| ZeroEnergy Design Earns Cover Stories |
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ZeroEnergy Design's high performance beach house in Truro, Massachusetts is the cover story in the July/August 2009 issue of Design New England, the 2009 National Association of Real Estate Editors' Best Shelter Magazine "for people who love one-of-a-kind houses."
Similarly, ZeroEnergy Design's renovated traditional Craftsman style residence in Newton, Massachusetts was the cover story for the May/June 2009 issue of Newton Magazine, a respected local publication.
Read More: Newton Magazine
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| Moving Net Zero To The Mainstream |
 GE announced that by 2015 it is developing a turn-key product portfolio that will empower consumers to build - both new home builders and existing homeowners - to efficiently consume, manage and generate electricity to enable an overall net zero annual energy cost. In addition to GE's current portfolio of energy-efficient lighting and appliances products and demand response technology that GE is currently developing, GE plans to develop residential power generation products like solar PV and residential wind products, well positioning GE to make the net zero energy home a reality. |
| ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient Program |
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"The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) this week unveiled a flurry of new details about its building energy labeling program, including a prototype label design."
See below for the preliminary version of the label, sans details, which borrow's heavily from the United Kingdom's Display Energy Certificate.
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2009 CUSD House Offered For Sale |
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FOR SALE: 2009 Cornell University Solar Decathlon House
On Display at:
- New York State Fair, Syracuse,NY 8/27-9/9
- National Mall, Washington,DC 10/9-10/18
- High Voltage Lab, Ithaca, NY August and November
The 2009 Cornell University Solar Decathlon House is being presold by the team. A phenominal amount of effort and technology are being used in the construction of the house, and the end result can be yours for a fraction of its value.
Tour the House - Interested parties may tour the house at the New York State Fairgrounds from late August through late September, on the National Mall during the competition in October or at the High Voltage Lab in late October and early November.
Asking Price- $199,000
Learn More: CUSD House Brochure
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| Get the Facts! |
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"Because the Building Sector is key to addressing climate change, the success of the climate bill hinges on setting realistic targets for achieving dramatic energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions in the Building Sector. Set correctly, these targets can provide a reasonable and beneficial pace for change that will achieve the reductions necessary within the timeline called for by the scientific community."
Empower yourself with the facts from Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, established in response to the global-warming crisis.
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| Largest Solar Electric System on Cape Cod |
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Oyster Harbors Marine recently completed installation of the largest solar photovoltaic system on Cape Cod atop the marina's new 20,000 square foot addition. It is the unique result of four Massachusetts based companies collaborating on a renewable energy project including Oyster Harbors Marine owners Silvia & Silvia Builders of Osterville, installer Nexamp, Inc. of North Andover, and solar inverter manufacturer SolectriaRenewables of Lawrence.
The 57 kilowatt array, which consists of 276 solar panels, was installed by Nexamp early last month and will produce approximately 30 percent of the electricity needs for the marina, located on North Bay in Osterville, MA.
Ron Silvia, president of Oyster Harbors parent company Silvia and Silvia Custom Home Builders, said he is thrilled about the marina's green approach, while offering high praise for all the Massachusetts-based companies that helped create the array, including Nexamp.
Silvia and Silvia Custom Home Builders constructed ZeroEnergy Design's Truro Residence (featured in the Design New England cover story), and Nexamp installed the home's solar electric system.
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| ZED Engineer Serves as Judge |
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Jordan Goldman, Principal Engineer at ZeroEnergy Design, is serving as a distinguished judge for the 2010 Energy Value Housing Awards (EVHA).
The Energy Value Housing Awards honor companies that voluntarily incorporate energy efficiency into the design, construction and marketing of new homes. The judges' expertise spans the fields of engineering, construction, design, energy efficiency, research and consulting.
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