How to Build a 75% Net Zero Community

What does it take to build a 75% net zero community and the “largest Emerald-rated community” in the world? Tabitha Crawford explains how her team combined solar, HVAC, and sustainable building practices to build 250 net zero homes while keeping construction costs at a 3% premium.

Q: Tell us about your Emerald-rated Community:
Our community is a 250 new […]

June 6th, 2016|Categories: Green Building, Solar, Technology & Engineering, Zero Net Energy Buildings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Leaders in High Performance Building: The Efficient & Comfortable Spec Home

At HeatSpring, we celebrate innovative builders and designers who work to improve the overall quality and performance of public and residential buildings…
Our Leaders in High Performance Building Giveaway was created for those who have helped plan, design, construct, and/or operate a high performance building. Entrants could submit a photo of their high performance project(s).* The photo could show the entire high performance building or […]

January 15th, 2016|Categories: Green Building, Zero Net Energy Buildings|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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Two New Free Lectures on Healthier Homes and Buildings

Enroll in Two New Free Lectures on Healthier Homes and Buildings
Carbon Monoxide: What We Do Not Know Can Hurt Us’ and ‘Green, Healthy & Profitable Buildings and Homes’

In his free ‘Carbon Monoxide: What We Do Not Know Can Hurt Us’ lecture, Andy Wahl discusses the physical effects of carbon monoxide poisoning at both low and high levels, […]

December 7th, 2015|Categories: Building Science, Sustainable Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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FREE Lecture: Low Carbon Building

Take Bruce King’s Free Low Carbon Building Lecture today. What good is a “Net-Zero” building if just the act of making it dumps a huge load of CO2 into the air? The urgency of climate disruption demands that we reduce impacts now, not slowly over the next 50 years. Here we will look beyond reducing operating […]

August 24th, 2015|Categories: Sustainable Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |
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