The measure stopped short of banning fossil fuel-based heating systems in new buildings as environmentalists had hoped. It does not apply to single-family homes, but calls for residential and ...

Daniel Colombini, an Ossining, New York, resident, was honored with a Housing Innovation Award presented by the U.S. Department of Energy. His LEED Platinum passive house is credited with advancing ...

Zero Energy Homes, a startup that develops modular homes for the affordable housing market, teamed up with design-build firm Knickerbocker Group to manufacture modular units for a home in Trenton. The ...

Zero Energy Homes — a startup looking to show how modular construction combined with “net zero energy” principles can be priced for the affordable housing market — is almost finished building its ...

Zero energy buildings (ZEBs) eliminate the use of non-renewable energy sources by decreasing energy use and producing enough renewable energy to meet the annual energy use attributable to their ...

In this video, I discuss the challenges of building a net zero energy home, designed to produce as much energy as it consumes ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector. The definition is ...

A Laramie company is working to lower the world’s carbon footprint one home at a time in the area and around Wyoming. Jon Gardzelewski, owner of Building Energy Research Group (BERG), focuses on ...

Construction continues at Holly Farms, a "zero energy" community constructed in Parkville by Beazer Homes. The homes, which meet U.S. Department of Energy standards will comply with Maryland's current ...

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As Maryland moves toward eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, home builders have begun pursuing a stringent federal energy efficiency designation that requires ...