Passive House in New York City

This landmarked townhouse was fully renovated to meet EnerPhit, the Passive House standard for renovations. Special attention was paid to the insulation and air sealing of the elevator and roof.

Passive House conversion of a 2 family, 3 story building to 4 family use. A complete interior renovation and reconfiguration that resulted in each unit feeling even more spacious than in its former 2 family use.

Developer Marshall Sohne created this new passive house multi-family / seven units building, which use a zero energy model, reducing energy consumption by up to 90%.The Columbia Waterfront condos were built using this model from the ground up. 

This building is 5-unit, it is based on the german strict standard of Passiv Haus. The apartment is called Haus and it's built on a typical Brooklyn-sized 25′x100′ lot. 

This rowhouse was gut-renovated to the Passive House EnerPHit standard and supplemented with a PV Solar Array to achieve near Net Zero energy capability.

Mixed use building: private residence above retail store. This Loadingdock attempt to build NYC's first new building which fulfills the strict german Passiv Haus standard.

The base of the building utilizes brick, tying it into the surrounding neighborhood. The top floors of the building break from the contextual base in form and material. The corrugated metal saw tooth roofline is a response to the environment, bringing in soft, northern light while providing roof area for a Photovoltaic array of solar panels. The top floor is connected to a roof garden filled with native plants. The result is a light-filled, dynamic space that is shaped by its relationship to daylight and connections to the exterior.

Newly renovated corner building in Clinton Hill. Renovation completed recently following Passive House standards, which makes the entire building very comfortable, quiet, and energy efficient. Historic Brownstone walk-up building. 

A gut renovation of a single-family Victorian home met Passive House Plus performance levels by installing efficient equipment, achieving an impressive degree of envelope airtightness, and adding a solar PV array.

This building is a renovation and conversion of existing commercial building for retail use plus addition of duplex single family home above

The combination of focused Passive House construction techniques and careful restoration of historical detail during this gut reconstruction project gave new life to an Upper West Side renaissance revival row house.

New construction, seven story condo employs Passive House design, which combines comfortable living with energy efficiency and environmental friendliness. Designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Loadingdock5, it has two homes per floor, each with a private outdoor space, and a full floor penthouse. More info at http://255columbia.com

Passive house renovation ofMixed-use brownstone building in Cobble Hill Brooklyn

Brooklyn townhouse gut renovation with full rear horizontal and vertical addition, and application of Passive House principles. Innovative use of insulated CMU blocks to address lot line construction feasibility, performance and fire-rating requirements. Exploration in using basic, modest cost materials to create unique aesthetic characteristics while maximizing energy efficiency.

The building is 24,000 SF, mixed-use, it will bring additional residential and commercial space to this fast-paced and constantly changing neighborhood.

This affordable housing gut renovation meets the Passive House standard to produce comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient homes for the tenants, many of whom have lived here for more than 20 years.

This 1910 rowhome, located in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights neighborhood, has been completely renovated and includes a new addition and excavated cellar. The house is fully retrofitted with the latest Passive House technologies and insulation standards. With skylights throughout, large bay windows, and sliding glass doors, this single family home is filled natural light. Expert design and craftsmanship has brought this century old property to state-of-the-art standards while paying respect to its original character

This home is a one family, 3 story brick townhouse in Park Slope Brooklyn. The project is a full gut renovation with features including: thermal bridge free detailing, Intello and Stoguard air barrier, Macrowin Passive House certified windows, Lamilux skylights, cellulose, open cell, and XPS rigid insulation system, Proclima tapes, Zehnder ERV 550, and Mitsubishi heat pump conditioned air.

Work in progress passive house renovation of 1/2 family house in Greenpoint Brooklyn

This deep retrofit of an Upper West Side brownstone in a NYC landmarks district negotiated a full façade and stoop restoration while achieving Passive House certification.

A PHEntrefit project that is expected to be completed by March 2015. This home is a two family, 3 story brick townhouse in Park Slope Brooklyn. The project is a full gut renovation with features including: thermal bridge free detailing, Intello and Stoguard air barrier, Klearwall Ecoclad Passive House certified windows, Lamilux skylights, cellulose, open cell, and XPS rigid insulation system, Proclima tapes, Zehnder ERV 550, and Mitsubishi heat pump conditioned air. Architect, Builder Jeremy Shannon from Build with Prospect will be doing the walk through starting at 3pm. Status: under construction Architect and Passive House consultant: Prospect Architecture Builder: Build with Prospect, Inc.

Is a 4-story market-rate residential building, offers 8 spacious market-rate apartment units to Brooklyn’s Stuvyesant Heights neighborhood. Paul A. Castrucci Architects handled the energy modeling internally and equipped the building with a large solar array and ERV system, utilizing passive solar and ventilation techniques to achieve an estimated net-zero energy status.

The building is the first Passive Plus House built in the United States–included a rehabilitation of a townhouse built in the early 1900’s. The work respected the original historical architecture of the main building and restoration of the front façade, while adding a new third floor with a mansard.

331 8th St (between 5th & 6th Avenues) is a single family brownstone full-gut renovation anticipating EnerPHit certification. Utilizing dense-packed cellulose and EIFS as the primary insulation layers, along with Intello membrane and Sto EmeraldCoat with ProClima tapes for air tightness & vapor control, the house recently blower-door tested at 0.95 ach50. Mechanicals consist of a 2-ton 3-zone Mitsubishi mini-split system and Zehnder CA350 energy recovery ventilation.