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