There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you ...

Mar. 16—Evan Kinsley has always liked the intimacy of building homes, creating something out of nothing designed uniquely for one person. Now, as president of Spiegel-Kinsley Construction, he ...

Zero Energy Homes, a startup that develops modular homes for the affordable housing market, teamed up with design-build firm Knickerbocker Group to manufacture modular units for a home in Trenton. The ...

Net-zero homes use natural energy sources and are designed to use less energy and, as such, are considered important in the ...

Buildings are comparable to transportation in the amount of carbon added to the atmosphere, and the two categories far outweigh any other in terms of emissions. On Tuesday, the Avon Town Council took ...

There has been a lot of talk about net-zero — or NZ — homes and buildings in the past few decades. In theory, a NZ building will generate as much energy from renewable energy resources as it consumes ...

HOPKINTON, R.I. (WPRI) — There’s a new housing development in Hopkinton made up of seven homes with net-zero energy ratings. South County Habitat for Humanity hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the ...

PORT ORCHARD -- Jake Carter stood outside a freshly built home in Harris Court, sunlight glinting off the 14 solar panels on its roof. The home is the 28th house Habitat for Humanity in Kitsap County ...

Greencore Homes plans to build 1,000 new net-zero homes a year using sustainable offsite methods, according to chief executive Jon Di-Stefano ...

HUDSON – Marking an innovative partnership that advances energy efficiency and sustainability, Eversource and Elkridge Construction LLC are commemorating the completion of the first net zero homes in ...

ASHEVILLE - Along Emma Road, arrays of solar panels dot a string of roofs that shine in an early afternoon sun. While the homes might seem to some as being ordinary and colorful, the new home ...