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The facade of the Passive House apartment building in Exton includes brick and composite siding that is 100 percent tree-free, sustainable, and renewable. Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
PHILADELPHIA—One of the first indications that the newest apartment building at a master-planned community in Chester County, Pennsylvania, is different is the self-watering green wall of plants in the lobby.
