What technologies are engineering firms and building mechanical teams utilizing to achieve net-zero energy performance? A recent panel of engineering leaders met to answer this question and more ...

Zero energy buildings (ZEBs) eliminate the use of non-renewable energy sources by decreasing energy use and producing enough renewable energy to meet the annual energy use attributable to their ...

Net-zero homes manifest through an intricate combination of construction and building management tactics. Renewable energy ...

Basalt Town Council on Tuesday discussed the need for a more uniform net-zero energy building code across the Roaring Fork and Eagle River valleys, with the hopes of achieving net-zero construction by ...

What four essentials are key to the success of any net-zero energy building project? An analysis of several case studies in BD+C’s 2011 White Paper on Zero and Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes ...

The 700 solar panels on the new Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford (Mass.) Public Library generate enough electricity each year to power an electric car for 1 million miles. Photo: Paul Burk ...

A new study by Boulder, Colo.-based Navigant Research projects that public- and private-sector efforts to lower the carbon footprint of new and renovated commercial and residential structures will ...

Buildings are comparable to transportation in the amount of carbon added to the atmosphere, and the two categories far outweigh any other in terms of emissions. On Tuesday, the Avon Town Council took ...

Eagle County has set a lofty goal to combat climate change by achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions from 2014 levels by 2050. One major emitter of carbon emissions is buildings, which can be ...

Western Washington University is celebrating the completion of a trendsetting project at its campus in Bellingham. A dedication ceremony was held this month to inaugurate the new Kaiser Borsari Hall, ...

Zero-point energy sits at a strange crossroads between hard physics and science fiction, promising limitless power from the fabric of space itself. If it could be tapped in any practical way, it would ...