"For me, the best energy is the one you don’t use. Passive House is THE best way to retrofit a house that needs refurbishing or to build a new house if you want to reduce its carbon footprint and yours. It reduces a house energy use by 95%. LEED* is a good complement for other environmental concerns (water management, reduction of energy use for transport to and from house, etc.) Passive House is also creating a peaceful shelter around the family with much reduced sounds from outside and it provides for a very healthy home for kids with its indoor air renewed and filtered 4 times a day."

--Veronique LeBlanc