Passive House
Design Quarterly
Ontario tower Passive House retrofit a world first
The Ken Soble Tower in Hamilton has become the world’s largest residential building retrofitted to the Passive House standard.
Construction Business
Vancouver earns PH certification for tallest building
City of Vancouver announced it has received certification for a new seven-storey Passive House project that is the tallest in the province.
Design Quarterly
Clayton Community Centre celebrates opening
The City of Surrey officially opened the Clayton Community Centre, located at 7155 187A Street in October.
Canadian Property Management
Meltdown conditions no sweat for passive cooling
Glasgow, the host city for the upcoming 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, provided the venue to test and compare the thermal performance of Passive House design against the Scottish building standard.
Design Quarterly
Unique childcare centres open in Vancouver
Two new Vancouver childcare centres, first of their kind in Canada, have completed in Gastown and will provide 74 much-needed spaces.
Design Quarterly
High performance, passive and beautiful
Designed by Nick Bray Architecture, "The Passive Narrowtive” was built on a long and narrow urban lot in Vancouver, B.C.
REMI Network
Quest to capture Passive House philosophy
The winning effort will be incorporated into a planned year of active messaging on the theme that energy efficiency is the foremost step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Passive House affordable housing project underway in Vancouver
The City of Vancouver has approved a new Passive House affordable housing development for Brightside Community Homes Foundation.
REMI Network
World’s first Passive House hospital closer to certification
Klinikum Frankfurt Höchs, projected for completion in 2021, is on track to being the first Passive House hospital on the globe.
Design Quarterly
Permacity: the next generation buildings
A2M shared their vision for the future of architecture – a concept called the permacity – at the Buildex architecture keynote in Vancouver.
Design Quarterly
Prize to celebrate elegant energy efficiency
Any building that has attained Passive House, Low Energy or EnerPHit for existing building retrofit certification is eligible for the international architecture competition.
Construction Business
Construction of unique childcare centres underway
Construction is underway for two childcare centres in Vancouver on the rooftops of Gastown parkades, which will provide 74 much-needed childcare spaces.
Construction Business
Chris Ballard named new Passive Canada CEO
Chris Ballard has been appointed as Passive House Canada/Maison Passive Canada (PHC) CEO, replacing Rob Bernhardt, who is stepping down.
Construction Business
Timber for Two
The mid-rise, not the attention seeking wood skyscraper, will ultimately transform the way we see wood-frame and mass-timber construction.
Design Quarterly
Cascadia launches fiberglass framed window wall
Cascadia Windows & Doors has launched the world’s first fiberglass-framed window wall system called the Universal Series Window Wall.
Design Quarterly
Showcasing Passive House design
What if we could build homes that are energy efficient, healthy and beautiful? The first passive home in West Vancouver showcases the possibilities.
Design Quarterly
Cutting edge wood lab is an engineering marvel
The Wood Innovation Research Laboratory in Prince George is the first ever industrial building in North America to be Passive House certified.
