Following a slew of national natural disasters—most recently the Southern California wildfires and the historic winter storm that hit Southern states—interest in durable and sustainable architectural ...

Kat Klingenberg designed the first passive house in the U.S. in 2003 and later founded Phius to promote passive building standards nationwide. The focus has shifted from energy savings to health, ...

It’s another sunny day on the Internet. Dozens of participants are lined up in their digital boxes attending Reimagine Buildings ’24, an online conference held in the spring dedicated, mostly, to ...

Architects across New York have embraced Passive House design, a German energy efficiency standard slowly gaining traction in the states. Despite its name, this new approach to building design can be ...

A Brooklyn architect wanted an energy-efficient home on Skopelos that could stand up to the Mediterranean’s increasingly vicious climate extremes. A second-floor dining area in George Kontaroudis and ...

The co-founder of A.M.Benzing Architects has long been a leader in the Passive House movement, an eco-sustainable and technology-forward building style with rigorous energy and efficiency requirements ...

In this world, the climate is ever changing. With that comes increasing concerns about energy conservation for long term sustainability. Passive house design has revealed itself as an effective ...

Daniel Colombini, a Principal at Goldman Copeland, the New York City-based consulting engineering firm, has won the ...

The development team behind VITA, New York City’s largest Passive House condominium community, shares the project's story. In the heart of Manhattan’s constantly evolving Hudson Yards neighborhood, a ...