INNOVATIVE DESIGN: Peter Gill Case, lead architect at Truth Box Architects in Providence, is designing, building and will own a new building in the West End expected to be one of the first multifamily dwellings designed with “passive house” techniques and technology. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
The energy-savings principle behind a “passive house” design is as the name implies: the structure is built to economize. The mechanical systems – heating and cooling, among others – have to work much less, and can be smaller, because they have less to do. How this works for multifamily structures in Rhode Island is going…
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