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Canada’s First Residential Passivhaus Building
Rideau Residences, a duplex in Ottawa, was aiming for LEED Platinum, but ended up earning Passivhaus certification as well
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A Museum Will Build, Then Sell, a Passivhaus
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will play host to a home built to the standard as part of a major exhibition about climate change
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Solar Installers’ Other Business: Obtaining Permits
It’s one thing for them to land a contract, quite another to navigate byzantine permitting requirements
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A NZE Home in Cupertino, CA
Builder Earth Bound Homes and LMS Architects describe the project as a “case study” on reaching net-zero-energy performance
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Puzzling Over a Lawsuit Against MN GreenStar
Green-construction observers speculate about the motives behind a suit brought by one of the certification program’s founding members, the Builders Association of the Twin Cities
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Solar Decathlon Looks for a New Location
Amid concerns over further wear and tear on the National Mall, the DOE agrees to seek an alternate site
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KB Home GreenHouse and Martha Stewart Styling Share the Spotlight at IBS
Featuring a traditional look and a design aimed at net-zero-energy performance, the house opens for tours in Central Florida
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Passive House Ambitions Land in Park City, Utah
A four-bedroom house brings the high-performance standard, and a focus on LEED Platinum criteria, to the state’s snowy resort
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CalGreen Code Goes from Voluntary to Mandatory
California’s statewide Green Building Standards Code applies to all new buildings, sets new standards, and serves as a foundation for further greening
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An Overview of Whole-Home Retrofit Incentives
The National Home Performance Council examined listings in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency, and came up with a broad picture of energy efficiency retrofit programs in the U.S.