The recipe for a NZER or NZE house includes a building enclosure that incorporates optimized levels of insulation to limit thermal bridging, achieves exceptional levels of airtightness, engages fenestrations with a low U-value, and implements high-efficiency mechanical equipment.
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Recommendations from Passive House Canada and other organizations have been published in the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Clean Air, Strong Economy.
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Deep energy renovations of residential buildings are critical if cities want to tackle their climate emissions on a large scale.
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A virtual open house will soon be held to discuss plans for an open space district above the rail corridor in Toronto.
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The Ken Soble Tower in Hamilton has become the world’s largest residential building retrofitted to the Passive House standard.
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Metro Vancouver’s Zero Emissions Building Exchange has launched its Building to Electrification Coalition with Passive House Canada.
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Habit Studio has completed their latest project, Two Rocks, a 418 m2 (4500 sf) net-zero passive house, overlooking the green Gaspereau Valley
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“Out(side) In House, located near Toronto’s Scarborough Bluffs, offers a void that leads the inhabitants to see a panoramic horizon of Lake Ontario.”
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Kennebec Lakehouse on Kennebec Lake, a finger-lake in Arden, Ontario is a year-round vacation home designed by Zerafa Studio.
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