The energy saved makes them cheaper to live in, all without substantially raising building costs. Proud homeowner shares ...

Passive houses, also known as "Passivhaus", represent a construction model that integrates energy efficiency, comfort and ...

The first house in Maine to be certified by the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) and one of just 12 in the country at that time, the GO Home performed so well that it became the launch pad for GO ...

The Passive House concept, though very hot today, developed in the late 1970s from passive solar house forebears.

Aaron and Shelby Bartelt bought a 1980s passive solar house in Prairie Village, then hired interior designer Amy Thurston to overhaul the home, which features a two-story atrium, cedar siding and ...

Holle Finch leaves her home that was recently redesigned as a passive solar house by architect Thomas Doerr of Boulder. The house is located in Denver and has won numerous awards. Overhangs ...

A passive solar house can naturally keep the interior living spaces a comfortable air temperature without using conventional emissions-spewing HVAC.

On Thursday, the Monterey Bay Regional Climate Action Compact’s meeting in Marina began to lay the foundation for entities in the area to come together to put the Passive House concept into action.

The term "Passive House" refers to the measurable standard of design and construction it upholds.

Having moved from Arizona to Toronto, the owners of this modern home looked to Toronto-based architects Paul Raff Studio to create a passive solar design that would maximize daylighting for a ...

The author’s home boasts numerous large south-facing windows that enable passive solar heating of the entire house, even in single-digit temps. In the early 1980s, an American energy crisis had ...