Articles
10/17/25
PhiusCon 2025 - Building a Culture of Purpose
If you couldn't make it to PhiusCon 2025, we have a rundown of some of the sessions you missed and a list of the winners of the 2025 Phius Passive Projects Design Competition.
Article, Phius
Jay Fox
10/14/25
Passive House Massachusetts Publishes Report on Cost-Effective Passive House Delivery
The authors interviewed more than 40 Passive House practitioners to better understand the most urgent educational needs facing the high-performance industry.
Article, Educational Campaign
Beth Campbell
Alexander Gard-Murray
10/10/25
Building of Excellence Award-Winner Selfhelp Expands Flushing Campus with Kissena House
Kissena House will bring over 110 units of affordable and resilient senior housing to eastern Queens.
Article, Affordable Housing, Phius, NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence
Jay Fox
10/3/25
MEET: A New Tool for Embodied Energy Calculations
MEEET was developed by PHI to help users of PHPP better understand the relationship between materials choices, operational energy, and emissions.
Article, Embodied Carbon, Energy Modeling, PHI
Magdalena Patyna
9/26/25
Catawba College’s Commitment to North Carolina’s First Passive House Residence Hall
Catawba College has recently broken ground on a 130-bed residence hall that is pursuing Phius certification. The building is scheduled to open in 2026.
Article, Student Housing, New Construction, Phius
Sophie Martin
Autusa Behroozi
Justin Shultz
9/25/25
Design Competition Envisions More Resilient Built Environment in California
Submissions for the California Rebuilds competition are due September 30th. Qualifying designs will be featured in a catalog of high-performance homes and select winners will receive cash prizes.
Article, Resilience, Educational Campaign, Sponsored
Jay Fox
9/19/25
Carleton College Builds Eleven Phius Townhouses in Just Two Years
The townhouses are part of a larger effort by the Minnesota college to reduce campus emissions.
Article, Student Housing, Phius
Jay Fox
9/18/25
Opinion: Passive House Design is Key to Meeting NYC’s Climate Goals
“As the city races to retrofit its building stock and meet carbon reduction goals, Passive House offers a solution that’s not just idealistic—it’s practical and proven,” Pratt writes.
Article, Policy
Carmel Pratt
9/17/25
Colonial II—The First Net Zero Carbon Multifamily Retrofit in New York State | Project of the Month | PHA Live!
Retrofitting aging multifamily housing to net zero carbon standards requires not only bold goals but also meticulous planning, design, and execution.
PHA Live, Video, Retrofit