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Opinion | Energy-efficient housing is worth the up-front cost

There is no excuse to build to decades-old energy standards and to lobby against new lifesaving standards.

San franciscoUnited statesBronwyn barryAmerican institute of architectsHouse networkPassive house networkPassive houseAmerican institute

The promise of passive house design

This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sarah Wesseler

United statesSouth bostonFort collinsOld colonyBruxelles capitaleNew yorkUnited kingdomBronwyn barryLisa whiteGreg fisherBeverly craigAnnem lynchSarah wesselerEd wonsekKen levensonSara bayer

Experts weigh in on the most efficient way to build homes for the future: It s a marriage of efficiency and rigorously applied physics

Passive building got its start in Canada around the time of the oil crisis in the 1970s.

United statesMassachusetts institute of technologyHarold orrMichael klementBronwyn barryKen levensonHouse networkMassachusetts instituteTechnology reviewConservation housePassive house network

Is this the most energy efficient way to build homes?

Airtight and super insulated, a passive house uses around 90% less energy.

Cornell universityNew yorkUnited statesWolfgang feistHarold orrBo adamsonBronwyn barryHouse networkWinthrop centerConservation houseBay areaNew york cityPassive house networkInflation reduction act

World s largest passive house office building opens in Boston

The new building uses curtains of glass, thickly insulated walls, and specially designed ventilation systems to lower its carbon emissions by about two-thirds compared with a standard commercial building of similar scale.

United statesBoston universityNew yorkNewton upper fallsHank keatingKen levensonBrad mahoneyOwen woolcockDavidl ryanJohn dalzellComputing data sciencesHouse instituteBoston planning development agencyHouse networkHouse institute in darmstadtUnited nations

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