Habitat For Humanity
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Habitat for Humanity Chapter Commits to a Zero-Energy Future
After successfully building its first DOE Zero Energy Ready Home, Hartford Habitat sees net-zero as a fundamental goal for affordable-home builders
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Building Better for Less
Michigan Habitat chapter wins the Housing Innovation Award for a low-cost, high-performance home
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Enterprise Green Communities and Passive House
The green building program for affordable housing gives points for PHIUS certification
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Habitat Chapter Sees an Energy-Efficient Future
An upstate New York chapter of Habitat for Humanity starts with Energy Star building and decides to up its game to the Passivhaus standard
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Habitat’s New Net-Zero House in Minneapolis
University architecture students have designed a house with 8 inches of extruded polystyrene insulation on the exterior side of the wall sheathing
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Habitat’s High-Performance Experiment
Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the country have launched net-zero energy and Passivhaus projects which are often the first in their communities
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Habitat for Humanity’s Net-Zero Community
Plans for the Wisconsin development call for a total of 18 homes and a community center on five acres of land
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A Tough Energy Code Is the Worker’s Friend
Massachusetts towns that adopt the stretch code are helping to lower the cost of operating a home, thereby helping working-class families
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Turning Objections to a Green Project Into an Opportunity
Neighbors have stalled a 35-unit subdivision of energy-efficient dwellings, but the delay gives a Habitat chapter time to refine its green building techniques
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Students Bring Zero-Energy Design to Habitat
University of Minnesota’s College of Design brings classroom knowledge and Solar Decathlon experience to its collaboration with Habitat for Humanity
