FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's A Home Rebuilt for Barcelona September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team 06 Apr How do you sell the benefits of Passive House in a climate that is pretty lovely most of the year? Micheel Wassouf, principal of EnergieHaus, which is based in Barcelona, Spain, has been answering this question for more than a decade. During this period his 10-person firm has been increasingly busy with Passive House designing and consulting throughout Spain, and they recently certified their 200th building. But, in his hometown of Barcelona, which borders the Mediterranean Sea and can boast of a temperate climate in winter and summer days meant for swimming, Passive House has been a harder sell. Building efficiency just isn’t a front-burner issue for many, says Wassouf. Indeed, he still had not certified a Passive House project in Barcelona proper until ShowPass, his family’s retrofitted townhouse that was certified by PHI in 2021 as a step-by-step EnerPHit project. Read More>>
06 Apr FAQ's, Architect FAQ's, Source 2050 New Tool for Assessing Upfront and Operational Emissions: No Passive House Emissions Backfire Found September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team The past few years have seen a rapid ramp up in our collective understanding of the impact of embodied carbon (more aptly called “upfro... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Architect FAQ's Performance Consulting Guided by Building Science September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team Positive Energy is a unique firm. We actually might be crazy for doing the kind of work we do in the face of relatively low historical ... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Architect FAQ's Is the Greenest House the One That’s Already Built? September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team When it comes to combatting climate change, the high-performance building industry has made great... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's Habit Studio Rehabilitates Historic Halifax Home September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team Construction is in progress on Halifax, Nova Scotia’s first Passive House retrofit, designed by Habit Studio and built by Root Developm... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's Comprehensive Passive Strategy in a Brooklyn Brownstone September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team Carroll Gardens sits just south of downtown Brooklyn and is well known for its artisanal shops, leafy residential streets, and histori... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Passive House Basics Passive House Intro September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team The Passive House approach empowers us to build better. It creates durable, resilient buildings that slash heating energy use by as mu... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Building Codes Our City Could Become One of the World’s Greenest, but It Won’t Be Easy September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team Rules are being drafted to guide compliance with a 2019 New York City law that requires most of about 50,000 buildings, many over 25,0... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Building Codes Reaching for a Passive House Code: California’s Nascent Adoption Journey November 1, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards, commonly called Title 24, are maintained and updated every three years by two state... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Building Codes Mike Fowler Shares Passive House Code Wins in Washington State September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team Mike Fowler, board president of Passive House Northwest (PHnw) and architect at Seattle architecture firm Mithun, is that powerful com... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Passive House Basics Forbes: Passive House – Building The Efficient Home Of The Future September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team People in the United States as well as many around the world are becoming more conscious of our dwindling resources and global warming.... Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Passive House Basics PHA: What is a Passive House? September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team There are usually two important questions that are asked: “Why would you build a Passive House?”–and–“What is a Passive House?” Continue reading
06 Apr FAQ's, Passive House Basics Passipedia: What is a Passive House? September 21, 2023 Posted by Source2050 Team A building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable, affordable and ecological at the same time. Passive House is not a bra... Continue reading