Net Zero Energy Homestead Homes

- Solar panels will help to decrease utility usage and cost for homeowners in Homestead CLTs Willowcrest Townhomes. The project is being marketed as zero net energy usage. (Credit: Homestead CLT)

In the fall of 2014, we completed our first custom Net-Zero Passive House for a client, and since then, we have built two more homes that incorporate many of these principles: one a custom home on the Branford, CT shoreline and the other, a zero net-energy plus homestead in North Guilford.

- Since we will be monitoring our electric usage and trying to get to net zero we should be more vigilant with turning things off when not in use. How efficient is the heating/insulation of our rental house? Based on Btu used per square foot per heating degree day (2017 HDD was 7343) the calculation is 52,500,000 Btu/2100 sq.ft./7343 = 3.43. That puts the house in the low end of energy use, a group that includes 12% of homes in this 1997 survey.

- They are regular grid-tied homes that are so air-tight, well insulated, and energy efficient that they produce as much renewable energy as they consume over the course of a year, leaving the occupants with a net zero energy bill, and a carbon-free ...

- The Solar Homestead is a net-zero home in Deltec's 'Renew Collection' of solar-powered homes. Deltec Homes teamed up with Appalachian State University to transform a former Solar Decathlon prefab home design into an attractive, flexible, and livable new net-zero home that's ready to hit the market.

- Matthew 25 is working to revitalize ... new Net Zero Homes are meticulously designed and being built to produce as much energy as they consume, significantly reducing carbon footprints and energy bills....

- Learn what makes a green home a Net Zero or Zero Energy Home. Building Performance Cooperative builds award-winning Net Zero Homes in Western CT and nearby NY