Category Archives: Articles
The Home of the Future
January 25, 2012New York based journalist Charlie Hoxie recently made a documentary, Passive Passion, to help spread the word about designing and building using the Passive House methods. In his video clips he features the homeowner of the first certified Passive House …
Article: Passive House Retrofit
January 16, 2012Worth a quick read, is an article from the Star Tribune about a man who is retrofitting his 2000 sf, 1935 Minneapolis Tudor style home into a ultra energy efficient home for his family, using the Passive House design and …
Article: Tree Shaped Solar Arrays
December 14, 2011While out hiking in the Catskill mountains, Aiden discovered a new patterning sequence for solar photovoltaic panels based on deciduous tree branch design structure, resulting in a 20% increase in the energy output when compared to typical flat panel arrays! …
Women Making Marks in Construction
October 5, 2011Recently the Business Examiner printed a feature article about women in construction. Artisans Group Lead Designer and Co-owner, Tessa Smith, was interviewed to share her experiences as one who is at the leading edge of sustainable design and construction in …
Passive House for Beginners
July 1, 2011Martin Holladay strikes again! He most concisely and eloquently gives us a the basics of Passive House in this superb article. Passivhaus For Beginners The History of a Superinsulation Standard Posted on May 27 by Martin Holladay, GBA Advisor An …
Kudos From an Energy Nerd
May 19, 2011Great blog write up by building science aficionado Martin Halloday, senior editor of Green Building Advisor, from a recent trip to Olympia to tour one of our current Passive House projects, The Jewel Box. Read full article here. Excerpt: This …
Passive House Articles
April 7, 2011Always fun to read about the burgeoning enthusiasm for the ultra energy efficient Passive House (PH) building standard out there in the world. Below are a couple articles written by Wendy Koch for USA Today. The first article highlights visits …
Energy Efficient Passive House in Louisiana
February 26, 2011We know that here in the Pacific Northwest we are blessed with premium conditions for easily building Passive Houses (PH). Our biggest design challenges are more often about how much shade the trees provide to a given building site than …
JLC Passive House Article: Part 3
February 17, 2011Excerpt “There’s no doubt that the Passive House approach works. Experience shows that buildings constructed to the standard do use dramatically less energy than conventional structures. They offer excellent air quality, resist excessive solar heating, and maintain comfortable levels of …
JLC Passive House Article: Part 2
February 17, 2011“There’s no doubt that the Passive House approach works. Experience shows that buildings constructed to the standard do use dramatically less energy than conventional structures. They offer excellent air quality, resist excessive solar heating, and maintain comfortable levels of temperature and humidity with little effort on the part of their occupants. “