In the industrial era, home is where the carbon is. The built environment accounts for about 40% of annual CO2 emissions globally. An MIT urban and environmental study recently reported that the materials used to build a new home could generate between 15 and 100 tons of CO2eq. Meet Mike Anderson, CEO and design leader at Passive Design Solutions, a […]
The total energy consumption of existing buildings was 40% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2020 — 22% residential and 18% commercial buildings. If you are planning to build a new house, building it with Passive House standards may be the single largest opportunity you have to reduce your carbon footprint and to do your part in moving towards a […]