Net zero house plans

The North Carolina residents explain how they did it and what they would do differently next time

If you're building a new home, making sure your home is energy-efficient and comfortable to live in is crucial to your long-term comfort and happiness. Find out the 10 steps to designing a home that will be energy-efficient and comfortable and helps improve your family's health. These 10 steps are the process to making a net-zero energy home and on the path to a passive house. #healthyhome #sustainabledesign

The following are six key ingredients of a net zero home. The first five can be grouped as “passive strategies” that promote energy conservation while...

More than just a stellar design feat, this modern masterpiece proves that net-zero performance and comfort can coexist.

Featured Home: A net-zero Deltec built for family

A Vermont manufacturer of structural insulated panels has launched a line of kit houses that should generate as much power as they consume. Kits include photovoltaic panels, ductless minisplit heating…

Passive solar layout with a modern flair.

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A larger Ridgeline: Designed for high performance and premium green living

As a Certified Passive House, the Farmstead is a forward-thinking home for the modern New England family. A blend of features were carefully balanced to develop a final design that has an efficient footprint, meets the Passive House Standard (PHIUS+ Certified), and takes the form of a traditional farmhouse with some modern twists both inside and out.

Prefabricated modular homes are here to stay. The housing shortage isn't going away. We need a new way to produce homes at scale. With Dvele, you get a high-performance prefab produced in less than 16 weeks.

Net-zero homes with solar panels and comfortable solutions for living will make your life healthier and easier. Let’s find out how you can save money by using a net-zero house.

How can we reduce emissions from new buildings while addressing the housing shortage in the GTHA? A project co-developed by Ryerson has innovative answers.

LAMBERTVILLE, Mich.—On a drive down a country road, builder Bill Decker gives an off-the-cuff seminar about energy efficient homes. He shifts from carpentry to electrical engineering, and then to theology—his belief that his faith compels him to take care of the earth. Every few minutes, he pauses and points out a house his family-owned company […]

Interview with Carter Scott, of Transformations, Inc. Carter Scott of Transformations, Inc has built numerous Zero Net Energy Homes in Massachusetts, ranging from custom homes, to development homes and to very affordable low income Zero Energy Homes. He shares some of what he has learned about building Zero Energy Homes in this interview. What year did you build […]

Discover the Jewell, a modern zero-energy home that blends energy efficiency with Maine's agrarian charm. Experience sustainable living at its finest!

Amy Musser has a PhD in Architectural Engineering and, like me, used to be a college professor. Her husband, Matthew Vande, is an architect with an MS in Architectural Engineering. He is also a treehugger (photo at right). Together, they…

Mela Breen and David Good set out to build a zero-energy property that blended into its surroundings in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Photo 2 of 7 in Stepstone Pavers Connect a Sustainable Home to the Sierra Nevadas. Browse inspirational photos of modern homes.