This couple built a passive solar home on 18-acres in Shelby County that uses the sun to stay warm year-round and features ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. By relying on a building site’s solar orientation and climate, sustainable ...

As I discussed in last week’s column ("Resilience: Dramatically Better Building Envelopes," Jan. 4), a resilient home is extremely well-insulated, so that it can be kept warm with very little ...

The passive-house building standard relies on lots of insulation and intentional design to use as little energy as possible for heating and cooling. "Things like 'passive house' have become more ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In a superbly sustainable home, closed windows are a passive heating system, ...

A global research group has designed a novel PV module cooling system based on multiple cooling sources. The proposed system was able to reduce a PV system temperature by up to 16.7 C and increase ...

Learn how passive design strategies improve thermal performance through orientation, ventilation, roof windows, and daylight ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. In this work, we designed a LHEC strategy by using a delignified wood as the substrate. The wood was chosen for its intrinsic ...