This is not just any passive house that we have built; this is the Austria House at Whistler, the site of the alpine and Nordic sporting events of the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

• TOP figure: 1.83 million viewers
• Olympic broadcasting studio: 630,000 viewers on average daily with top figure of 1,179 million viewers

... it is the third time that the Olympic Games will have taken place in Canada - from 12th - 28th February 2010. Vancouver will host the Olympic sports of ice hockey, short-track speed skating, curling and figure skating. Speed skating events will take place in the nearby suburb of Richmond while the snowboarders and freestyle skiers will contest medals on the "Cypress Mountain" district of west Vancouver (approximately 30km away). Alpine and Nordic competitions will take place at Whistler, about two hour's drive from Vancouver. In the same area the "Whistler Sliding Center" will hold the bobsleigh, toboggan and skeleton competitions.

Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games 2010
at Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Olympic Games: 12th – 28th February 2010
Paralympic Games: 12th – 21st March 2010
The Austria House is constructed as a passive house. The house will have 250 square metres of floor space, and will be a state-of-the-art building using ecological construction materials.The Austria House is constructed using solid wood construction. This is a joint project between the APG, "Quality made in Austria", and the company Dürfeld Log Construction Ltd. at Whistler.