Nestled into a hillside overlooking the dramatic landscape of Mount Currie, a newly certified residence in Pemberton, BC has achieved a historic milestone: becoming the first certified Passive House Premium… Read more »
Montréal Passive House Retrofit Series Launches
This April, in partnership with Fabrizio Maso of IDEA Construction, we launched a video series documenting the progress of his EnerPHit retrofit project in Montréal. The Waverly Residence is a… Read more »
Building Publics: Where Design, Community and Climate Collide
Architect Caroline Inglis navigates Passive House targets, embodied carbon limits and accessibility standards in Vancouver’s first new community centre in a decade. A new mass timber community centre rising in… Read more »
Passive House Pulse Victoria: Recap
We had a full-house yesterday for Passive House Pulse Victoria at the Wollaston Prefab 4-plex. The event sold out a week in advance and had a waitlist of people hoping… Read more »
What Post-Occupancy Data Says About Passive House Performance in Canada
Real bills and temperature logs from a Passive House multi-unit building in Peterborough and a single-family Passive House on Wolfe Island confirm excellent thermal stability and big heating savings in… Read more »
Star Garment Innovation Center EnerPHit Project Becomes a First for Sri Lanka
When the doors of the old garment factory in Katunayake swung open after its EnerPHit retrofit, workers felt an almost tangible shift: the air was cooler, the daylight gentler, and… Read more »
CityHousing Hamilton and mcCallumSather Celebrate Completion of North America’s First Mass Timber Passive House Affordable Housing Project at 1620 Main St. E
Hamilton, ON — mcCallumSather announces the completion of 1620 Main St. E., a six-storey, 42-unit affordable housing project delivered in partnership with CityHousing Hamilton. Officially opened on July 14, 2025,… Read more »
PEI Industrial Park Aims to Meet Passive House Standards
On July 1st, the Globe and Mail featured an article about the Summerside Eco Park Passive House project on PEI. Two of our staff members were interviewed as part of… Read more »
CEO Letter – June 2025: More Homes, Better Built: Passive House at the Heart of Canada’s Housing Future
Last month in Ottawa, at the 2025 Passive House Canada Conference, we saw powerful examples of how Passive House design is shaping the future of affordable housing in Canada. Several… Read more »
Passive House Pulse Victoria: Recap
We had a great time on Thursday evening in Victoria. Everyone we spoke to was enthusiastic about attending an in-person event. The food and drinks provided by our generous sponsors… Read more »
