Intro to Passive House High Performance Buildings (90) ONLINE - NOV 2025 - Passive House Canada | Maison Passive Canada An overview of the core principles of Passive House design and building energy efficiency regulations in Canada.

This #cdn intro to #passivehouse #onlinecourse is a great introduction to proven #energyefficiency #buildingscience & can change the way you think about the #architecture & #construction of #healthybuildings

#buildbetter #affordablearchitecture #homes & #sustainable #buildings #buildpassivehouse

Vienna House An affordable housing community, now under construction in East Vancouver, aims to advance innovative solutions to affordability, climate change, and equity.

Hey #architecture lovers Check out the #viennahouse in #Vancouver #Canada sometime.

#qualitybuildings
#healthybuildings
#buildingscience
#passivehouse #passivehaus #passivehousedesign
#energyefficient #netzero #resilientbuilding
#affordablearchitecture
#affordablehousing

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Rethinking reuse. Thought provoking work to awaken our approach to demolition versus reuse in architecture.

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#eartharchitecture

Fungi and bacteria could be used to build homes one day, new study suggests | CNN Researchers in Montana say they have found a way to turn fungus into a brick, which could eventually offer a more sustainable cement alternative.

Getting closer to a viable alternative to concrete? Home “grown” would save a lot of money and tons of CO2.

#eartharchitecture
#affordablearchitecture

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Clear cutting protected forests to make up for the 30% of timber the US normally gets from Canada? This is NOT sustainable in any meaning of the word. The deranged lunatic is destroying everything.

#eartharchitecture
#affordablearchitecture

“The only thing that might truly be sufficient is a massive investment at every level of government in social housing.”

Guess that’s not happening anytime soon. 😣 #affordablearchitecture

The surprising barrier that keeps us from building the housing we need Sure, there's too much red tape, but there is another reason building anything is so expensive: the construction industry's "awful" productivity.

I’ve been inactive here for a while. Just been in shell shock I guess. Our biggest economic problem has been the cost of housing. How are these tariffs helping that?! Here is a good article from MIT about what we need.

#affordablearchitecture

www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/31/1...

Stacey Abrams isn’t leader of coalition awarded EPA grant During his March 4 address to Congress, President Donald Trump called out Stacey Abrams, saying the two-time Democratic

So much for the Federal US Gov helping Americans improve the energy efficiency & cost to operate their homes.

Keeping homes wasteful to “make American housing crates again.”

#architecture #ushousing #affordablearchitecture
#homes #energy #efficancy #trumpregime
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A towering legacy: Brac University’s vertical campus The design was inspired by the Sundarbans mangrove forests, which have separate ecosystems above and below the tidal level. The idea was to create two distinct layers making the Academia overlook the ...

www.tbsnews.net/features/hab...

#bracuniversity #dhaka #education #sustainable #design #green #vegetation #urbangreenery #urbanism #urbanism+ #affordablearchitecture #tropicalarchitecture

Designing for Fire Resilience Join Reimagine Buildings Designing for Fire Resilience an online conference by Passive House Accelerator

Join Reimagine #buildings for #designing for #fireresilience"

Online, Mar 14, 2025, 11:30am – 4:00pm (EST)

50% of proceeds donated to #californiawildfire Relief Fund.

#architecture #affordablearchitecture #passivehouse #passivedesign #wildfire #LAfires #firesafety #homes #houses #resilianthome

Passive House - It's Not Just for Houses Passive House It's Not Just for Houses You might say it’s a frequently asked question, and with a name like Passive House, it’s no wonder. Often conjuring images of single-family suburbia, Passive Hou...

#PassiveHouse is not just for #houses!

Using #passivedesign #buildingscience methods are solid #building #design & #construction #efficiency #health & #comfort goals for all types of #buildings

#architecture #engineering
#affordablearchitecture
#netzero

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Build Back Better with Passive House - The Passive House Network Passive House is an integrated approach focused on building fundamentals that support our deep desires for home: comfort, health, security, affordability, and standing for a better world. As you start...

Build Back Better with #passivehouse
A resource supporting #homeowners #rebuilding after a #disaster.

#architecture #homes #houses #building #homebuilding #builders #affordablearchitecture
#passivhaus #build #passivedesign #netzero
#highperformance #energy
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Hello #passivehouse #building standard interested #architects and high performance #builders.

Check out videos by #passivehouseaccelerator on their YT channel for some really interesting project case studies.

#architecture #netzero #affordablearchitecture #homes #buildings

youtu.be/6JS_Wx_VEp0

Trump says America has ‘all the trees’ it needs. But fixing the housing crisis may mean depending on Canadian wood | CNN Business President Donald Trump has frequently quipped that “we don’t need” products from Canada.

Here is the full breakdown of the impacts on housing. 30% of our overall timber comes from Canada and a lot of gypsum and lime from Mexico. What an idiot. 🙄

#affordablearchitecture
#eartharchitecture

www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/e...

How unbelievably stupid can you be? Was making sure you never have energy efficiency regulations and have to put even one inch of insulation on a building really worth it?

#eartharchitecture
#affordablearchitecture

Electrification & Decarbonization with Passive House - The Passive House Network Description This course reinforces knowledge of basic Passive House principles and methodology while looking deeper into how Passive House design considers the electrical grid, renewables, and buildi...

For #builders #contractors & #architects interested in #passivehouse #passivehaus ##passivedesign #netzero #highperformancehomes #affordablearchitecture #buildingscience #buildings #homes & #architecture this electrification course may be interesting to you.

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The Trump administration‘s move to bring down construction costs? 46% of our imported timber comes from Canada. Genius. 🤔🙄

#affordablearchitecture

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Stonewater to Deliver Passivhaus Development in Somerset Work has started on a Stonewater development in Frome, Somerset, that will be built to Passivhaus standard. The Cherry Grove project...

"The #homes, designed to meet stringent #Passivhaus standards, will be constructed using Modern Methods of #Construction”
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#architecture #greenhomes #passivehouse #efficient #passivedesign #housing #building #affordablehomes #netzero

My Urban America - My Blu Light My Blu light

Sharing some of my art🎨
#art #artshare #promosky
#affordablearchitecture

sites.google.com/view/myurban...

Itaca: a self-sufficient and eco-sustainable 3D printed house WASP unveils Itaca: a self-sufficient and eco-sustainable 3D printed house that makes use of the most advanced technologies in Space Economy.

I’m very curious to see the final result of this 3D printed eco-house currently under construction in Italy. The printed material is clay sourced from the building site supported by a wood structure.

#eartharchitecture
#affordablearchitecture

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Andy Thomson on LinkedIn: #objective #q12025 #ontario #objective #q22025 #buildings #buildingcodes 🎉 We've finally (after 5 years! 🤪 ) arrived at a reporting format for the TEUI3 tool (a static energy, cost and carbon modelling tool), now known as…

Thomson Architecture in Canada has created the TEUI3 tool (a static energy, cost and carbon modelling tool), now known as #OBJECTIVE 🎯 learn more at #OpenBuilding.ca

#atchitecture #building #netzero #design #home #energyefficancy #canada #affordablearchitecture

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Building a network from the ground up
#affordablearchitecture #promosky

Projects – Passive House Canada | Maison Passive Canada

Check out the PH projects map
The number of red pins shows how #Canada is embracing the #PassiveHouse Standard.

#architecture #homes #housing #canadian
#affordablearchitecture
#passivehousecanada #passivehouse #buildbetter #buildpassivehouse #projectmap

www.passivehousecanada.com/projects/

Really nice adaptive reuse.
#affordablearchitecture
#eartharchitecture

My Urban America - My Blu Light My Blu light

Ms. T, creator of digital content
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#artshare #art #promosky #affordablearchitecture

#affordablearchitecture can’t get off the ground without initiatives like this!

#architecture #prefab #affordablearchitecture #dwell

So this past fall semester, I wrapped up my tenth year of teaching for the School of Architecture at Miami University’s study abroad center in Luxembourg. It’s been an incredible journey!

#eartharchitecture
#affordablearchitecture
#mudec
#miamiuniversity

2025 Color Trends in Architecture: Embracing Earth Tones and Vibrant Hues Discover the 2025 Color Trends in Architecture: Embrace earth tones and vibrant palettes for modern, tranquil spaces.

Love these colors 🤎
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#affordablearchitecture
#architecture

www.archdaily.com/1025929/2025...

PHN Presents - The Passive House Network PHN Presents: Passive House & Fire Resilience Building Forward Noon ET, Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 Growing

PHN Presents: #PassiveHouse & #FireResilience
#Building Forward

Noon ET, Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025

#architecture
#affordablearchitecture
#construction
#buildingscience
#Wildfires
#LAfires
#buildbackbetter
#rebuild
#efficiency
#climatechange
#netzero
#GHGs

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