Passive House passivehouse
About this tag & topic
List of permits or projects that are certified or intend to be certified as a "Passive House", the most stringent requirements for an insulated and energy efficient building. The primary goal is to insulate a building so well that very little energy is needed to heat and cool it.
This tag & topic page has 12 news & development items, 5 Chicago building permits
News & Developments Gallery 12 items
![Full story: Take a walk through an old Hyde Park graystone being retrofitted for "Passivhaus" certification
How can this energy efficiency standard become as common in Chicago as the kind of house it’s being applied to? [Mike Conners]](/glide/glide.php?w=500&id=/uploads/3250672afa4f819343589e4c91439eb5_4846.png&type=file_web_path&generate_url=1)
![Passive House Construction Works Financially. Why Isn’t There More of It?
The environmentally friendly building methods face regulatory and training hurdles. Then there's the financing. [AJ Patton, 548 Capital]](/glide/glide.php?w=500&id=/uploads/6c941129f2fd4865c8560bbc9c7e6f1e_5910.png&type=file_web_path&generate_url=1)
Building Permits 5 items
Sorted by most recently issued permit first
- 6321 S Eberhart Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/30/2024
Convert two-flat to three-flat and make it a Passive House - 3155 W Fifth Ave - New construction
issued on 5/5/2023
East Garfield Park site, permit for the site south of Fifth Ave - 414 N Central Park Blvd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/11/2022
A 43-unit SRO that intends to get Passive House certification. - 1651 N Drake Ave - New construction
issued on 4/5/2017
A six-flat designed by Landon Bone Baker (Passive House consulting by Philip Schmidt, founder of Figure Ground Architecture) - 5485 S Ellis Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/17/2016
Renovation of a two-flat into a single-detached Passive House (with rear addition) in Kenwood. The house is all-electric and has solar panels and a backup gas-connected generator.
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