Council actively endorses passive building

City Council unanimously approved a passive building pilot program Thursday, paving the way for more passive building design in the city. The resolution, sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool, launches a program that will use building techniques that support energy efficiency and the use of fewer resources – first on four affordable housing projects, with an eventual goal of implementing passive building standards into the city code. “We know that conserving energy and decreasing demand is a key strategy in the Austin Energy Resource Generation Plan, and these building techniques could help us meet our energy and climate goals even faster,” Pool said.