Tag: Net Zero House
A Custom Living Building Challenge Home in Portland, OR
These homeowners decided to go for the Living Building Challenge. The Challenge is a strict rating system that leaps far beyond LEED in its requirements for non-toxic, locally sourced materials for every component of the building.
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What is a High Performance Home?
The construction industry has been cautious about change. Rules of thumb and decades-old conventional wisdom tend to rule the day. This innate conservatism makes sense given the high stakes of construction. Buildings are a big investment with big health and safety implications. Why risk something new when we can just follow the well-worn path, the tried and true?
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The Tradeoffs of Building Green: A TED Talk by Catherine Mohr
Catherine Mohr oversees the development of next-generation surgical robots and robotic procedures. Needless to say, she pays attention to details and makes decisions based on sound evidence. She applied this same mentality to the process of building a green home, and that’s what this eye-opening and entertaining TED Talk is about.
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Over 90 Net-Zero-Energy Home Building Resources
How do people interested in building a zero-energy home get started? The process usually begins with a lot of online research. Here are some of the top websites and online resources for homeowners and building professionals.
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