Michael Quast, CEO of @passivehousecan.bsky.social, has long had a passion for sustainable building—from building the first straw bale house in his town, to producing HGTV's Holmes on Homes. Here he is on the #marketing #passivhaus #podcast => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/mic... #PassiveHouse

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City-scale logistics lets you move freight more nimbly than oversized trucks designed for the freeway.

Brilliant! bikelanesweeper.com

connected single stair coop w/ towers in lausanne most homes are dual or triple aspect. www.espazium.ch/fr/actualite...

It's Black Friday, but I am waiting for Small Business Saturday, and supporting those businesses that keep our main streets alive and vibrant, that create jobs for our kids in our communities, and this year, keep our loonies in Canada instead of shipping them south.

quadruple decker (with elevator) full of 3-bedroom units, daylight on 4 sides. www.msa-architekten.ch/node/465

[trying to convince a government to change building code egress requirements] You want apartment buildings to be 120 feet wide? In this economy?

Choices.

this would be a single stair in any other country

“Critics have likened Jack the Ripper’s approach to the mass murder of women, while others have chalked it up to the cost of women existing at night in Whitechapel.” Media in the United States is completely broken. A crime is a crime. A criminal is a criminal. Media cowardice is media cowardice.

narrowing car lanes is a good way to force low-speed streets in addition to a way to provide bike lanes without getting caught in the province's stupid legislation. bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.

mass timber kindergarten w/ arched windows for @dfdunham.bsky.social www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...

The arrogance is astounding.

Kids don't always want to be on screens, they just need spaces and places to live, grow and play independently.

Smart cities are transforming transportation, reducing emissions and public costs while adding more choice and improving quality of life. COMMON SENSE! Smart infrastructure for public transit, walking & biking is a GREAT INVESTMENT. Fund it accordingly. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

It used to be that if you were trying to reduce carbon emissions, you insulated and sealed, what's called "fabric first." Now that we have heat pumps, many are questioning whether fabric-first was the right approach. It's complicated... lloydalter.substack.com/p/what-the-h...

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Drying clothes indoors in winter? How SHOCKING!!! Do you know what causes mould indoors? Piss poor buildings with inadequate insulation and ventilation. If that can't be improved easily, use dehumidifiers or tumble driers. But even people produce about 2.5 litres of moisture per day, so...🤷

From Firehouse to Passive House: Engine 16, New York City Our speakers will walk you through the project’s transformation, how #PassiveHouse principles guided the design, and the key challenges and considerations along the way. Register: https://tickets.passivehouse.com/PHI/firehouse-nyc/

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This. Let’s fully understand the impact of double access corridors, brought in decades ago to solve problems that no longer exist, with impacts that are way beyond their original public safety goals.

If this is still planned to connect at Fallowfield, maybe we could get some federal funding to prioritize Stage 3 to Barrhaven.

oh what's that - the people have a desire for max 5 story buildings? point access blocks at 5 stories + inhabited attic will get you to 150 DUs per acre (>75K per sq. mile) and i mean family sized ones. not the dinky micro homes that are all developers can build today bsky.app/profile/holz...

it's true - US codes result in really ugly, massive development. single stair helps solve this.

I generally hate artsy bike racks, but this one gets a pass from me. Beautiful, contextually appropriate, and from all appearances, properly functional. *My only tweak is to not have exposed anchor bolts.

And put it all together to create incremental courtyard urbanism. 50% lot coverage. 2 to 3FSR. 35' max floor plates where there's no side yard. 12' front yard 20% side yard beyond 50' of lot depth (or) 3 storey lane house with 4' side yard.

For distributed infill, 4 storey is an easier 'Sell' politically, but economically it's harder to justify the elevator at 4 storeys when you can do 3 or 3.5 with no elevator... again the expensive elevators are a big part of the challenge.

These massing approaches are tailored to vancouver’s long (122’) lots… and are designed to be built among adjacent single family homes, lane houses and multiplexes while the n’hood evolves. These bldgs maintain daylight and lower massing at the rear and shallow (35’) floor plates at the front.

The goal is 'fine grained' walkable and broadly accessible urbanism. bsky.app/profile/lane...

So - it's becoming clear that the endgame for our zoning advocacy should be a "kit of parts" for both buildings + zoning rules. A toolbox that works on all lot sizes (including small lots). It will be 2 pieces: 1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard) 2. Distributed (w side yards)

The desire for better passenger rail in North America is so obvious. It's maddening that lawmakers find a way to stymie it every time.

If train service is halfway decent these days, there's immediate pick-up from the public. So many people are sick of clotted, miserable freeways and dysfunctional airplane travel. www.trains.com/pro/passenge...

20 before and afters of streets in Paris in one minute.

🔦Take a look at the Templehall Community Hub! Another Fife Council project targeting Passivhaus, with a project team led by AHR. Greengauge is proud to be Passivhaus Certifier on the project. www.linkedin.com/pos... @passivpaul.bsky.social @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @ipha.bsky.social

Eliminating mandatory parking minimums wouldn't apply to accessible parking required by law. It also wouldn't stop parking from being built. Many developers will still choose to provide some parking.

5. codistricts! we need to find a way to rezone areas of the city that aren't just urban cannibalism - devouring existing affordable homes & small retail for massive, expensive buildings w/ zero space for nature or community. youtu.be/sn0ADl3YpHI?...

4. passivhaus! we're already seeing effects of climate change: seasonal wildfire smoke, heat events, etc. the city should build all new public buildings (and retrofit where makes sense) to the passivhaus standard in order to protect employees and public, and build an ecosystem to deliver affordably

5 things i hope katie wilson implements in the first few months. 1. path to eliminating parking minimums - and introduce maxes and caps - *citywide* there are more cars in seattle today than ever before. we need a path to deprioritize cars and reclaim space for people

passivhaus! Passivhaus! PASSIVHAUS!

The Spencer Building at Corpus Christi College, Oxford sets a new standard in sustainable design! This 479m² limestone-fronted extension is a Certified #PassiveHouse Classic, designed to house rare manuscripts. 🏛️ 📸 ©Hufton + Crow https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/wright-wright-the-spencer-building/

over status quo? it is. point access blocks would be as well. i think this is really only way to get better homes w/ our current development regime.

still thinking about this event, and not just because 10 different people have contacted me about it 😭

really slick sociall supported baugruppe in hamburg: passivhaus-ish mass timber with a (social!) single loaded corridor and homes for 1-5 residents. communal courtard communit room co-working space all homes dual/triple aspect $185/sf 👀 www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...