“Passive house” can rank pretty far up the list of inadvertently misleading phrases. Realizing the momentous energy-saving potential of this approach requires plenty of active effort on the part of ...

Passive House is a voluntary construction standard that focuses on energy efficiency to reduce a building’s carbon footprint. Referred to as “Passivhaus” in German, the standard was born in 1988 when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker walks into the back of the Conservatory Apartments in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood on Aug. 2, 2023. The ...

Years ago I called the kitchen exhaust the most screwed up, badly designed, inappropriately used appliance in your home. Since then I have written a number of posts and not much has changed. People ...

A German-born energy efficiency standard is catching fire in the multifamily housing development industry in Chicago, bringing reduced carbon footprints, improved air quality and lower costs for ...

Don’t underestimate a passive house just because of the name. These energy-efficient houses—which first originated in Germany in the 1990s—are becoming increasingly popular thanks to the many benefits ...

Major opportunities in decentralized ventilation systems arise from a growing shift towards high-efficiency, heat-recovery ...