net zero buildings Archives

Landscape Architects Argue That Sustainable Design Results In Net-Zero Homes

September 28, 20177 years ago Carolyn Fortuna 0 Comments

Landscape architects and clean tech? Sounds like the old nature-versus-society conundrum, doesn’t it? Well, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) says that homeowners can implement cutting-edge methods so that residential landscapes support the environment — no matter the location or property size. And the ASLA is backing up its argument with a series of free online sustainable design guides to help spread understanding about sustainable and resilient residential practices.

Does Efficiency Still Matter In The Age Of Cheap Solar?

September 1, 20159 years ago RMI 42 Comments

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Peter Rumsey, PE A Silicon Valley developer recently recruited my team to help him design a net-zero-energy construction trailer. This developer sees the trailers on his jobsite as a reflection of his buildings, which are designed to net-zero standards. Most developers consider construction trailers … [continued]

Developing An Industrial Approach To Net-Zero Retrofitting Of Dutch Housing

April 21, 20159 years ago RMI 10 Comments

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Maaike Witteveen and Linda van Leeuwen What if you could change your decades-old house into a modern, comfortable, energy-efficient home in less than ten days without having to move out or pay extra? Does it sound too good to be true? That’s exactly what … [continued]

GSA Could Lead Net-Zero Energy Building Revolution

February 6, 20159 years ago RMI 3 Comments

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Matt Jungclaus Imagine a future in which our buildings are resilient, self-powered, community resources. Not a kilowatt-hour of energy is wasted in a building, and on-site renewable energy systems meet every building’s energy needs. Although this may seem like a futuristic dream, a recent … [continued]

Solar News: Home Energy Storage Market To Explode, Vivint Solar CEO Says Republican Congress Could…

November 18, 20149 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social … [continued]

New Net-Zero Energy Building In Brooklyn

December 6, 201211 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Someone from the site SolarContact reached out to me recently regarding some interesting solar posts they had published on their blog. Below is one of them, reposted in full. For more, check out the SolarContact blog: Two years ago solar installers walked away from the job of developing a … [continued]

Interview with Designer of World’s 1st Net Zero–Energy Skyscraper & World’s 1st Large-Scale Positive-Energy Building…

October 27, 201211 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

I recently had the fortunate chance to interview Gordon Gill, “one of the world’s preeminent exponents of performance-based design” and a trendsetter in the realm of net–zero energy and net-positive–energy design. Gordon will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Total Energy USA conference (you can still register for that … [continued]

California Community College To Be America’s First Self-Sustaining School

October 15, 201212 years ago silviomarcacci 3 Comments

An ambitious partnership between California’s College of the Desert (COD) and Palm Springs is set to launch America’s first self-sustaining college campus, following other U.S. colleges blazing a higher education sustainability trail. The West Valley Campus, a satellite location to COD’s 50-year old main campus, will be LEED Platinum … [continued]

New Test House to Generate More Energy than It Uses

September 17, 201212 years ago Joshua S Hill 13 Comments

They’ll call anything a laboratory these days. The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week unveiled its new “house,” which will serve as a testbed to demonstrated that a stereotypical suburban home can generate as much energy as it needs to run in a year […]

Zero-Energy Building Market to Hit $1.3 Trillion by 2035

February 6, 201212 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Following up on the Las Vegas net-zero house story Charis just wrote, it looks like such stories about net-zero homes may get really common in the coming years (sorry, we might not cove them all). A new report published by Pike Research finds that the net-zero buildings market should hit … [continued]