Dear EarthTalk: What is a “net-zero” home? Does it have to be new construction or can I retrofit an older home to be ...

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 ...

Zero Energy Homes and Maker Construction assembled panels for a Gorham home within a few hours. PHOTO / COURTESY ZERO ENERGY HOMES The company is also moving closer to its larger goal: to build a ...

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 specializes in ...

In Wyoming, net-zero and net-zero ready development is mostly limited tosingle-family homes. There’s a reason there aren’t very many of these communities. Building net-zero or net-zero ready homes at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From left, University of Illinois students Amrit Agarwal, Agnes Tamatekou, Mihika Shah and Christian Sechel talk outside BEACON Home, a net-zero house under construction in Rantoul. The Illinois Solar ...

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 ...