"Zero Energy"

Zero Energy / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Windows and doors

Suspended-film insulating glass windows - A definitive guide for these high-performance windows

...zero energy home, for example, the proper choice of south-facing windows can more heat in the day than they will lose at night, by a factor of as much as 50%, so look for a high SHGC with the highest possible R-value, or its opposite, the lowest possible U value. There is never any solar heat gain on the north facade,...

Architecture and plan design

Prefab Homes for Sale - Beautiful & Sustainable - Available Now

...energy bill. Add a solar heated floor, or specify Zero Energy Ready and add Solar PV to the south facing side of the roof, and this home is able to generate zero energy bills, and actually EARN the owners some money back in the future! Every location is different, so our initial calculations for New York state indicate...

Planning and Design

Zero Carbon Homes - The S1600 Prefab Eco Home gets affordably Close

...energy and operating energy with the S1600, which showed embodied energy as a small fraction of the total footprint, and compared that to the embodied energy in homes built to code, was about half, as seen in the chart below. Percentage of embodied energy compared to total lifespan operational energy required of th...