Passive House

Passive House (PH) is a systematic way to construct safe, future-proofed dwellings — energy-efficient, draft-free, smoke-tight, with low emissions. These homes promote a green initiative and deliver comfort, health, and savings. For these reasons many PH homeowners favor the label Resilient House instead (see yard sign above).

Check out The Passive House Network’s California Rebuilds Catalog for 30 fire-resilient home designs that exemplify the benefits of all-electric and home and landscape hardening. Learn more about Passive/Resilient Houses here.

What is a Passive House?

• PH explained in 90-seconds 

• PH resilience in more detail

• The promise of PH

Passive House is S.A.F.E.

Secure

• airtight construction facilitates extra fire-resiliency

• super-insulation makes house resilient to extreme-heat

• airtightness yields high indoor air quality (pollen-free, smoke-free)

• triple pane glass provides sacrificial layer protection from heat and debris

Affordable

• any upfront cost increase is offset by energy savings

• up to 50% savings in power bills

• durable, high quality construction delivers low maintenance costs

Fast

• equivalent to legacy construction timelines

Electric

• an all-electric approach can be embedded in the PH design from day one

• PH principles keep electricity-demand low (reducing power bills), achieving net-zero with a much smaller solar photovoltaic (PV) system

For more information, contact Passive House California.