The Catskill Project Open House
The Catskill Project is a high-performance Passive House project in the Catskill mountains. Join Buck Moorhead to explore sustainable buildings.
The Catskill Project is a high-performance Passive House project in the Catskill mountains. Join Buck Moorhead to explore sustainable buildings.
Frontloaded: Dealing with specs, u-values, little-e acoustic, and the NYC DOB submission process. With a switchover to an automated DOB project system, New York City now requires a more rigorous up front paperwork filing process. When it comes to windows and doors, understanding the specification and testing thresholds being requested by the DOB versus what's...
The presentation will focus on one of the first retrofit projects in North America, the 18-story Ken Soble Tower was recently awarded with the EnerPHit standard. The architect, the passive house designer and the passive house certifier will present the details of the project and give an insight into their collaboration, which was fundamental for...
Join NESEA for this rescheduled Pro Tour of a Phius-certified passive midrise bringing 53 units of affordable housing to the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx. During this tour, led by our hosts from Curtis + Ginsberg Architects, our attendees will learn about the design strategies and innovative energy-efficiency and sustainability measures that made this project...
Join us at the next International Passive House Open Days on Friday, June 28th from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. This adaptive reuse project rehabilitated the former Metropolitan Steam Fire Engine Company No. 16 building in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood. A full-scale Passive House certified renovation converted the space into a multifamily residence with a...
Come visit the first carbon neutral community in the Catskills! Each home is to built Passive House standards and designed with excellence. Come meet Greg Hale and Buck Moorhead to learn about designing and building to Passive House standards. Read More
Tour description: "The potential of this approach was clear when we saw a building go from foundation to topped out in 2 weeks." – Grayson Jordan, Principal, Paul A. Castrucci Architects (PCA) In Autumn 2023, PCA's commitment to addressing NYC's urgent affordable senior housing needs led to an exhilarating project: Bethany Terraces. In just 2...
Come walk through and celebrate the completion of a Passive-Certified townhouse that followed Ingui Architecture’s systematic approach to successful passive house projects. We recently restored this single-family townhouse, creating a light-filled home with a sculptural stair that seamlessly connects the spaces from the top floor to the cellar. This house will be certified via the...