The living room of 37 Sidney Place, a recently-completed Passive House in Brooklyn Heights. Photo courtesy of Corcoran They look just like regular houses on the outside. But what’s inside may herald a change in the way buildings are constructed across the U.S. They are called “Passive Houses,” and Brooklyn […]
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The first night Stephanie Silva spent at her new Brooklyn apartment was uncommonly quiet. So was the following morning and the next day. The 32-year-old native New Yorker had forgotten the last time she was able to mute the city of 8.8 million. “It’s like a sanctuary,” Silva says, but […]