"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Passive homes are the ultimate signifier of quiet luxury design. The concept has been around for a few ...

Many Passive House proponents see the energy performance–based program and its strategies as having great potential for the ...

Watching from their kitchen as their dog plays in the yard, Tim and Amy Eian point out how the south-facing orientation and floor-to-ceiling windows provide much of their northeast Minneapolis home's ...

Designed by McLean Quinlan Architects, the Devon Passivhaus combines contemporary architecture with a rustic outdoor setting. The modern passive house uses a minimalist-yet-elegant brick wall as its ...

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 ...

Passive house construction — that super-tight energy efficient design invented by the Germans — has gone from a niche concept to a mainstream one in the 10 years since the first passive house building ...

A vibrant community, Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood is taking bold steps to counteract decades of divestment that have resulted in vacant properties, dangerous pedestrian corridors, and the poor air ...

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 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The Ruby House is a modern and sustainable home located in the Avenues in Salt Lake City that is currently awaiting certification from the Passive House Institute. The site of the home was an empty ...