Research / Report

Passive House and Resident Experience: A Developer Perspective – The Community Builders’ North Commons at Village Hill Case Study

2023

As the affordable housing sector strives to achieve deep energy and water savings in multifamily buildings while maintaining comfortable homes for residents, developers are looking to adopt the Passive House (Phius) standard and other deep energy programs.  

This case study shares some of the challenges and successes from the development of The Community Builders’ North Commons at Village Hill, a new community built to the Passive House Standard in Western Massachusetts. Read on to learn more about the lessons learned by The Community Builders during the development and Phuis certification of North Commons at Village Hill.  

Published 2023

Topic Decarbonization, Environmental Sustainability

Type Research / Report

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