It’s been about 45 days since the website passivebuilding.ca and mailing list were established. I started this up because I sensed a pent-up demand and serious interest, yet nothing was available. Sixty people signing up for the discussion mailing list in 45 days certainly validates my hunch. Until recently, the number one position Google search [...]

(Updated Nov 4 2009) There was a bit of a stir lately within the building science online communities when a well-known and respected building scientist published a review of the Passive House standard. John Straube published a review of the Passive House standard on BuildingScience.com compared to standards and practices applicable in the U.S. and [...]

Pat Murphy of CommunitySolutions has written an excellent summary of the talks at the third annual North American Passive House Conference. Organizations such as Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition in Canada should take advantage of Passive House and run with it. The standards, methodology and technology have already been worked out, and Germany is several years [...]