Comments on: Department of Energy Finishes Largest Zero-Energy Building in US http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 19:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: dbenton http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-312903 dbenton Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:06:29 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=134133#comment-312903 I would like to tour the zero energy United States Department of Energy building in Golden, CO. Please advise me of the process for doing that. Thanks, Denise Bentn I would like to tour the zero energy United States Department of Energy building in Golden, CO. Please advise me of the process for doing that. Thanks, Denise Bentn

]]> By: USPS Energy Retrofits Saved $400 Million since 2007 | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-250385 USPS Energy Retrofits Saved $400 Million since 2007 | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:13:38 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=134133#comment-250385 [...] footprints but very few actually do anything about it. However, thanks to new guidelines from the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service has rolled out a plan to make itself one of the greenest delivery [...] [...] footprints but very few actually do anything about it. However, thanks to new guidelines from the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service has rolled out a plan to make itself one of the greenest delivery [...]

]]> By: danielablogs http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-241429 danielablogs Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:25:54 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=134133#comment-241429 What\'s the point of sending an email saying when to open the blinds if the idea is to have maximum daylighting? Are censors monitoring other factors like heat gain and glare? But it is nice that employees have control over their own shading. <a href="http://bit.ly/neeblog" rel="nofollow">The Neenan Company</a> What\’s the point of sending an email saying when to open the blinds if the idea is to have maximum daylighting? Are censors monitoring other factors like heat gain and glare? But it is nice that employees have control over their own shading.

The Neenan Company

]]> By: a good guy http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-240368 a good guy Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:20:57 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=134133#comment-240368 Now they just need to ensure they have charging stations for all the electric vehicles they want their employees to be driving. Now they just need to ensure they have charging stations for all the electric vehicles they want their employees to be driving.

]]> By: Bill Burke http://inhabitat.com/department-of-energy-finishes-largest-zero-energy-building-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-240145 Bill Burke Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:48:10 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=134133#comment-240145 Britt, Your statement that, \"...the new Research Support Facility is able to produce all the energy it needs to function without borrowing from the grid.\" is incorrect. The building most certainly WILL do exactly that. One definition of a net zero energy building, and the one used here, is that the building produces a surplus of energy onsite during sunny periods to offset the energy it borrows from the energy grid at night or when sunlight is not adequate to provide 100% of demand. It\'s really important that people understand this. Net zero energy buildings are almost always grid-connected and don\'t necessarily have any batteries to store energy. When the renewable energy system produces a surplus that surplus is fed back into the grid for use by other grid-connected buildings. When the renewable energy system is unable to meet current demand from the building, the facility draws power from the grid. Over the course of one year, the goal is to have the surplus sent into the grid be as large or larger than the energy drawn from the grid. Britt,

Your statement that,
\”…the new Research Support Facility is able to produce all the energy it needs to function without borrowing from the grid.\” is incorrect. The building most certainly WILL do exactly that. One definition of a net zero energy building, and the one used here, is that the building produces a surplus of energy onsite during sunny periods to offset the energy it borrows from the energy grid at night or when sunlight is not adequate to provide 100% of demand. It\’s really important that people understand this. Net zero energy buildings are almost always grid-connected and don\’t necessarily have any batteries to store energy. When the renewable energy system produces a surplus that surplus is fed back into the grid for use by other grid-connected buildings. When the renewable energy system is unable to meet current demand from the building, the facility draws power from the grid. Over the course of one year, the goal is to have the surplus sent into the grid be as large or larger than the energy drawn from the grid.

]]>