Newsletter Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash A Brooklyn 'passive house' offers affordability, energy efficiency Built to the exacting Passive House guidelines, Brooklyn’s Chestnut Commons isn’t the usual New York City affordable housing complex.
Solutions A new Boston high-rise will be the largest office building to meet this exacting sustainability standard The 812,000-square-foot building will be the largest ever to get Passive House certification, meaning it meets strict requirements for how much energy it uses.
Solutions Why Canada’s climate advocates are excited by Biden’s housing plans The president-elect aims to build 1.5 million green, affordable units. It’s a galvanizing idea. Second in a series.
Solutions How rethinking affordable homes connects with the climate fight Experts in Canada and beyond see overlapping solutions to two crises: housing affordability and climate change.
