Honda Smart Home Points California To 2020 ZNE Goal

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Honda breaks ground on a smart home that will charge the car and still be zero net energy, meeting California's ambitious goal for 2020 residential buildings. Read more →

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Passive Vs LEED Vs Net-Zero Energy

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Here's a little help understanding differences among some of the competing standards for green building design. Read more →

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Solar Required On New Houses, Thanks To GOP Mayor

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Lancaster, Calif., pursuing a vision to be the "alternative energy capital of the world," will require home builders to include solar beginning in 2014. Read more →

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TVZEB House Channels, Changes Natural Daylight

The Traverso-Vighy house in Italy is situated to get the maximum amount of energy from the sun. Image via Tvzeb.

Many homes use sunlight for power and passive solar heating. This net-zero energy home in Italy actually alters the spectrum of ambient light to enhance the well-being of the residents. Read more →

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Hong Kong Opens First Zero-Carbon Building

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Powered by solar energy and reclaimed biodiesel fuel, Hong Kong's Zero Carbon Building claims to be the first in the teeming city to produce more energy than it consumes. Read more →

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Net-Zero Energy PNC Branch Opens In Florida

PNC Back's new net-zero energy branch in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Image via PNC Bank.

A branch of PNC Bank that opened last week in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., expects to use half of the energy needed by other conventional branches and to produce more energy than it requires. Read more →

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La Jolla Tower To Be Largest Net-Zero Office Building In U.S.

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San Diego's planned La Jolla Commons II complex, powered by biogas fuel cell technology, will become the largest net-zero office building in the United States once complete in 2014. Read more →

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A Sustainable Net Zero Hotel…In The Desert

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The Lotus Hotel is prefabricated net zero hotel under construction in China's Xiangshawan desert that requires no water, no concrete and no foundation. Read more →

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Winners Announced In Net Zero Building Contest For UC Merced

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Pacific Gas & Electric and the San Francisco AIA have revealed the winners in the Architecture At Zero contest, which will bring net zero building to UC Merced. Read more →

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A Net Zero Solar Homestead, Inspired By The Solar Decathlon

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In N.C., Deltec Homes has taken Appalachian State's 2011 Solar Decathlon entry, the Solar Homestead, and turned it into a commercially available net zero home. Read more →

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