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

As a practice, New York-based architecture studio ChoShields has always been interested in environmental and social sustainability. But it wasn’t until founding principal In Cho, visiting assistant ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us. Aparna ...

A new Boston skyscraper has a climate-friendly claim to fame. Last week, it became the largest office space in the world certified to the extremely energy-efficient “Passive House” standards — and the ...

All-electric multi-family Passive House projects can be built at the same cost or close to the same cost as conventionally designed buildings, according to a report by the Passive House Network. The ...

It’s official: passive house design standards are coming to Massachusetts. The lessons learned in the Northeast can help design energy-efficient, multifamily buildings elsewhere too. The Commonwealth ...

A new skyscraper in downtown Boston has become the largest “passive house” office space in the world, according to the Passive House Institute in Germany. The 812,000 square-foot Winthrop Center ...

As leaders in the multifamily sector seek to cut carbon emissions and meet ever-more-stringent energy codes, the highly efficient standard known as Passive House has gained new ground. With diverse ...

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 ...

In 2013, Sloan Ritchie chose tony and traditional Madison Park as the launchpad for an ambitious experiment in building science. He and his wife, Jennifer, deliberately selected a bold exterior design ...