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Mitrex wants to turn the average building facade into a self-sustaining micro power plant

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Sleek and Green, These Solar Panels Are Customizable

Mitrex’s solar panels come with fully customizable designs, from solid colors to limitless patt

Solar panels that generate energy at night, new solar cells by Standford engineers

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Stanford Engineers Create Solar Panels That Work at Night

A breakthrough invention by a team of Stanford researchers allow solar panels to begin generating

Mandalay Homes is one of the largest builders of zero energy ready homes in the Southwest. Pictured: Mandalay's Mountain Gate community in Clarkdale, Arizona; photo courtesy EEBA.

multifamily

Nearly 28,000 Zero Energy Ready Home Up-And-Running in North America

The 2021 EEBA study shows the shifting landscape of zero energy ready homes, and how the homebuil

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Sustainable Home Improvement Is Life Improvement

A new generation of smart and digital technologies are poised to help enhance our homes in terms

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Denver Wants to Make Net Zero a Citywide Reality

Colorado’s capital has a plan for getting new residential and commercial construction to net ze

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3 Strategies To Building Net Zero Energy Homes

A UTOPIA on-demand webinar offers expert advice from a building scientist, a net zero production

Curious about Building Net Zero Energy Homes? Consider These 3 Strategies

HVAC

Residential New Construction Meets Net-Zero

Net-zero homeowners achieve $1.42 utility bill for two months of power.

The Schmeltzer home in Weaverville, N.C., achieved a HERS score of -10, thanks in part to HVAC technology from Mitsubishi Electric. Photo: Ryan Theede

Sustainability

Net Zero Approach Gains Ground in Homes, Multifamily

The housing industry’s interest in building, selling, and renting ultra energy efficient homes

Mandalay Homes, which built this home in its Jasper community in Arizona, is one of the leading net zero builders in the country, according to Team Zero's report. Courtesy Mandalay Homes

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Energy Efficient Is the New Home Trend

2021 home trends: how to enter this new market and sell net zero homes

Sustainability

Want to Build Net Zero Homes? Focus on These 4 Things

Expert builders share strategies they use to make ultra-energy efficient homes doable and profitable in their markets.

Addison Homes exterior insulation and fortified roof

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7 Steps to Building Net-Zero-Ready Production Homes, From an Award-winning Builder

Delaware builder Insight Homes uses a wide array of innovative techniques to achieve zero-energy-

The model home at The Peninsula, an Insight Homes community in Millsboro, Del. Photo courtesy Insight Homes

builders

New Competition Looks to Accelerate Large-Scale Production of Zero-Energy, High-Performance Homes

The Smart Decathlon for innovative Professionals (SDiPro) will feature both virtual and physical

The newly launched Smart Decathlon for innovative Professionals was founded by Richard King, CEO of Creative Energy and the Founder and former Director of the U.S. Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon. Photo courtesy Richard King

builders

How Mandalay Homes Gets to Net Zero

The Arizona builder says it’s like testing recipes until you land on the winner.

home-buying process

Building Net Zero Homes

What they are, why homeowners love them, and how to get the training you need to build them corre

Sleek and Green, These Solar Panels Are Customizable

Stanford Engineers Create Solar Panels That Work at Night

Nearly 28,000 Zero Energy Ready Home Up-And-Running in North America

Sustainable Home Improvement Is Life Improvement

What Impact Will Hurricane Helene Have on the Housing Market?

These States Have Seen the Greatest Decrease in Home Affordability

Homeowners Remain Locked in Place