Rebuilding Incentives for Sustainable Electric Homes: How this new program works with homeowners and builders to help those who need it most

By Passive House California , March 20, 2026 - Community Meeting, Featured Articles, News

Passive House California has a new partner in our effort to create a carbon-neutral, all renewable energy future! RISE Homes is a program mandated by the California Public Utilities Commission and funded by the state’s six investor-owned electric utilities to incentivize all-electric home rebuilding after natural disasters. Join us for our next Community Meeting, Tuesday, April 21st from noon-1 p.m. to learn about RISE Homes, a $50 million program designed to…

Scaling Up All-Electric Buildings

By Passive House California , December 29, 2021 -

A central tenant in the climate fight is that all buildings will go all-electric. Yet for a number of reasons, thus far, all-electric big buildings have been elusive. However, today a new crop of Passive House big buildings are set to deliver on the goal of being fossil fuel free. Leading Passive House consultants Lois Arena and Dylan Martello will present two new large scale residential developments and a commercial…