SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy

What exactly is a passive house – and could it be the future of sustainable housing?

Housing energy sustainability environment emissions

The first passive house complex was built in Germany thirty years ago. Image: Unsplash/Stephan Bechert

Mark McCord
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SDG 07: Affordable and Clean Energy

 Passive House Principals
How buildings could be heated and cooled with minimal need for bought-in energy. Image: Passive House Institute US
Passive housing just got an upgrade – the billion-dollar Charlotte building in New York. Image: Charlotte of the Upper West Side
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SDG 07: Affordable and Clean EnergyEnergy TransitionSustainable DevelopmentThe Davos Agenda 2021
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