LAMBERTVILLE, Mich.—On a drive down a country road, builder Bill Decker gives an off-the-cuff seminar about energy efficient homes. He shifts from carpentry to electrical engineering, and then to theology—his belief that his faith compels him to take care of the earth. Every few minutes, he pauses and points out a house his family-owned company […]
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At its research labs, GE says it has the smart-grid technology, including solar panels and efficient appliances, to build a home that has a net-zero energy consumption.
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Canada’s largest net-zero energy building has opened in Ontario.
Net-zero homes are becoming more feasible for the average home owner. So what will the future of net-zero living look like?
Results announced for ‘Green Retreat’ architecture competition
design office snøhetta and the research center on zero emission buildings partnered up to realize a pilot house near the norwegian town of larvik.
The Bullitt Center, a six-story, 50,000 square foot office building in Seattle that aspires to be the world's greenest commercial building, opens its...
From the looks of this house, you'd never realize it was nestled in a metropolitan neighborhood.
Follow these steps to create an energy efficient home that in turn produces a comfortable, healthy home for you and your family.
More than just a stellar design feat, this modern masterpiece proves that net-zero performance and comfort can coexist.
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government is set to establish a unified strategy for carbon measurement across the country's commercial construction sector.
The recipe for a NZER or NZE house includes a building enclosure that incorporates optimized levels of insulation to limit thermal bridging, achieves exceptional levels of airtightness, engages fenestrations with a low U-value, and implements high-efficiency mechanical equipment.
Houses move off grid, into mainstream
The new threshold for green building is not just low energy, it’s net-zero energy. In The New Net Zero, sustainable architect Bill Maclay charts the path for designers and builders interested in exploring green design’s new frontier net-zero-energy structures that produce as much energy as they consume and are carbon neutral. The following is an excerpt
MGAC is helping to guide AGU through this groundbreaking process.
Once it was a dream; then it was an experiment; and now, from today, the zero-carbon house is a reality.
Industry leaders recently came together to announce the winners of the 2013 Architecture at Zero competition, which i...
Passive solar layout with a modern flair.
The exterior features vegetated shade screens and 87 operable windows that take advantage of fresh air on comfortable days, while an 87 ft solar chimney sucks hot air up and out of the building while pulling cooler air in.
How can we reduce emissions from new buildings while addressing the housing shortage in the GTHA? A project co-developed by Ryerson has innovative answers.
The built environment can switch from being an ecological problem to a solution. It begins with moving past "green buildings." We’ve got good news, and we’ve got bad news. First, the bad: buildings have been major climate villains, responsible for
An aerial view of the building shows the rooftop's photovoltaic array. Photo 6 of 7 in A Net-Zero Building in Silicon Valley Gracefully Encompasses Both Work and Play. Browse inspirational photos of modern homes.
Desert Rain House by Tozer Design in Bend, Oregon is the first residential home certified by the Living Building Challenge. It's also LEED Platinum.
Another example of how reducing demand makes net-zero pretty easy
While Net Zero has been the latest buzz in sustainable building the Sonnenschiff development in Freiburg, Germany is very much Net Positive
Every day, Net Zero Energy buildings make the news. Homeowners, commercial building owners, developers, architects and builders are all becoming more aware of the potential of Net Zero Energy buildings. And every day, there are more resources on design specs, products, and innovative ideas to make net zero a very desirable reality. It is now […]
Image 38 of 45 from gallery of SOL: The Net-Zero Community in Austin, Texas / KRDB. Courtesy of KRDB
Midori Uchi is a completely net-zero home design by Naikoon Contracting Ltd. along with Kerschbaumer Design, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Update: Lloyd Alter wrote up a very insightful critique of this building back in January 2013. I’d definitely recommend checking that out. It also raises some questions about the entire Net Zero Energy standard. Originally ... [continued]
This net-zero cabin was designed by Olson Kundig Architects along with Dovetail General Contractors, located in Seattle, Washington.
Image 7 of 7 from gallery of California Aims for Net-Zero Energy for Housing by 2020. 60 Richmond Housing Cooperative Courtesy of Teeple Architects
A completed Värm Unity Home.
A design before its time, the House in Bioclimatic Experimental Urbanization the Estudio José Luis Rodríguez Gil has a series of on-site wind turbines.
A larger Ridgeline: Designed for high performance and premium green living
