The high costs of building a net-zero home is often recouped through energy savings and tax credits. Architects, developers, and consumers told Insider they want to reduce dependency on fossil fuels.

The foundation has been laid and the walls are going up for the very first home in Habitat Green Freedom, part of a ...

The role of renewable energy systems in these homes cannot be overstated. Given Shropshire’s average of 1,500 sunshine hours annually, solar panels form a cornerstone of most net-zero strategies.

Mathew Tuttelman is building a net-zero home, a structure that produces the same amount of energy it consumes. Here’s how he’s almost reached his goal.

In my case, I’m building a new, factory built net zero home with a lot of solar panels, which has been in the planning stages for a while now, but is scheduled to start construction very soon.

West of Ann Arbor, 143 acres of land were set to be developed into 300 homes. Instead, the property is home to 140 acres of ...

Spiegel-Kinsley is building custom, net-zero homes. ... Technically, you can make any home a net-zero home, even if it was built in the 1800s, by adding a lot of solar panels.

The report estimates that the state’s new “net zero” residential building code updates are likely to increase the cost of home construction by roughly 1.8% to 3.8% — adding about $10,000 ...

Pulaski County High School students are building the first net-zero home, which is designed to produce as much energy as it consumes within a year, resulting in net zero energy consumption ...

The Maine getaway would be a modern, net-zero home whose architecture reflects the way it is built. Energy-wise, Roberts points to the “skin” as the project’s innovative aspect.

A net zero home from Architectural Resource and Adaptive Building Solution, available for tour during the Parade of Houses I Photo Courtesy of BRAG Ann Arbor. By .