Passive House 101

The Passive House approach empowers us to build better. It creates durable, resilient buildings that slash heating energy use by as much as 90% and dramatically reduce operational carbon emissions. You know what performance to expect with a certified Passive House. Most importantly, Passive House buildings create healthy, comfortable, and quiet interior environments, Passive House design tools and methods make these energy performance gains both cost-effective and predictable. full of clean, filtered fresh air.

Passive House buildings aren't just houses. They can be Single Family Homes, high-rise office towers, multifamily apartment buildings, schools—really any building type. In North America, two certification pathways exist PHI and PHIUS, each with important differences. But both focus on three building performance targets: very low thermal energy use, very low total energy use, and superior airtightness. We use Passive House Institute (PHI) standards.

Passive House Building Certification is the internationally recognized building certification system, providing third-party verification and a stamp of quality assurance that a building meets the high performance and comfort levels of the Passive House standard.  

Passive House has three levels of certification for new buildings: Classic, Plus and Premium, can be achieved depending on the use of renewable energy sources.

For existing building refurbishments, an EnerPHit certification can be achieved.