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You Can Make Socially Responsible, Green, Affordable Housing

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Join Satpal Kaur in a crash course on how to build affordable housing in a way that is respectful of its context, healthy for tenants, and positive for the environment. The case study is a project called Woodlawn Senior, an affordable housing development in NYC built to Passive House standards, that treats high performance as a fundamental right rather than a luxury.

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INSIDE NYC's New Affordable Eco High-Rise

425 Grand Concourse is not just the biggest Phius Passive House building to date, it's also a model for democratizing the benefits of healthy and resilient buildings. Watch the video!

Published: September 20, 2024
Categories: Video, Affordable Housing, Women in Passive House
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