Press

The Best Ways to Cool a Home - Without Turning on the AC
WILLIAM BOSTON, The Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2024

The Passion Behind Passive House Building
CASSANDRA GILLESPIE, KALA Performance Homes, May 23, 2023

Sustainable Construction - Architecture for the Future
GRAHAM IRWIN, Green Home Builder (pp. 62-63), June 2022

Interview with Graham Irwin of Essential Habitat Architecture
ZACK SEMKE, Passive House Accelerator, May 19, 2020

A Bungalow in Santa Cruz Is Transformed into a Passive House
CAMILLE LEFEVRE, Rise, November 01, 2019

San Francisco's Most Sustainable Residence "Sol Lux Alpha" Now For Sale
KATIE SWEENEY, Haute Living, December 17, 2018

Meet the Winners of the 2018 PHIUS Passive House Projects Competition
Green Building & Design, October 4, 2018

Take a Peek Inside Sol-Lux Alpha's Sustainable Luxury Condos
SF Gate, May 21, 2018

San Francisco's First Positive Net Energy Condos Create A New Sustainability Standard
JULIE LITTMAN, Bisnow Bay Area, April 17, 2018

ARCHITECT OPPLIGER BUILDS MENDOCINO COUNTY'S ONLY CERTIFIED "PASSIVE HOUSE."
W.W. KELLER, Independent Coast Observer, March 2, 2018

Insulating Foundations in Earthquake Country
TED CUSHMAN, JLC Online, June 2, 2017

EFFICIENT HOME'S PASSIVE DETAILS ADD UP TO (NET) ZERO - A San Francisco rowhouse takes a super-tight approach to energy efficiency.
LYDIA LEE, Builder Online, February 3, 2017

A Look at Santa Cruz Green Builder's Most Eco-Friendly Residential Designs
JOEL HERSCH, Santa Cruz Waves, October 7, 2016

2127 Castro Takes Luxury and Sustainability to a New Level
StoryStudio, SFGate, May 17, 2016

How to design an ultra-energy-efficient home
JOANNA LINBERG, Sunset Magazine, March 2016

Top 6 benefits of a passive house
JOANNA LINBERG, Sunset Magazine, March 2016

San Francisco's first Passive House apartment complex produces so much energy it powers its own Microgrid
ANDREA FLEISCHMAN, inhabit, December 2, 2015

Interview with an Architect
TARA, Gimpy Dog Ranch, October 28, 2015

The House That Could Save the World: The next generation of ultra-efficient houses will redefine how we fight climate change - and how we live.
SARA SOLOVITCH, Politico Magazine, September 18, 2015

S.F. Passive House Unusual Offering On Architects' Home Tour
SOPHIA MARKOULAKIS, San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2015

Santa Cruz Couple Embrace "Passive House" Energy Conservation
JESSICA YORK, Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 4, 2015

Number of Certified Passive House Square Meters Reaches One Million Mark
BENJAMIN WUNSCH, Home Energy Magazine, February 17, 2015

PassivHaus alcanza un millón de metros cuadrados certificados
CONSTRUIBLE.es, December 12, 2014

Passivhaus Hits a Big Milestone
SCOTT GIBSON, Green Building Advisor, December 10, 2014

Certified passive buildings now cover 1 million square metres
LENNY ANTONELLI, Passive House+, December 9, 2014

Number of certified Passive House Square Metres Reaches One Million Mark
BENJAMIN WÜNSCH, PassivHaus Institut (PHI), December 9, 2014

Passive Pride
BRANDON SMITH, Green Building & Design, September/October, 2014

Midori House: Couple Transforms Century-Old Bungalow into a Passive House, Energy Bills Drop by 80%
EDITOR, San Jose Green Home, May 22, 2014

Passive House Design Builds Efficiency into the Future
SUCHI RUDRA, Whole Life Times, April 25, 2014

San Francisco's First Passive House Already in Contract
SALLY KUCHAR, Curbed SF, November 27, 2013

Is "Net Zero Energy" the Best Path to a Carbon-Neutral Future for Buildings?
ZACK SEMKE, Hammer & Hand Field Notes, September 19, 2013

Santa Cruz's First 'Passive House'
JESSICA LYONS HARDCASTLE, Santa Cruz Magazine, August 13, 2013

Green Gulch Farm Wins 2011 Energy Oscar
JAKE RICHARDSON, Sangha News, November 22, 2011

New Student Housing at Green Gulch Farm
Sangha News, October 18, 2011

Hammer & Hand’s Passive House Pilgrimage to Austria, 2nd Installment
SAM HAGERMAN, Hammer & Hand, June 3, 2011

Retrofit Green
MEG McCONAHEY, Sierra Club Magazine, May/June 2011

Serious Energy Savings With Passive House Design
ED WELCH, Mother Earth News, April/May 2011

Sensible Beauty
AMARA ROSE, NorthBay biz, February 2011

Aggressively Passive: Building Homes to the Passive House Standard
CAROL VENOLIA, Mother Earth News, January 14, 2011

Silently Green Home Design - Retrofitted Sonoma House is Stylish, Comfortable and Efficient
MEG MCCONAHEY, The Press Democrat, January 13, 2011

O'Neill's 'Passive' House Making a Statement on Sustainability
ADAM LOBERSTEIN, Napa Valley Register, November 13, 2010

Pro Portfolio: A 1960 House Updated for Greener Times
ANNE HARNAGEL, The Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2010

Energy-efficient home in the Wine Country
KELLY ZITO, The San Francisco Chronicle, October 16, 2010

Green Sonoma Farmhouse Emerges from 1960 Home
WENDY KOCH, USA Today, October 02, 2010

Getting Active About Passive: Sonoma Home Undergoes Tough Efficiency Retrofit
HEATHER CLANCY, smartplanet.com, March 31, 2010

When Remodelers Carve Paths to Passive House
RICHARD DEFENDORF, Green Building Advisor, Tuesday, March 23, 2010

California’s First Passive House Remodel Moves Towards Completion
JOHN CAULFIELD, Builder Online, March 9, 2010

Marin at forefront of a growing trend in architecture - 'passive' houses
JIM WELTE, The Marin Independent Journal, November 8, 2009

The Passive House
MAUREEN MCCABE, The Napa Valley Register, August 15, 2009

Top 5 Misconceptions About Home Energy Performance
JUSTIN MORESCO, GigaOM, August 13, 2009

GE Touts Net Zero, But Will the Real Net Zero Please Stand Up?
JUSTIN MORESCO, GigaOM, July 17, 2009

PASSIVE HOUSE SAVES ENERGY AGGRESSIVELY
JANET PARMER, The Press Democrat, February 22, 2009