The current practice in standard residential construction is to build to the "minimum acceptable" standard, not the "best possible" standard. The Naturally Passive House is helping to change that paradigm…

Note: You may have noticed a number of recent changes to this website, which are the first in nearly three years. We've been so busy designing, building, and innovating, that we just haven't had a chance to update things. Please bear with us into early 2009 as we continue to make tweaks and changes to many of the pages, fill in the gaps in the Gallery section, and provide more substance to the new Passivhaus and NPH sections. As you can tell, we're extremely excited about our breakthrough concept, The Naturally Passive House, and are proud to be offering it to our clients. We hope you'll find it equally exciting!

"Many of the worst examples of architecture and building are the short-lived, high-impact structures that today are being built all over the world out of code-approved materials and systems."

David Eisenberg – Development Center for Appropriate Technology