Tag Archives: passive

Passive House Canada recommendations included in national emissions plan

April 5, 2022 brittney_cutler_2

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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The building envelope: A driver for energy retrofits

April 4, 2022 brittney_cutler_2

Deep energy renovations of residential buildings are critical if cities want to tackle their climate emissions on a large scale.

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Hamilton home to largest residential Passive House retrofit

January 25, 2022 brittney_cutler_2

The Ken Soble Tower in Hamilton has become the world’s largest residential building retrofitted to the Passive House standard.

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Nova Scotia’s Two Rocks net-zero passive home completed

November 23, 2021 brittney_cutler_2

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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More Than a Cabin in the Woods: Designing homes using CLT and passive solar strategies

April 8, 2015 Katie Daniel

Tucked in the woods of Saint-Calixte—an hour away from Montréal—is a residential retreat that might have gone unnoticed were its designer not trying to change the way we build and heat our homes.

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