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Off Grid Spanish Home A Timeless Design
An off-grid dream home in Spain makes use of timeless materials, resources, and setting.
Passive Vs LEED Vs Net-Zero Energy
Here’s a little help understanding differences among some of the competing standards for green building design.
Some Great Small Passive Homes To Know
Two outstanding small Passive Houses from the new book, The Greenest Home.
How Passive Solar Paved The Way For Passive House
The Passive House concept, though very hot today, developed in the late 1970s from passive solar house forebears.
A Paradigm For Prefab Passive Houses
A modular prefab home on the U.S. market meets the passive house standard and comes close to meeting the Living Building Challenge.
D*Haus: Home Design As Origami
Looking more like an origami crane than a home, the modular D*Haus concept can be bent and unfolded to create a virtually limitless number of configurations.
Active And Passive Green Homes: What To Know
First in green home design there was the Passive standard, and now a new one called Active is getting notice for subtle differences. We talk about them.
Namaste Tower: A Welcoming Gesture Of Green Design
A 62-story tower under construction in Mumbai, India, will incorporate a solar thermal system to help produce hot water, abundant greenery and passive systems to help reduce energy demands.
Rainbow House’s Passive Cert A First For Canada
A year after completion, the prefabricated, super-insulated Rainbow House in Whistler, B.C., became the first Canadian residence to be officially registered by the Passive House Institute.
Modular California Roll House Designed To Beat Desert Heat
Taking ironic inspiration from the ocean, a Korean firm uses a sushi-like design to wrap a home environment in a passive, protective shroud to shield against the desert sun.
Oregon Passive House Aims To Slash Energy Bills
Oregon’s Pumpkin Ridge Passive House, currently being built with super-insulated walls and airtight windows, is expected to have energy bills that average just $50 per year.
Passive House: The Next Big Thing In Green Building?
Sam Hagerman, president of the Passive House Alliance, discusses why everybody’s favorite green build standard has yet to really catch on — but soon could.
A Passive Green House Rises In Oregon
One of the owners of the first Passive House certified new construction home on the West Coasts talks to EarthTechling about this ultra-efficient dwelling.