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Moore and Brill’s five-bedroom home will be passive house certified, a green building standard that’s airtight and uber energy efficient thanks to measures like high-performance doors, continuous insulation, an orientation that makes efficient use of the sun’s heat and a ventilation system that supplies fresh air throughout the house. The couple’s home is on track to be the first certified passive house in the city of Boulder, but if trends across the state and country are any indication, they won’t be the only one for long.

An energy efficient building standard is on the rise in Boulder. Passive House. Kaylee Harter. Boulder Weekly.

The environmentally friendly building methods face regulatory and training hurdles. Then there's the financing.

All-electric multi-family Passive House projects can be built at the same cost or close to the same cost as conventionally designed buildings, according to a report by the Passive House Network. The report included a survey of 45 multi-family Passive House buildings in New York and Massachusetts in recent years.

For Bustler's weekly curated picks of architecture and design competitions, we highlight four open calls inviting participants to