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 ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Passive House design is the best option architects have today for a net-zero future, and it is up to us and our clients to make this future a reality. The building industry accounts for nearly 40 ...

That concern, heightened by COVID-19, has resulted in an increasing number of apartment projects to be designed and built to the Passive House standards promulgated by the Passive House Institute US, ...

Explore the concept of Passive House design, which allows for the possibility of building homes that use up to 90% less energy compared to conventional houses. By integrating Passive House principles ...

As a practice, New York-based architecture studio ChoShields has always been interested in environmental and social sustainability. But it wasn’t until founding principal In Cho, visiting assistant ...

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An example of the many cutouts to the block-long, mixed-use building, Humboldt Park Passive Living’s corner entrance will have floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a sheltered gathering area Lamar ...

Passive House design is booming in multifamily development. However myths about this sustainable building approach may be holding back momentum. Originating in Germany in the late 1980s, PH is a ...

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 ...