What is a Passive House? Passive Design Principles
The passive house concept emerged in Germany at the end of the 1980s, thanks to the collaboration between the German physicist Wolfgang Feist and Swedish researcher Bo Adamson.
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Puigpunyent Eco-Passive House / Miquel Lacomba Architects
The house is located in the valley of Puigpunyent, in the Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range in Mallorca. It boasts optimal orientation towards the south and open views towards the mountains.
House That Opens Up to the Sun
In the southern part of Malé Kyšice town on the edge of the Křivoklát woods, there is a residential district originally home to weekend cottages.
Pepper Tree Passive House by Alexander Symes Architect
Pepper Tree Passive House is a sustainable secondary dwelling introduced to a suburban Illawarra home, designed to be nestled within the eponymous Pepper Tree’s canopy and built to the highly rigorous Passive House standard, the most sustainable building standard in the world.
Smart Passive House with Green Roof
This project can undoubtedly be called a “smart passive house”. Terrace and most windows and rooms are oriented to the sun side, getting as much sun as possible.
Seaside Modern Home in Rhode Island by ZeroEnergy Design
Project: Seaside Modern Home Architects: ZeroEnergy Design Landscape Design: Charles Earl Design General Contractor: Newport Renewables Interior Design: Equilibrium Location: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States Square Footage: 4,700 Completion: 2020 Photo Credits: Warren Jagger Photography Text by ZeroEnergy Design Located in the coastal neighborhood of Bristol Ferry/Common Fence Point, Rhode Island with a commanding ocean
Haus am See in Potsdam by Carlos Zwick Architekten BDA
25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin-based architect Carlos Zwick fell in love with the overgrown property. He bought it, including dilapidated monuments, without a building permit, but with a vision: a family place was to be built here, a lake house
The Parkview Passive House by Waymark Architecture
The Parkview House in Victoria, BC is a vision of the future. The two-story, single-family home & apartment suite is an ultra energy-efficient certified Passive House.
Platinum Residence by Coates Design Architects
Perched high on a bluff, this magnificent home enjoys unique views of the Puget Sound, Mount Rainier, and Mount Baker. It is also the first LEED Platinum-certified residence in Washington State outside of Seattle.
Rockbound Park House / Kaplan Thompson Architects
The interior of the main house has an open kitchen and living space, with a getaway loft that provides a distant glimpse of the water, and a wood stove that reduces the energy load and warms up those coldest winter island days.
MXM Aragón Passive House – Unique, Avant-garde and Modern
Is it possible to design a house with bioclimatic concepts and based on the basic principles of passive houses, but with an innovative design character and with a fluid relationship between the exterior and the plot?
House for All Seasons / Poly Studio
A House for All Seasons is a contemporary house designed for the evolving needs of a young family within the context of a heritage streetscape in inner-city Melbourne.