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September 10, 2013 •
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The Power Haus produces all the energy it needs—and more. By:Claire Easley After Net Zero: The Negative Energy HomeThe Power Haus produces all the energy it needs—and more. Net-zero energy homes may be the hot new thing at the moment, but Josh Wynne...
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September 10, 2013 •
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Why Green Building is Important What is Green Building? Green building, or sustainable design, is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health...
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September 10, 2013 •
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Editor’s note: This is the second article in the five-part 360Value Green Building Article Series. The goal of the series is to inform insurance professionals about the growing green building trend and how it may affect insurers in the future. The 360Value...
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September 10, 2013 •
Green Building •
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It wasn’t easy to pull together state-by-state facts and figures about the strength of our growing green building marketplace. But we did it, thanks to the help and support of all 77 chapters.* We now have at our fingertips—state-by-state and...
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September 10, 2013 •
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We’ve seen plenty of impressive net zero houses in the past, from the motion-controlled CHIP House in California to the budget-priced Sosoljip in South Korea. But one issue that seems predominant in most energy-neutral homes is that they typically take...
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September 10, 2013 •
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Net-zero homes need clear labeling to attract homebuyers and an instruction manual for when they are sold, according to NIST. By Candace Pearson Though this looks like a typical suburban home, it is actually a net-zero test home in which robots simulate the...
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September 10, 2013 •
Innovative Homes, Smart Homes •
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By Chris Carbone and Kristin Nauth Two foresight specialists describe how tomorrow’s integrated, networked, and aware home systems may change your family life. In the last decade, a range of digital technologies and services have hit the market and moved...
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September 10, 2013 •
Smart Homes •
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You are ready and packed to leave on a holiday trip and for the first time, you agreed that your teenage son can stay home alone. The control freak in you is already making long lists of daily and weekly tasks and to-do’s to keep the pets and plants alive,...
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September 10, 2013 •
Green Building, Net Zero Homes, Smart Homes, Sustainable Homes •
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by Gene Wang The grid has gotten smarter over the last few years, but it has not captured the imagination of mainstream consumers. Why? It’s because most people can’t figure out how the smart grid improves their daily lives. For example, smart...
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September 10, 2013 •
Net Zero Homes, Smart Homes •
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Michael Brown @brownieshq Aug 1, 2013 9:00 AM print The problem with the proverbial Home of the Future is that it’s usually just that: A dreamy concept that we’ll all live in some day, but that’s just too expensive and, well, conceptual to be practical...
