in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood on Aug. 2, 2023. The ...

Imagine a house you barely have to heat or cool, keeps pollutants out, and is more resilient to extreme weather events and fires. Welcome to passive houses. Concerns about climate change have been ...

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Passive House is a voluntary construction standard that focuses on energy efficiency to reduce a building’s carbon footprint. Referred to as “Passivhaus” in German, the standard was born in 1988 when ...

On a visit to the construction site for the renovation of the NoVo Foundation in Brooklyn on a hot day last summer, the interior of the building was pleasantly cool, even though the mechanical systems ...

It’s official: passive house design standards are coming to Massachusetts. The lessons learned in the Northeast can help design energy-efficient, multifamily buildings elsewhere too. The Commonwealth ...

It's a type of building that drastically reduces energy use and carbon emissions, and there's growing interest in Chicago and across the United States.

Queens, N.Y.—The Corona Senior Residence of the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee (HANAC) is the first affordable housing facility built for seniors in New York City’s Corona, Queens, ...

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 ...