Engineer Natalie Leonard founded Passive Design Solutions in Nova Scotia to build energy-efficient houses, mostly certified to the Passive House US (PHIUS) standard. However, many prospective clients ...

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 ...

As 2023 dawns, multifamily developers must grapple with three imperatives. First, America needs more housing. Second, building construction and operations must drastically reduce their carbon ...

A rigorous performance standard that reduces energy use through design — and delivers real comfort, air quality, and quiet as a result. Haute Living Editorial Team · Updated July 16, 2026 The short ...

River Architects-designed Seminary Hills Cidery, one of the Passive House designs on display in Upstate New York, increasingly a Passive House stronghold. In the aftermath of increasingly common ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With fires continuing to devastate multiple communities in Los Angeles, there is a growing awareness that the existing built environment is not compatible with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. In New York City, discerning buyers are increasingly ...

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 ...

A German-born energy efficiency standard is catching fire in the multifamily housing development industry in Chicago, bringing reduced carbon footprints, improved air quality and lower costs for ...