Park Avenue Green, a new affordable housing community in the South Bronx is officially the largest Passive House development in North America. Defined by a stringent checklist of sustainable requirements, the project’s design reduces the expenditure of energy by incorporating a thoroughly sealed building envelope, advanced ventilation systems, low-energy cooling systems, and rooftop solar panels.
The building is designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects who collaborated with Bright Power, a Manhattan-based energy consultant to ensure the development’s windows and walls met the rigorous energy standards required to achieve Passive House certification.
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