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The individual dwellings have separate entrances, garages and private courtyards, while the terraces located on the opposite side create a common garden and create an appearance of a single large living unit...

Located about four hours from Cape Town, the Swartberg House is situated between mountain ranges on a remote site in a semi-desert landscape. The remote location allows for dark, star-filled nights, which was perfect for...

Work began on the South Surrey Passive House designed by Vancouver-based Marken Design + Consulting in 2012 and it was completed in 2013 with three generations of a family living in it - grandparents, their daughter and her...

Students from the Technical University of Denmark designed the home for two by combining passive and active technological solutions. The building’s thermal envelope shelters only the necessary area and leaves as much space...

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The Inhabitat team has been closely monitoring recently completed Passive House projects in the United States and abroad, anxiously awaiting each new energy efficient residence’s opening...

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We write about cool green buildings all the time on Inhabitat, but seeing them with our own eyes is a special treat. That’s why we were stoked when the owners and architects of Williamsburg’s very first Passive...

We write about cool green buildings all the time on Inhabitat, but seeing them with our own eyes is a special treat. That’s why we were stoked when the owners and architects of Brooklyn’s very first Passive House,...

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This prefab concept house, Mini40, comes out of Austria and has a slant towards the increasingly popular Passiv-Haus design method, which promotes a very tight and low-energy design...