A group of investors is using self-managed super funds to develop a social housing project in Melbourne at Passive House standards and at cost parity with conventional social housing.

The triple-glazed doors and windows of Australia’s first Passive House apartment development will help create a quiet oasis right next to the hustle and bustle of Redfern train station. Steele…

Abbotsford in Melbourne’s inner north is set to become home to what might be Australia’s first multi-storey mixed use building that brings together two of property’s hottest sustainability trends –…

Dr Robin Brimblecombe and Dr Kara Rosemeier’s Positive energy homes will not only be valuable for anyone looking to embrace some or all of the principles of Passive House design, construction and technology, it is also a fantastic primer on the fundamental principles of building physics.

David Barr Architects has won Western Australian land development agency LandCorp’s Step Up Housing Design Competition with a prefabricated, zero-energy passive house design.

The first residents have moved into 68 Passivhaus affordable housing properties, with rent set at about 80 per cent of the market rate, and heating costs from as little as $21 a year.

Monash University has announced it will spend $135 million over the next 13 years to take its campus to 100 per cent renewables, cutting out gas entirely.

Monash University will build new student accommodation to Passive House standards, as it moves forward with ambitious sustainability plans.

Passive House wrote its air tightness standards in terms of air changes per hour at 50 pascals of pressure (ACH50). Is it possible that they picked the wrong metric?

Passive House is bursting out from its European roots and making a big impact in China, a move that promises to further accelerate the adoption of Passive House in warmer climates.

The South Pacific Passive House Conference wrapped up late on Sunday 6 May following a packed day of site tours that included the presentation of a certification plaque for a recently completed house by Maxa Design.

Norwich, a city of over 200,000 people in the east of England, has set its sights on becoming the Passivhaus capital of the UK.

Architect Kylie Mills on why she wants to live in a passive house in Sydney that she “would not have to heat or cool pretty much year-round”.

Huge savings in energy are available from Passivhaus design, and the cost premium is generally as low as 0-3 per cent in Australia. So what’s stopping a full scale transition?…

A Passive House in Toorak that the client wanted built in Mt Gambier Limestone was an interesting challenge for John Wardle Architects