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  Active House Enters Testing Phase

  Ultra-efficient and healthy home to be monitored for a year post-occupancy.

   
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  Philadelphia Gets Its First Passive House-Certified Homes

  Opening next month, the Stables net-zero-energy townhomes will be the city's first residential Passive House project.

   
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  Fitting In With Both the Past and the Present

  Lori Bork Newcomer's designs blend in with Athens's rich architectural history while taking sustainability cues from it.

   
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  Practical Products Yield an Affordable High-Performance Home

  The Energy Star-rated bungalow boasts state-of-the-art technology that doesn’t break the bank.

   
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  LivingHomes' new, less-expensive line of modern prefab houses.

  LivingHomes has introduced a series of LEED-Platinum prefab homes from $145 per square foot.

   
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  Shelter Lab: El Dorado's Habitat Prototype

  Outdoor rooms grace El Dorado's prototype for Heartland Habitat for Humanity.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: Project Green Home

  Palo Alto, Calif., Passive House touts greywater system and urine-diverting toilets.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: Killingsworth Station

  Portland, Ore., infill project for both market-rate and low-income buyers promotes low-income affordable housing along light-rail line.

   
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  EHDA Grand Award: VOLKsHouse

  This Santa Fe, N.M., house shows how production housing and net-zero energy can go hand in hand.

   
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  EHDA Grand Award: TerraHaus

  First Passive House-certified student residence hall in the United States earns special recognition from the EHDA jury.