Acre Designs is attempting to provide high end, precision-built, zero-energy homes, complete with solar panels, at about the same price it costs to build a cheap, leaky, inefficient stick-built house.

The Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County (RDA) has recently partnered with local green developers to build houses with “net zero” energy features. A net-zero energy house, which ...

PROFESSOR AND HIS STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON A SUSTAINABLE SMALL HOUSE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. IT’S DESIGNED TO BE NET ZERO ENERGY USE, AND THEY’RE ALREADY WORKING ON FUNDING FOR ...

A small electric boiler is a backup heat source. Overall the house is "near net-zero," meaning is uses almost all renewable energy and has almost no carbon footprint. "We have been going up there ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - KU is one of 20 colleges still competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.. Architecture students are designing and building a completely zero energy house.