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Zero Net Energy - March 5, 2024

by gmoke Wed Mar 6th, 2024 at 01:21:22 AM EST

World's biggest "passive house" office building
http://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/boston-skyscraper-named-worlds-biggest-pas sive-house-office
http://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/12/winthrop-center-named-worlds-largest-passive-house-office-buildi ng/

DOE's "Affordable Home Energy Shot" and other housing emissions reductions initiatives of the Biden administration
http://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/21/fossil-free-100-affordable-housing-can-mean-residents-have-no-ut ility-bills/

Cement and carbon black as a supercapacitor and a building material
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a44716956/scientists-make-supercapacitor-out-of-c ement/
hat tip Andrew Tobias


"Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology"
http://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/half-europes-family-homes-could-be-energy-self-sufficient-solar- and-storage-report
Report (in German):  http://www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2023_088_energiewende-energieautark-im-einfamilienhaus.php

Flood resistant homes from bamboo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2023/flood-resistant-home-bamboo/
Use http://archive.ph/14gDa to get past the paywall
Editorial Comment:  this is not necessarily net zero energy building but could be and could also be adapted to the rest of the world, urban and rural

All electric sustainable skyscraper in Brooklyn
http://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/24/a-sustainable-skyscraper-grows-in-brooklyn-thanks-to-alloy/

Geos net zero energy community in Colorado
http://www.canarymedia.com/articles/carbon-free-buildings/this-colorado-community-is-already-living- in-the-all-electric-future
hat tip to Jennifer Hill
Jennifer Hill also pointed me to
Kaupuni Village in Hawaii
http://g70.design/project/kaupuni-village/
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy12osti/53401.pdf
Living Zenith in Utah
http://livingzenith.com/
Red Fox Crossing in Wisconsin
http://www.probuilder.com/wisconsins-first-net-zero-community
Hillside East in Vermont
http://hillsidevt.com/energy-resiliency/

Building passively cooled schools in Burkina Faso
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/29/we-dont-need-air-con-how-burkina-faso-builds-scho ols-that-stay-cool-in-40c-heat

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More zero net energy building?
. yes 100%
. no 0%
. not yes 0%
. not no 0%
. neither yes nor no 0%
. both yes and no 0%
. don't understand the question? 0%
. none of the above 0%

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