Passive House Multi-Family – Good for All is Good for One

How Passive House Qualities Benefit both Occupants & Owners Target Audience:  Building owners, developers, code reviewers, planning officials and design professionals interested in learning about the benefits of integrating passive house principles into larger multi-family or mixed-use projects. In this session, the link between occupant satisfaction and owner satisfaction will be established.  Given the importance of occupant satisfaction, particularly in the multi-family residential sector, Owners should consider how they can…


Passive House Buildings | From Coast to Coast

Climate-Conscious Building from Coast to Coast FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGE: As Trump continues to gut environmental policies and Trudeau supports massive new oil pipelines to carry tar sands crude, at least we can take heart from the locales that are incentivizing or requiring Passive House performance. British Columbia, and particularly Vancouver, have instituted policies that encourage Passive House construction. (See “B.C.’s Energy Step Code: Driving Market Transformation,” p. 6.) So has New York…