Passive House Accelerator features Carleton for building PHIUS townhouses
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Passive House Accelerator published a piece titled, “Carleton College Builds Eleven Phius Townhouses in Just Two Years.”
Carleton College is located in Northfield, a small city amid the eastern prairies of Minnesota that sits about 40 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The school is regularly ranked among the top liberal arts schools in the nation and enrolls around 2,000 students. While its campus features numerous Collegiate Gothic buildings dating back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many new buildings have embraced a more contemporary aesthetic.
The most recently constructed student residences have also been built with efficiency and sustainability in mind. Eight townhouses were completed in 2024 as part of Phase I of the school’s Student Life and Housing Plan. Phase 2 saw the completion of three more townhouses that were completed in summer 2025. All eleven townhouses were designed to meet Phius CORE 2021 standards. The eight townhouses built during Phase I have already received final certification, and the three built during Phase II are expected to receive final certification soon.