Mar 23, 2017 | ReNEWW House
Homes of the future could have cleaner air and lower energy bills due to a Purdue team’s BioWall innovation involving the use of a living wall of air-cleaning plants. “Over the past century there have been initiatives to create more airtight buildings that increase...
Feb 6, 2017 | ReNEWW House
Whirlpool Corporation and Purdue University team up on retrofit project for sustainable living. In 2014, Whirlpool Corporation partnered with Purdue University in a three-year retrofit project aimed to achieve net-zero energy by transforming a home built in the 1920s...
Dec 8, 2016 | ReNEWW House
There has long been an argument that homes and buildings are reliant on 19th-century technologies. The result is that while home climate-control systems and features such has windows have improved over the years, homes and buildings are still inefficient. One project...
Oct 4, 2016 | ReNEWW House
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced that the sustainable lifestyles of the future are taking shape under a new collaboration between Whirlpool Corporation, P&G and Firmenich at the Whirlpool ReNEWW House – a live-in...
Feb 8, 2016 | ReNEWW House
The first phase of the ambitious ReNEWW House project has slashed this home’s HERS score to near zero. IN JULY 2013, Whirlpool Corporation partnered with Purdue University on a retrofit of a late 1920s bungalow in West Lafayette, Indiana. The goal: to create more...
Oct 14, 2015 | ReNEWW House
Home provides valuable insights for homebuilders and customers Whirlpool Corporation, along with Purdue University, is currently transforming an existing home near the Purdue campus into a world class research laboratory and sustainable living showcase. Called ReNEWW...