ZERO ENERGY
WHO'S WHO
WHAT'S WHAT
WHO'S WHO
- 180 Degrees Inc
- 377 Builders LLC
- ABC Green Home
- AC Home Performance Inc
- Addison Country Community Trust
- Addison Homes
- AEC Design Transparency
- Affirmed Housing
- Aidlin Darling Architects
- Alden Hathaway
- Allen Building and Design
- Alliance Green Builders
- AMCAL
- American Institute of Architects
- American Modular System
- American Rehabs LLC
- Amerisips Homes LLC
- Appropriate Designs
- AquaZephyr
- Architecture 2030
- ARK Contractors
- Avalon Master Builder
- Azure 66 Plaza Village
- Balance Point
- Baxt Ingui Architects
- Beausoleil Architects
- Beck-Reit Contractors
- Bensonwood
- Better Housing Coalition
- Bill Stratton Building Company
- Bilyeu Homes
- Birdsmouth Construction
- Black Brothers Builders
- Black Mountain Construction | Development
- Bleu Nest
- Blue and Yellow Builders
- Blue House Energy
- Bluestone Green
- Bone Structure
- Boston Green Building
- BPC Green Builder
- Bramante Homes
- Bridge Housing Corporation
- BrightBuilt Home
- Brookfield Homes
- Brookside Development LLC
- Bruns Realty
- Build It Green
- Build With Prospect
- Buildability Corporation
- Builder Magazine
- Building Research Establishment UK
- Burks
- Burlington Electric Department
- Butler Construction Inc.
- Byggmeister
- C Alexander Building
- Caldwell and Johnson
- Caliber
- California Energy Commission
- California Public Utilities Commission
- Canadian Home Builders Association
- Carbon Busters
- Carbon Leadership Forum
- Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance
- Carl Franklin Homes LLC
- Carmel Building & Design
- Carmel Partners
- Cascade Built
- Cascade Joinery
- Cathedral Square Development Corp.
- Cave
- Celebration Contracting
- Cellar Ridge Construction
- Center for Sustainable Energy
- Chitwood Energy Management
- Chris Benedict Architect
- City of Austin
- City of Berkeley
- City of Boston
- City of Cambridge
- City of London UK
- City of Phoenix
- City of San Francisco
- City of San Jose
- City of Seattle
- City of Vancouver
- CK Architects
- Clarum Homes
- Clean Energy Group
- CLEAResult
- Clif
- Clifton View Homes
- Cobblestone Homes
- Coldham & Hartman Architects
- Common Sense Design
- Community Housing Partners
- Communuty Housing Opportunities
- Construction Voyagers
- Consulting Engineering Svcs
- Cooper Lane Builders
- Corporation For Better Housing
- Cover Architectural Collaborative
- Cradle to Cradle
- Crosskey
- Danco Communities
- Daniel Miller Construction
- Daniel Smith & Associates Architects
- David Baker Architects
- Davis Energy Group
- De Young Properties
- DEAP Energy Group LLC
- Decker Homes
- Delos/WELL
- DeMaranville Construction
- Dimensionstyle
- DJK Custom Homes
- Domus Development
- Downs
- Drew Gillett Professional Engineer
- Dutchy Inc
- Dwell Developments
- E+ Buildings
- E2 Homes
- E4TheFuture
- Earth Advantage
- Eco Performance Builders
- Eco Smart Building LLC
- EcoBuildingCollaborative
- EcoCité Developments Montreal ZERO
- EcoCor LLC
- EcoCraft Homes
- EcoHouses of VT
- Ecological Building Network
- EcoSmart Building
- Effect Home Builders Ltd
- Effect Homes
- Element Construction
- Energy & Environmental Building Association
- Energy Docs Home Performance
- Energy Solutions
- Enphase Energy
- ENU Construction
- Ethan Beck Homes Inc
- Everhart
- Evolve Development
- Faber Architecture
- Falcon Five
- Finish Werks
- FivePoint
- Fort ZED
- Fowler & Hammer
- Frank Di Massa Utility Consulting
- Franziska Amacher Architect
- Further Inc
- Futurefit Solutions
- Futuro Builders
- Gable Construction Company Inc
- Garbacik Construction Inc.
- Garbett Homes
- Garland Mill
- Gas Technology Institute
- Gemmill Design
- Genesis Homes
- Geoffrey H Richon Co
- George Beeler Architect
- GFC
- Glastonbury Housesmith
- Global Sustainable Solutions
- GO Logic
- Green Building Alliance Pittsburgh
- Green Craft Builders LLC
- Green Dwellings
- Green Extreme Homes CDC
- Green Hammer
- Green Home Institute
- Green Planet Company
- Greenberg
- Greenhill Contracting Inc
- Greenstar
- Gregg Welch Construction
- Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation
- Guillermo Delgadillo
- Habitat for Humanity
- Habitat Studio
- Hackbarth Builders
- Hallmark
- Hammer & Hand
- Harmony Builders
- Harmony House
- Hawai‘i Clean Energy Initiative
- Heidner
- Hibbs Homes
- Hinge Build Group LLC
- His Light Builders
- Home Energy Services
- Home Performance Coalition
- Howie Hawkes
- Ichijo USA
- Icon Properties
- Imery Group
- In Situ Architecture
- INTEP
- International Living Future Institute
- Island Carpentry
- Ithaca Neighborhood Housing
- Itron Inc
- J&P Building and Remodeling LLC
- JBS Project Management
- JCS Design Build
- Jobes Builders
- John Hubert Associates
- John Schmidt Construction Inc
- JRA Green Building
- J’s Custom Contracting
- K&P Contracting
- K&S Florida LP
- Kamloops Homebuilders’ Association
- KB Home
- Kent Hicks Construction
- Kerry Miller Construction
- Kevin Stamm Construction
- Kingma Developers
- Kipnis Architecture + Planning/Nathan Kipnis Architects Inc
- Klopf Architecture
- Kolbert Building
- Koplinga/Loer
- KRDB Architects
- KTGY Group Inc
- Landmark Homes
- Laney College Carpentry Department
- Latitude 38 LLC
- Lawrence Nadeau Construction Co
- Leger Wanaselja Architecture
- Lehto Design/Build
- LG Squared ARCHI+TECHS
- LifeStyle Homes Inc
- Literacy for Environmental Justice
- Longitude Properties
- Lorax Sustainable Development LLC
- Lorentz Bruun Construction
- Low Carbon Productions
- M Street Homes LLC
- Mandalay Homes
- Mangan Development Group
- Martin Energetics
- Mattamy Homes
- McCall Homes
- McKinney and Sons
- Meili Construction Company
- Meritage Homes
- MGM Construction
- Modular Lifestyles
- MODUS Development
- Monley Cronin
- Montpelier Construction
- Montreal ZERO
- Moroso Construction
- Mutual Housing
- MZ Development
- Nagelhout construction
- National Grid
- Natural Balance Home Builders Inc
- Natural Housebuilders
- Natural Resources Canada
- Needbased
- Net Zero Energy Coalition
- Netzerobuild.ca
- New Avenue Homes
- New Buildings Institute
- New Town Builders
- New York City
- New York Passive House
- New York State Governor’s Office
- Newport Renewables
- Nexbuild Construction
- Nexus Energy Homes
- Nexus Homes
- Nicholson Kovalchick Architects
- North American Passive House Network
- North Branch Construction
- North Shore Construction Services
- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
- Northwest Crossing
- NOVA e+ Home
- NPS Contractors
- Nugent Construction Management
- NYC Energy Efficiency Corporation
- Off The Grid Design LLC
- Old Dominion Innovations
- On The Level
- One Sky Homes
- Onion Flats
- Ottawa Salus
- Oxnard Pacific Associates
- Pacific Communities
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co
- Pacific Housing Inc
- Palo Duro Homes Inc
- Parr Custom Builders
- Passive House Academy
- Passive House Canada
- Passive House Institute US
- Passive House Northwest
- Passive House of Californhia
- Passive House Ontario
- Passive House Quebec
- Passive House Rocky Mountains
- Passive House Western Pennsylvania
- PassivWorks
- PDX Living LLC
- Pete Moffat Construction
- Peter Johnson Builders
- PHC Construction
- Pill-Maharam Architects
- Pioneer Energy
- Preferred Builders
- Promethean Homes LLC
- Provident Developments
- Pulte Homes
- Purdue University
- Pyatok Architects
- RJ Stegora Inc
- Raise of Hope
- Ranch Capital LLC
- RDC Fine Homes
- Red Company LLC
- Reid’s Heritage Homes
- Renewable Energy Works
- Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET)
- Resource Media
- Resources for Community Development
- Restore Homes Los Angeles
- Revive Properties
- RH Irving Homebuilders
- Rinaldi Construction
- RJC Group
- RNT Architects
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- S&A Homes
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- Sam Rodell Architects
- San Diego Gas & Electric
- Sebastian Mariscal Studios
- SEE Engineering LLC
- Seven Bridge Signature Homes
- Seventhwave
- Shaw Builders
- Shea Homes
- Siegel & Strain Architects
- Sifton Properties
- Smith-Hyder Construction
- SolAire Homebuilders
- Sol-Lux Alpha LLC
- Sonbuilt Custom Homes Ltd
- South Mountain Company Inc
- Southern California Edison
- Southern Energy Homes Inc
- Southface Energy Institute
- Spector Associates Architects
- St. Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Sterling Brook Custom Homes LLC
- Sterling Planet
- Steve Easley & Associates
- Steve Johnson Construction
- Steve Kawell
- Structural Insulated Panel Association
- Structures NW LLC
- Studio 804
- Studio G
- Sunlight Construction
- Sunshine Mathon
- SunTerra Homes
- SuperSHELL Homes Corporation
- Sustainable Performance Institute
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
- Sweetwater Spectrum
- Swensen Construction
- Synapse Development Group
- Synergy Construction
- Tad Everhart Energy Advisor LLC
- Talmadge Construction
- Taurus of Texas
- TC Legend Homes
- Terry Davenport Design Inc
- Tevis Construction LLC
- The Artisans Group
- The Community Builder
- The Island Housing Trust
- The Pure House
- Think Little
- Think! Architecture and Design
- Thomas Construction & Restoration
- Thompson Rivers University
- Thousand Home Challenge
- Thrive Collaborative
- Tidesmart Global
- Timberline Construction
- Todd Paige Construction
- Town of Boulder
- Town of Lancaster
- Town of Palo Alto
- Transformations Inc
- TRC Solutions
- Turner Group
- Ucello Dev
- UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
- Unity Homes
- University of California Davis
- University of Kansas / Studio 804
- Urban Fabrick Inc
- Urban Green LLC
- Urban Land Institute
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network
- Urbanica
- Ursache
- US Department of Energy
- US Green Building Council
- VALI Homes
- Vereco Homes
- VERMOD
- Vermont Energy Investment Corp
- Vermont Natural Homes
- Verve
- Viridis Group
- WH Hull Company
- Walsh Construction Co
- WAMO Studio
- Washington DC
- Watershed Services
- Weingarten
- White Oak Development
- WM Dorvillier & Co
- Wolfworks Inc
- Wood Technology Center
- Woodcraft Building
- World Green Building Council
- Xavier Gaucher
- Zeltwanger Construction Inc
- Zero Energy Plans LLC
- Zero Impact Architecture
- Zero Net Energy Working Group
- ZeroEnergy Design
- Zerohomes.org
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WHAT'S WHAT
Obsessed with roofs
A recent email thread involving a group working on a video about ZNE design prompted me to raise one of my favorite subjects. Say Read More »
A Tirade on Energy Models (or, It’s All Relative!)
Lots of people complain about energy models — specifically, how they don’t accurately predict how much energy the occupants of a home (or building) Read More »
Oregon Goes to Zero! All new residential construction to be ZNE-ready by 2023
Congratulations to our friends at the Zero Energy Project — they have just announced that today the governor of Oregon signed an executive order Read More »
Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH PV on your roof?
My view: NO. The State of California, however, has another view, revealed through planned changes to our venerable energy code, Title 24 Part 6. Read More »
Webinar 9/26: To Zero and Beyond – North American Trends in Zero Energy and the Virtuous Cycle
Join me at 1pm PDT on September 26 for this global webinar event during the WGBC’s World Green Building Week, focused on the hottest Read More »
Pruning the Gas Tree – A Great Idea!
A decade ago, zero net energy (ZNE) was barely on the radar of the building industry – even barely on the radar of many Read More »
International Finance Corporation and Architecture 2030 Collaborate on Zero Net Carbon Buildings for the developing world.
Architecture 2030 once again demonstrates international leadership with this new partnership. Architecture 2030 and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Read More »
What technologies and strategies will help increase ZNE adoption?
I am part of a team working on a research project for the California Energy Commission (CEC). As I’m sure many of you know, Read More »
Cold Climate Zero
Kudos to Energy Futures Group in Hinesburg, VT, which is nearing completion of construction on their new small office building. It’s a conversion of Read More »
The Numbers Are in! ZE Homes Up 33% From 2015
Yesterday, the Net Zero Energy Coalition (www.netzeroenergycoalition.com) released its 2016 inventory report, To Zero and Beyond. The number of zero-energy (plus/minus) homes in the Read More »
Canada Launches New Zero Energy Label
On May 2, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association launched its Net Zero Home Labeling program for both full zero-energy and zero-energy-ready homes. Instrumental in Read More »
Stamp Out Greenwash — Support Greenwash Action!
Longtime Bay Area green building pioneer and activist Jason Grant has started a new project, Greenwash Action. GA is dedicated to pulling the covers Read More »
Creating Change With ‘Just the Right Pressure’
I just read a great post on Green Builder by Matt Power, titled “Just the Right Pressure.” Here is an excerpt that particularly resonated Read More »
AIBD California Society 2014 Annual Conference Focuses on Building Science
AIBD California Society 2014 Annual Conference, April 2nd – 4th Enough for today about past events — this one is still on the horizon. Read More »
PH2: PHenomenal Passive House CA’s “Building Carbon Zero California”
Campers, this has been an extremely busy week or so for Northern California greenies, and it’s got me on a “squared” jag (see last Read More »
BW2: Brilliant Weekend @ BuildWell 2014
120 green building leaders and innovators in the built environment gathered last weekend at BuildWell 2014 in Sausalito, CA. Kudos to Ecological Building Network‘s Read More »
World SB14 Barcelona Conference, Oct. 28-30, 2014
World SB14 Barcelona, October 28-30, 2014 World SB14 Barcelona The World SB14 Barcelona Conference has announced the opening of the call for papers; Read More »
1180 Fourth Street — Gateway to Mission Bay South, SF
1180 Fourth Street, San Francisco 1180 Fourth Street marks the corner of 4th and Channel Streets as a gateway to San Francisco’s newest neighborhood, Read More »
Air Sealing Doesn’t Just Happen
One of the biggest challenges in a high-performance building project is getting the air sealing right … and it doesn’t JUST HAPPEN. It has Read More »
ZNE Home Retrofitting Classes in San Diego
Gas & Electric will be hosting our 4-part class series on retrofitting existing homes to achieve deep energy reductions while targeting zero net energy. Read More »
Habitat X 2013 Summer National Conference
Come Join us at Habitat X Tuesday, July 30, through Friday, August 2, 2013 Just for HouseTalk readers, Super Early Bird registration has been extended until Read More »
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