
Architecture students design award-winning Passive House in South Dakota
In Brookings, South Dakota, a group of South Dakota State University architecture students designed and completed...

Spain’s first Passivhaus nursing home generates surplus energy
Madrid-based design studio CSO Arquitectura has completed Spain’s first Passivhaus-certified nursing home in...

Award-winning Owl Woods Passive House playfully mimics birdhouses in Australia
Australian design studio Talina Edwards Architecture recently completed the Owl Woods Passive House — the first...

Innovative micro-house uses digital fabrication on low-cost timber construction
Can digital fabrication unlock a new frontier in low-cost timber construction? All signs point to yes in the IBA...

Imperial War Museum’s Passivhaus-targeted archive breaks world records for airtightness
Britain’s Imperial War Museum has recently gained a new high-performance archive facility in Cambridgeshire,...

Ethical garment factory becomes the first Passive House building in South Asia
Passive House certification — one of the leading green standards for ultra-low energy architecture — has finally...

Groundbreaking Passivhaus development features ultra-green homes that you can actually afford
UK-based architectural firm Hamson Barron Smith have built a ground-breaking Passivhaus development in Greater...

UK man builds highly sustainable near-Passivhaus home for his elderly parents
A UK man has built his parents the ultimate gift: a highly sustainable home where they can comfortably live out...

Colorado man builds state's most energy efficient house
Passive House is a globally-recognized building design technique that promises huge cuts in energy use for any...

Germany is building world's largest passive housing complex
In Germany, the world's biggest passive housing complex is currently under construction. The solar-powered Heidelberg...

Barn-inspired Passivhaus home costs virtually nothing to run
From a distance, the barn-inspired Old Water Tower blends in with its agricultural settings. However, a closer...

RM Passive House in Spain is a zero-energy Mediterranean dream home
The house, located in Spain, functions as a single-family residence that provides privacy for each member of the...

Super-local energy-efficient Caretaker’s House is built from locally grown and felled timber
The 120-square-meter Caretaker’s House is constructed from a variety of unseasoned timber, including larch, cedar,...

North America’s first fully prefabricated passive houses could revolutionize the housing market
The Ecocor-RPA partnership launched today with the unveiling of eleven prefabricated passive house model home designs...

This Canadian passive house factory was built from its own prefab wood panels
The firm estimates the factory will produce 971 fewer metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, when compared to...