A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in ...

UK house builder Barratt London has announced its plans to adopt the Passivhaus standard at scale in the British capital.

Surrounded by forest, the "Maativan" farmhouse is constructed from mud, lime, recycled objects, and other natural materials.

CBT, an architecture firm based in Boston, has been exploring unique ways of solving these problems. Using passive design ...

The university professor is now selling the energy-efficient home, which generates more power than it uses, for $10.2 million ...

In California all new homes must have state-of-the-art insulation, high efficiency windows and super-duper mechanical systems ...