For decades, architects and homeowners just assumed air conditioning would keep people comfortable. Now they are looking to ...

When Christina Coppens first started looking for a house in Durham, N.H., with her husband, Andrew Coppens, she had a romantic vision of fixing up an old New England farmhouse. However, the couple was ...

Solar-powered Passive House apartments are part of a green building trend. This week, thousands of developers, engineers and ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. Passivity isn’t a characteristic valued around many office buildings.

These green homes are designed to be as energy efficient as possible. New incentives aim to make them more budget-friendly.

The apartments are being constructed to the Passive House standard that combines technology for ventilation, insulation and airtightness with design solutions that help retain heat in the winter ...