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  • A Classic 1970s Home Goes from Solar-Heated to Net Zero Energy

    Subtitle:  Richard Levine’s Raven Run house in Kentucky has evolved over the decades Images:  Last week I was in Lexington, Kentucky speaking at the Midwest Residential Energy Conference. It was a great regional conference, and the folks there are making things happen. (I even played nice. With all those Kentucky Wildcat fans there, I held…

  • Net Zero Colorado Container Home Overlooks Spectacular Mountain Views

    This Nederland, Colorado container home, designed by Studio H:T, performs at net-zero energy consumption by utilizing passive strategies of insulation and orientation, active solar photovoltaic and thermal systems, and the harvesting of on-site renewable fuel (timber is selectively and sustainably cleared to burn in the high-efficiency wood stove). A center space between two shipping containers,…

  • Is NIST Serious About Net-Zero-Energy Homes?

    Subtitle:  Their report cites the need for a scoring system, but inexplicably fails to mention the HERS Index Images:  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) still handles a lot of our basic numbers work, keeping lasers, hunks of metal, and atomic clocks that determine our standards of length, mass, and time. But it…

  • Taking a 20-Year-Old Florida House to Net Zero

    Subtitle:  Starting with an energy-efficient home and using available incentives made it easier Images:  Steve Larson, a builder and home energy rater in Florida, sent me an e-mail with his energy bills for February through July of 2012. When you subtract out the monthly service charges, he paid only $5.35 for electricity during those six…

  • The Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility

    The unique facility looks, feels, and functions like an actual house, and has been built to U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum standards—the highest standard for sustainable structuresMore…