Ken Soble Tower, an affordable housing high-rise for seniors in Hamilton, Ont., is now arguably the world’s largest residential building retrofitted to the Passive House standard. Led by ERA ...

A passive solar house is typically designed from scratch factoring in several considerations to boost the structure’s ability to naturally keep the interior living spaces a comfortable air temperature ...

The idea of retrofitting is certainly nothing new, especially for historic buildings. But the Yannell PHIUS+ House project is turning a home built in the 1890s into a Passive House complete with ...

A Grade II listed building near Birkenhead Park is on track to become what is believed to be the world’s first Enerphit ...

Two years after embarking on a landmark retrofitting project, landlord and tenants alike are seeing savings at a series of Brooklyn properties. Nine buildings are seeing “transformational” savings, ...

Energy saving and sustainability have begun to take a central role in home design projects. In a costly city like Boston, we’re constantly trying to save money on our energy bill, and with threats to ...

With more focus on sustainability here in New York, passive homes may be the wave of the future in Westchester. What is a passive house? Also known as a high-performance home, it is a residence that ...

Imagine a house that cuts energy use by up to 90 percent of a traditional home, has no furnace, and its mechanical systems fit in the linen closet. The O’Neill Passive House is the country’s first ...

Tad and Maria Everhart have spent 10 years making their 1997 Southeast Portland house more energy efficient and comfortable. They didn’t retrofit it, they say they “future fitted” it by adapting ...

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES, June 16, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- New England Design And Construction (NEDC) is a leading architectural design build creative ...