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Elegant net-zero home wraps around a large pond in Connecticut

Cutler Anderson Architects completed a modern woodland home that fully embraces the outdoors. Built to wrap around...

Mark Z. Jacobson’s Net Zero Home

Leading Stanford climate scientist builds incredible net zero home, complete with Tesla Powerwall

A leading climate scientist — who has dedicated his career to proving the feasibility of transitioning the world...

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Net-zero prefab home stacks together and expands like children’s blocks

Wish you could expand the size of your home without breaking the bank? A group of architecture students from the...

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Dwell Development's net-zero home in Seattle is packed with sustainable goodness

This 5-Star Built Green home in Mount Baker, Seattle is packed with sustainable elements - including locally and...

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Video Interview with green prefab home designer Michelle Kaufmann

At a West Coast Green conference in San Francisco, we were lucky enough to not only get a sneak peek of the Michelle...

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Curvaceous Ex of In House is a solar-powered guest residence aligned with the natural world

Located on the property of principal architect Steven Holl himself, the Ex of In House opened this past July as...

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Light-filled Jersey Shore home boasts storm-resilient features and uses 85 percent less energy

After their house was heavily damaged by 2012's Hurricane Sandy, the owners of the Margate residence wanted to...

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Luxurious net-zero Stanford home features an earthquake-resistant steel frame

The key to Professor Jacobson’s new net-zero home is BONE Structure’s innovative and lightweight steel frame...

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BONE Structure breaks ground on first net-zero residential project in California

Thanks to the off-site manufacturing process, the house is easy to outfit with all the electrical, plumbing, heating...

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Net-zero Spring Ranch boasts enviable views of California’s Central Valley

Located at the base of a large hill, the 6,445-square-foot Spring Ranch overlooks eastward rural views along the...

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Net-zero INhouse boasts water-smart solutions essential for parched California

Selected as a contender in the 2015 Solar Decathlon competition, INhouse was intelligently designed in response...

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Tour Brooklyn's first net zero-capable solar-powered passive house condo building (PHOTOS)

R-951 was named for its resilience and high R-value (a measure of thermal resistance) as well as its address at...

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TAOsHouse: Net-zero passive house built in senior co-housing community in New Mexico

The TAOsHouse is located in Valverde Commons, which is a sustainably oriented, adult co-housing community just...

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Gorgeous Rammed Earth House generates all its own energy and captures all its own water in Australia

The Rammed Earth House by Steffen Welsch Architects was their first project to apply environmentally sustainable...

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D.C.'s Affordable Net-Zero Empowerhouse is Moving to Philadelphia

The building won the inaugural award for affordability at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in...

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