As the construction industry moves toward greener solutions, the push for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings grows. Global energy consumption for buildings accounts for nearly 40% of total energy ...

Imagine a house you barely have to heat or cool, keeps pollutants out, and is more resilient to extreme weather events and fires. Welcome to passive houses. Concerns about climate change have been ...

Developer A.J. Patton remembers when his mother received a $400 gas bill during a frigid Chicago winter in 1999. She worked in a cafeteria at the time, money was tight, and there was already a hole in ...

When he first heard about Passivhaus, Germany’s rigorous energy-efficiency building standard, architect Matthew O’Malia thought, “That’s crazy: a foot-thick wall, all this insulation in the foundation ...