We are honored to recently receive one of the most rigorous building certifications available. The Zero Energy Certification from the International Living Futures Institute’s Living Buildings Challenge is one of the few that uses actual building data to measure performance – and we had six years’ worth of data for
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The goal of our Net Zero Energy, Zero Carbon, Green Idea House was to reduce our energy load so we can affordably produce more renewable energy than we use.
Our utility bill for our second full year of operation proved that the Green Idea House did just that. The 100% electric
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Dear Friends and Partners of the Green Idea House,
As we start to turn our attention to new adventures, we would like to sincerely thank all of you for helping to make the impossible, possible. It has been an incredible 7 year odyssey designing, retrofitting and now living in the Green
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With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use. Edisoncurrently owe us $506.72 for the cumulative generation.
Do it because it makes sense (dollars and cents) – and all the
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With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use. It is easy to do and it makes sense (dollars and cents)…
Our total energy use in our old house since 2005 (including the conversion for natural gas usage) averaged 1,561 kwh/month. We are currently averaging about 200 kwh/month in total energy. The reduction in the total energy load is 87% (vs previous house) while adding 800sq.ft!
In addition, we are generating, on
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Net zero energy means harvesting as much energy as you use on an annualized basis. It is our key objective because there a lot of prescriptive standards our there, but most are not performance based. Net zero energy gives us a verifiable target that tells us how the building
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