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Matt Fine

Same focus and values, shorter name.

Same focus and values, shorter name.

Our firm has undergone some changes these past five years. The pandemic forced change on everyone. Some for the good and some not so good. The time since, we have doubled down on our values and our responsibility to our clients and the public. To me, the challenge and crisis of those years highlighted the […]

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The STATE of PH in Multifamily

The STATE of PH in Multifamily

I was recently asked by a high-performance product sales rep whether I can forecast the near future for acceptance and adoption of the Passive House (PH) standard in our state and local jurisdictions for the affordable housing sector of development.  This is a big question in our industry and I only wish I held the […]

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Peabody Architects guides affordable multifamily development to PHIUS+ 2015 Passive Building Standard Precertification

A WUFI Passive energy simulation of the Washington Square Town Homes project.  Such models strip away the articulation of a building’s skin and focus on the basic thermal and airtight boundary which directly affect its energy balance. The design, consultation and pre-development team has been hard at work for over eight months to deliver one […]

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