FAQ’s

06 Apr

FAQ's, Architect FAQ's

NEW TOOL FOR ASSESSING UPFRONT AND OPERATIONAL EMISSIONS: NO PASSIVE HOUSE EMISSIONS BACKFIRE FOUND

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

The past few years have seen a rapid ramp up in our collective understanding of the impact of embodied carbon (more aptly called “...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Architect FAQ's

PERFORMANCE CONSULTING—GUIDED BY BUILDING SCIENCE

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

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 histor...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Architect FAQ's

IS THE GREENEST HOUSE THE ONE THAT’S ALREADY BUILT?

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

When it comes to combatting climate change, the high-performance building industry has made great gains by focusing on reducing op...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's

HABIT STUDIO REHABILITATES HISTORIC HALIFAX HOME

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

Construction is in progress on Halifax, Nova Scotia’s first Passive House retrofit, designed by Habit Studio and built by Root Dev...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's

A HOME REBUILT FOR BARCELONA

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

How do you sell the benefits of Passive House in a climate that is pretty lovely most of the year? Micheel Wassouf, principal of E...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Homeowner FAQ's

COMPREHENSIVE PASSIVE STRATEGY IN A BROOKLYN BROWNSTONE

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

Carroll Gardens sits just south of downtown Brooklyn and is well known for its artisanal shops, leafy residential streets, and his...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Passive House Basics

PASSIVE HOUSE INTRO

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

The Passive House approach empowers us to build better. It creates durable, resilient buildings that slash heating energy use by a...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Building Codes

Our City Could Become One of the World’s Greenest, but It Won’t Be Easy

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

Rules are being drafted to guide compliance with a 2019 New York City law that requires most of about 50,000 buildings, many over ...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Building Codes

REACHING FOR A PASSIVE HOUSE CODE: CALIFORNIA’S NASCENT ADOPTION JOURNEY

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards, commonly called Title 24, are maintained and updated every three years by two s...

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06 Apr

FAQ's, Building Codes

MIKE FOWLER SHARES PASSIVE HOUSE CODE WINS IN WASHINGTON STATE

• April 6, 2023
• By Amber Doll

Mike Fowler, board president of Passive House Northwest (PHnw) and architect at Seattle architecture firm Mithun, is that powerful...

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