Clear Heart Redwood ceilings line the main level of the home. Cameron Carothers/Carothers Photo for Sotheby’s International Realty The 3,700-square-foot abode has an unconventional layout with four ...

CARMEL – When the first Passive House on the Central Coast was completed in Carmel, it introduced the concept of incorporating proven construction methods that reduce energy use by up to 90% and ...

Passive House design is the best option architects have today for a net-zero future, and it is up to us and our clients to make this future a reality. The building industry accounts for nearly 40 ...

Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

A Palm Desert passive solar home designed to offer protection from the harsh afternoon sun has been listed for $2 million. Dubbed the “Bunker House,” it has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. One of ...

In our latest call for entries, Building Design+Construction collected over 20 multifamily projects with a focus on affordable housing. Here are two developments that are PHIUS-certified and built to ...

KINDERHOOK — Congregants from Kinderhook’s Seventh-day Adventist Church framed the future of energy efficiency Sunday at their construction site as the nation’s first house of worship to ...

Wild birds chirp inside a dense grove of magnolia trees shading a new home near downtown Fayetteville. The pale gray two-story Prairie-style single-family residence, appropriately named Magnolia House ...

Surrounded by lush scenery in Harvard, Massachusetts is the Jenson-DeLeeuw Net-Zero Energy House by Paul Lukez Architecture. The dwelling is often referred to as Rivendell by the owners, a reference ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Amanda Goh Every time Amanda publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

Updating a Victorian brownstone in Carroll Gardens according to Passive House principles didn’t mean sacrificing the charm. By Stephen Wallis This article is part of our Design special section about ...

Solar panels are an amazing clean energy alternative that more people are adopting, but it's not always easy to find the best option for your home and family. In the r/MiddleClassFinance subreddit, a ...