Tag: net zero
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Vantem Panels Introduces Net-Zero Kit House: SmartHomze
Vermont-based Vantem Panels, one of the United States’ first producers of SIPs (structural insulated panels) and one of three American producers of urethane panels, has released the first affordable net-zero energy kit homes: SmartHomze. With an estimated $150 per square foot cost of construction (not including permits, site work, or foundation), SmartHomze are significantly more…
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Metal-Wrapped UC Davis West Village is Largest Planned Net Zero Community
Sustainably-designed and featuring over 40,000 linear feet of wall, roof, and canopy that is covered in panels from Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation, the country’s largest planned net zero energy community is UC Davis West Village, a 205-acre project that will be home to 662 apartments and 343 single-family homes, along with commercial and recreational facilities.…
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ABC Green Home Wins Best Zero Net Energy Home Design at PCBC 2013 Golden Nugget Awards
Early in June, the Pacific Coast Building Conference presented its 50th Annual Golden Nugget Awards to architects and developers at its annual convention dubbed The Art, Science + Business of Housing. The awards are given to firms that show “excellence and innovation in addressing complex design/build issues.” KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning was named…
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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…