Generational
— Passive House

The environmental challenge has given architecture a renewed sense of purpose. CURV, with its Passive House credentials, takes this to the next level.

Tom Wright

The Future
of Living

The environmental crisis is a threat to the livability of the planet, but the CURV team chooses to see it as a design challenge. Building and construction account for nearly 40% of energy-related greenhouse gases in cities, and this means architects, designers, developers, and residents can meaningfully contribute. As the tallest Passive House in the world, CURV will mark a new era of design and engineering in line with nature—raising the standard by which all future highrise residences can be judged.

Passive House buildings
save up to
90%
Heating and
Cooling Energy

Health + Wellbeing

A home should guard against the challenges of modern life—from allergens, pollution, noise and otherwise. Passive House has an impenetrable building envelope and a purifying air exchange system—designed and built to assure not only luxurious comfort but the optimal conditions to thrive. At CURV, residents can pass on the gift of health and wellbeing to the next generation.

Future Proofing Value

The Passive House standard ensures a long legacy with ultra-efficient energy use—saving up to 90% of heating and cooling energy compared to similar buildings. The end result is lower operating costs and strata fees—freeing up resources and future-proofing its value.

New Era in Sustainable Design & Engineering

To date, building and construction account for 40% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in cities. By building to the Passive House standard—the leading measure for low-carbon, energy-efficient homes—CURV will set a new standard and mark a new era of design and engineering in line with personal and planetary wellbeing.

Raising the Standard

By building CURV to the Passive House standard, an estimated 50,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be saved over 50 years.

Over 50 years
50,000
tonnes
of GHG emissions saved
=
Carbon sequestered by
2.3 Million
Trees
(4x Stanley Parks)

Tallest Passive House in the World

Designed in Canada and developed in Germany, Passive House is internationally recognized as the leading science-based standard for low carbon, energy efficient homes. Its exacting specifications create the optimal conditions to thrive—including fresh, filtered air in a quiet, tightly insulated, temperature-optimized environment—at lower ongoing costs. Far exceeding the City of Vancouver’s 2030 target for net zero emissions, CURV will use as little as 10 percent of the heating and cooling energy of similar conventional buildings. Proving the Passive House form at this scale, CURV will be a tipping point in highrise residential construction—the most energy efficient structure of its kind in the world and a new standard for the future of living.

Exceptional Insulation

Exceptional insulation guarantees optimal indoor temperatures no matter the weather outside. The high-quality, carefully engineered Passive House building envelope enhances comfort and ensures longevity.

Airtight, Insulated Windows

Triple-glazed, draft-free windows protect against the elements: cold, heat, and searing sunbeams.

No Thermal Bridging

There are no thermal bridges: exterior connections that transmit heat or cold in or out of buildings.

Airtight Building Envelope

The structure’s airtight building envelope prevents unwanted drafts and preserves absolute quiet.

Excellent Ventilation, Efficient Energy Recovery

CURV’s ventilation system ensures the quiet circulation of clean, fresh, temperature-adjusted air.

Triple-glazed windows fit precisely in self-insulating frames to defeat thermal bridging

Brivia Group reserves the right to make modifications, substitutions, change sizes, layouts, and other specifications without prior notification. Renderings, views, and layouts are for illustration purposes only. This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made with the applicable offer to purchase and agreement of sale, and disclosure statement. E.&.O.E.

Brivia Group reserves the right to make modifications, substitutions, change sizes, layouts, and other specifications without prior notification. Renderings, views, and layouts are for illustration purposes only. This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made with the applicable offer to purchase and agreement of sale, and disclosure statement. E.&.O.E.

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Brivia Group reserves the right to make modifications, substitutions, change sizes, layouts, and other specifications without prior notification. Renderings, views, and layouts are for illustration purposes only. This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made with the applicable offer to purchase and agreement of sale, and disclosure statement. E.&.O.E.

Brivia Group reserves the right to make modifications, substitutions, change sizes, layouts, and other specifications without prior notification. Renderings, views, and layouts are for illustration purposes only. This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made with the applicable offer to purchase and agreement of sale, and disclosure statement. E.&.O.E.