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SAN FRANCISCO 'PASSIVE HOME' TAKES ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO NEW LEVELS
JONATHAN BLOOM, ABC7 News (KGO), May 5, 2016
Passive House: Building a "Renewable Ready" California
GRAHAM IRWIN, The Energy Network, May 12, 2015
Passive House Revolution
FAITH MORGAN, Community Solutions, 2013
Case Studies
California Home Becomes First Passive House in State and First Passive House Retrofit in U.S. - Mitsubishi Electric Case Studies
Books
PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS:
NORTH AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS 2017
LOW CARBON PRODUCTIONS, 2017
Midori Haus - Transformation from Old House to Green Future with Passive House
CHIE KAWAHARA, 2017
Passive House Details: Solutions for High-Performance Design, 1st Edition
D. CORNER, J. FILLINGER, A. KWOK, 2017
PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS:
CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY FUTURE
LOW CARBON PRODUCTIONS, 2016
Passive House Accelerates
LOW CARBON PRODUCTIONS, 2016
PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS:
NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS
LOW CARBON PRODUCTIONS, 2015
RECREATING THE AMERICAN HOME
LOW CARBON PRODUCTIONS, 2010
Articles
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
2019: The Year To Go Passive?
LYDIA LEE, BUILDER, December 16, 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
Passive House Case Studies Presented by Home Owners
BILL WORTHEN, Urban Fabrick, August 16, 2016
SF's newest Passive House hits the Noe market with net zero impact
ANNA MARIE ERWERT, SFGate, May 11, 2016
Contemporary Noe Valley Passive House Wows to the Tune of $5 Million
BROCK KEELING, Curbed San Francisco, May 9, 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
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
Project Profile by JSW D Architects
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AIA East Bay, July 16, 2014
Overview of Passive House Building: An Interview with Graham Irwin of Essential Habitat
GRAHAM IRWIN, BayAreaForSale.com, June 11, 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
Energy-Efficient Passive Houses Approved For Noe Valley
TRACY ELSEN, Curbed SF, February 28, 2014
The Latest Real Estate and Design Trend: 'Passive' House Lands in the Castro
WAIYDE PALMER, The Castro Biscuit, December 14, 2013
Real Estate Report: San Francisco's First Passive House
PHILIP FERRATO, 7x7 SF, December 11, 2013
Real Estate Report: San Francisco's First Passive House Has Bells, Whistles & More, $3.8M
PHILIP FERRATO, California Home+Design, December 04, 2013
San Francisco's First Passive House Already in Contract
SALLY KUCHAR, Curbed SF, November 27, 2013
Santa Cruz's First 'Passive House'
JESSICA LYONS HARDCASTLE, Santa Cruz Magazine, August 13, 2013
6 California Homes that Redefine Green
KRISTINA SHEVORY, California Home+Design, August 25, 2012
The Passive House Retrofit: How One Project Team Transformed a 1960s Eyesore Into a Super-Efficient, Net-Zero-Energy Home and Building America Program Prototype
BETH SERENI & GRAHAM IRWIN, Solar Today, March/April 2012
Green Gulch Farm Wins 2011 Energy Oscar
JAKE RICHARDSON, Sangha News, November 22, 2011
Free Energy: Passive Building Strategies Every Builder Can Use
CLAIRE EASLEY, ecohome Magazine, November 9, 2011
New Student Housing at Green Gulch Farm
Sangha News, October 18, 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
Passive House: A New Metric for 'Green' Homes
LARRY DIGNAN, ZDNet, March 29, 2011
Living Ultra Eco: Cathy O'Neill and Her Perfectly Passive House
CAROLE KELLEHER, Sonoma Magazine, March 28, 2011
Sensible Beauty
AMARA ROSE, NorthBay biz, February 2011
Silently Green Home Design - Retrofitted Sonoma House is Stylish, Comfortable and Efficient
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG, The Press Democrat, January/February 2011
Aggressively Passive: Building Homes to the Passive House Standard
CAROL VENOLIA, Natural Home and Garden, January 14, 2011
O'Neill's 'Passive' House Making a Statement on Sustainability
ADAM LOBERSTEIN, Napa Valley Register, November 13, 2010
San Francisco's Innovative Green Homes
PATRICK HENDRY, ecohome Magazine, November 3, 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
Bringing the Old to a New Standard
COLLEEN EDWARDS, The Real Story, October 8, 2010
Getting on the Map
COLLEEN EDWARDS, The Real Story, October 7, 2010
The O'Neill Passive House: Cozy, Comfortable and Crazy Efficient
MATT HICKMAN, Mother Nature Network, October 6, 2010
A New Way to Look at a Proven Technology
COLLEEN EDWARDS, The Real Story, October 5, 2010
Passive House Retrofit in California
PRESTON KOERNER, Jetson Green, October 4, 2010
Green Sonoma Farmhouse Emerges from 1960 Home
WENDY KOCH, USA Today, October 02, 2010
Passive Aggressive
CAROL EATON, IAPM Online, September 27, 2010
The First Passivhaus Retrofit Certification in the U.S.
RICHARD DEFENDORF, Green Building Advisor, September 4, 2010
First Passive Retrofit in U.S. Receives Certification
CANDACE ROULO, Contractor Magazine, September 2, 2010
First Passive House Retrofit in Nation
PRESTON KOERNER, Jetson Green, July 22, 2010
Sonoma House Sets National Energy Standard
Sonoma Valley Sun, May 14, 2010
Passivhaus: The Greenest Building Standard?
LLOYD ALTER, Inhabit, April 7, 2010
Getting Active About Passive: Sonoma Home Undergoes Tough Efficiency Retrofit
HEATHER CLANCY, smartplanet.com, March 31, 2010
Passivhaus Comes To California, Shattering Stereotypes
LLOYD ALTER, treehugger.com, March 30, 2010
When Remodelers Carve Paths to Passive House
RICHARD DEFENDORF, Green Building Advisor, Tuesday, March 23, 2010
California's First Passive House Remodel
ALISON PRUITT, Energy Boom, March 21, 2010
California’s First Passive House Remodel Moves Towards Completion
JOHN CAULFIELD, Builder Online, March 9, 2010
Marin at forefront of 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 Introduces Green Gizmo Home
LLOYD ALTER, treehugger.com, July 18, 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
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