We were pleased to learn that a story in Forbes magazine entitled Passive House—Building the Efficient Home of the Futurewould feature the GO Home, our very first Passive House project. But then, we’re happy whenever the consumer press takes notice of the Passive House concept, its rapid growth in the U.S., and its vast potential to improve building energy performance and reduce CO2 emissions.
Journalist and Author Sheri Koones, who has covered our work in her Prefabulous series of books, here brings Forbes readers quickly up to speed on Passive House, the standard we’ve applied to every project since our firm’s founding. Because it focuses exclusively on energy efficiency and healthy levels of fresh-air ventilation, she explains, Passive House presents an increasingly compelling response to climate change and concerns about indoor air quality.
First popularized in Europe, this fully mature, elegantly simple, cost-effective approach to design and construction has become firmly established in North America as well, supporting Koones’s characterization of Passive House as the “home of the future.” We might add only that when it comes to creating beautiful, livable, cost-effective, climate-friendly buildings, the future is already well underway.
