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A Brooklyn 'passive house' offers affordability, energy efficiency

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.
A new Boston high-rise will be the largest office building to meet this exacting sustainability standard

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.
climate advocates excited by Biden’s housing plans

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.
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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.

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