We made a book to celebrate the rise of the Passivhaus standard downunder! (With a lot of help from some friends).

Human's primal love for fire has some big downsides. Andy digs into the implications of burning wood to keep warm and considers alternatives.

See Talina Edwards present at the Natural Building Australia tent, where there are talks about sustainable housing all weekend long.

Read about lessons learnt from living in Sydney’s first Certified Passivhaus - with thanks to our wonderful clients who've been tracking data (both quantitative and qualitative).

Watch the video recording from this live event hosted by Sustainable Builders Alliance, and featuring Talina Edwards.

This 1884 terrace in the heart of Sydney has been renovated to meet the rigorous EnerPHit performance standard.

Part 2 of Sanctuary magazine's feature on biophilic design explores bringing nature home: infusing home interiors with natural forms and features.

Andy Marlow – Presenting “Exhausted by the debate?” at the AIRAH Confererence Andy’s presentation, Exhausted By The Debate?, looks at IAQ in relation to kitchen range-hoods and attempts to answer the questions; what

Healthy homes made simple – Learn from the Passive House Design Experts.           What are the best choices for your home so that it not only performs and looks

In a quiet street in Sydney's northern suburbs stands New South Wales' first Passivhaus Premium certified building. The residential home is the result of more than five years of painstaking research and planning by a family determined to future-proof its investment against climate change. By Sean McGowan

When is mechanical ventilation needed in a non-airtight home? Read on for a data-driven answer….

EXPERTS EXPLORE: Andy Marlow on indoor air quality in increasingly airtight homes

Join us at Narara Ecovillage on Sun 3 Feb at 10am to blow up a house….

Certified Passive House is gaining traction in Australia, especially with sustainable designers and builders. But why are people embracing a voluntary building standard, and what does it offer that passive solar design does not?

Hemp masonry is gaining recognition as a high-performance, low-impact and contemporary building product. Building designer and hemp proponent Dick Clarke explains how it’s best used in housing and its role in regenerating local agriculture.

Envirotecture recently undertook a blower door test on an Inner West terrace house. The retrofit project intends to use the Passive House EnerPHit Step-by-Step system

For those of you with an interest in seeing the mechanics of how a blower door test is undertaken, this is an invite to witness it in the flesh. As Australia moves (slowly)

Rather than exclude the elements, this rainforest house harmonises with them By Jenny Brown