Passive House

Last fall’s special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was grim news. Examining over 6,000 studies, the IPCC confirms that even if…

British Columbia (UNBC) has a public mandate to be a leader in high-performing buildings and innovative wood projects. Working with UNBC, our design team at…

The Province of BC and Integral Group have launched a new incentive program and juried competition called Better Buildings BC: The Net Zero Energy Ready…

Across Canada, provincial and municipal levels of government are also raising performance requirements and establishing roadmaps for reaching Net Zero energy…

Ever since the first OPEC oil crisis of the early 1970s, I have been fascinated by the concept of the “urban farmhouse”—an urban yet off-grid, self-sufficient…

Recounting the trials — and joys — of building a Canadian home that meets the "Passivhaus" standard.

Clearly-defined criteria for combining the international Passive House Standard with renewable energy sources are now applicable: the Passive House Institute's…

Stringent sustainability standards are achieved in House in Four Fields, a 21st century idyll in Quebec's Rouge River Valley.

Residential designers across Canada are stretching to reach the low-energy metrics of the rigorous Passivehaus standard. Now, the standard is also stretching…