“A lot of times in these small houses, you open the door, and you feel like you’re everywhere,” Mr. Robinson said. “You’re in the kitchen, you’re in the living room.” The foyer is ...

The enclosures of Passive House buildings are extremely airtight. As a result, embers and smoke cannot sneak into the interior through small gaps that are common in more conventional buildings.

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“First off, passive houses tend to have a simplified compacted ... it’s a gravel yard with a bunch of plants that are small and not brown and grassy and not right up against the house ...

Chasen, an architect who designed the house, said the home he built “for a dear friend” boasts several fire-proofing features. Several of these follow the principles of passive home design.

Leading the pack, passive house designs have existed for decades and are gaining popularity again, as their construction can help mitigate damages when disaster strikes. Just recently, a house in ...

A passive house is a home designed with an air-tight ... Hand also installed a small air conditioning unit in the basement as a backup resource for the extra-hot months. “ ...

"Just this small little heat pump ... The builder of this passive house, Alan Gibson of the Belfast-based firm GO Logic, says he co-founded the company specifically to specialize in passive ...

To become internationally certified, Passive Houses must fit a certain set of ... Reduced thermal bridging, which is when a relatively small section of a wall, floor, or roof loses much more ...

Constructed around its 60 year old pepper tree namesake, Pepper Tree Passive House has been built to International Passivhaus standards by architect Alexander Symes and owner/builder Adam Souter.

A green building standard known as Passive House that lowers energy use is catching on in the US. Passive homes in New York and Massachusetts had utility bills between 30% and 50% lower on average.

Chasen, an architect who designed the house, said the home he built “for a dear friend” boasts several fire-proofing features. Several of these follow the principles of passive home design.