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• Kansas Project Relies on Solar and Geothermal Energy for Nearly Net Zero Living

  Modern LEED-Platinum home is sealed tight but open to fresh air and sunshine.

• Net Zero at Scale

  Architect Tom Hootman wants to take net-zero energy to the next level.

• Net-Zero-Energy Residential Test Facility Unveiled

  The LEED-Platinum home on the NIST campus will serve as a testing laboratory for energy-efficient technologies.

• 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: Music and Science Building

  The latest addition to Hood River Middle School in Hood River, Ore., designed by Opsis Architecture integrates permaculture education into a National Historic Landmark site.

• 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: University of California, Merced Long-Range Development Plan

  UC Merced’s plan for its 815-acre site require a minimum of LEED Gold certification for all structures and aims to make the campus the first net-zero-energy, zero-waste, and net-zero-emission campus in America by 2020.

• 2012 COTE Top Ten Green Project Firm: Hennebery Eddy Architects

  While Hennebery Eddy Architects embrace innovation, they focus on practical design and sustainable solutions that work for their clients.

• 2012 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: Portland Community College Newberg Center

  Newberg Center at Portland Community College, designed by Hennebery Eddy Architects, is designed to be the first net-zero-energy higher-education building in Oregon.

• Your Future, Hanging in the Balance

  The political lever for positive change is a literal one.

• EHDA Grand Award: VOLKsHouse

  This Santa Fe, N.M., house shows how production housing and net-zero energy can go hand in hand.

• Nearly Net Zero

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