Net Zero Home

Glazed bridge connects two volumes of the home

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...

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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Net Zero Georgina Residence Blurs the Indoor-Outdoor Boundary in Santa Monica

Yudell and Beebe used to have a larger house on the ocean in Malibu, but they grew tired of their commute into...

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Brooklyn’s First Passive House Condo Building Rises in Prospect Heights

Located at 951 Pacific Street, the R-951 residence is named for its resilience and high R-value along with its...

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Heliotrope: The World’s First Energy Positive Solar Home

Look, up in the sky — it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Heliotrope! The brainchild of Architect Ralph...

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Proud Green Home Achieves Unprecedented -2 HERS Rating in Georgia

Architectural firm LG Squared collaborated with the Imery Group on construction of the two-story, 2,600-square-foot...

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Team Austria’s LISI House Wins the 2013 Solar Decathlon!

The top 3 homes of this year's competition: 1. Team Austria: Vienna University of Technology - LISI Home 2....

Team Czech Republic’s AIR House Wins the Architecture Contest at the Solar Decathlon 2013

Team Czech Republic's AIR House earned a score of 98 out of a possible 100 points to win the contest. Architectural...

UNC Charlotte’s UrbanEden Solar Decathlon Home Features a Garden Wall for Growing Food in the City

The UNC Charlotte team is calling their UrbanEden "a tree planted in the forest of the city." The Solar Decathlon...

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Team Norwich Delta’s T-90 Home is an Insulated Fortress that Provides All-Weather Comfort at the Solar Decathlon

The Delta T-90 design is all about providing a sustainable dwelling that provides maximum interior comfort for...

Ultra Adaptable Chameleon House Features Moveable Paneled Walls and Shape-Shifting Furniture at the Solar Decathlon

This is the Missouri Team’s fifth Solar Decathlon competition. In fact, they are the only team worldwide to have...

Team Texas’ Solar Decathlon ADAPT House Takes Advantage of El Paso’s Abundant Sunlight

The Texas student team created ADAPT with the belief that a home is not just a location or state of mind but a...

Stevens Institute’s Ecohabit Home Stands Out with Photovoltaic Shingles at the Solar Decathlon 2013

The 1,300 square foot home is a simple, low-slung L-shaped construction made up of two modules—a 'dry module'...

Team Alberta’s Borealis Solar Decathlon Home Features a Stunning Air-Filtering Indoor Vertical Garden

As we move into the first official week of the Solar Decathlon 2013, the judges are beginning to make their rounds...

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Team SCI-Arc and Caltech’s Transforming DALE House Expands to More Than Double its Size at the Solar Decathlon

The SCI-Arc-/Caltech home, DALE, which stands for Dynamic Augmented Living Environment, is an exercise two years...

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Team Austria’s LISI Solar Decathlon Home Keeps Cool with a Movable Exterior Curtain

The Solar Decathlon 2013 competition officially kicked off 3 October, 2013; to celebrate the ribbon cutting ceremony,...

Team Las Vegas’ DesertSol Home Brings a Base Camp for Desert Exploration to the Solar Decathlon

Though DesertSol was developed as a second home, or "base camp" for an adventurous couple between the ages of 35...

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