By Kamanthi Wickramasinghe COLOMBO — Fathima Rinoza lives on the fourth floor of a 14-story apartment block in Dematagoda, a ...

In the world of energy-efficient homes, one innovation is at the forefront: the Passive House. In the 1970s, during the global oil crisis, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was looking for ...

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It’s a comment you commonly hear about Bahnstadt, a developing neighborhood tucked behind the main train station in Heidelberg, Germany. There’s a play space just about everywhere, and along the ...

It’s official: passive house design standards are coming to Massachusetts. The lessons learned in the Northeast can help design energy-efficient, multifamily buildings elsewhere too. The Commonwealth ...

It's a type of building that drastically reduces energy use and carbon emissions, and there's growing interest in Chicago and across the United States.

The proposed 3831 Chicago project, which 548 Enterprise says will be the largest Passive House building in the city to date. (Rendering courtesy 548 Enterprise) This is your first of three free ...