Mar. 16—Evan Kinsley has always liked the intimacy of building homes, creating something out of nothing designed uniquely for one person. Now, as president of Spiegel-Kinsley Construction, he ...

There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was designed to be the home of the future — steadfast against extreme weather and reliant only on the sun for power. But first, ...

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 ...

PORT ORCHARD -- Jake Carter stood outside a freshly built home in Harris Court, sunlight glinting off the 14 solar panels on its roof. The home is the 28th house Habitat for Humanity in Kitsap County ...

There has been a lot of talk about net-zero — or NZ — homes and buildings in the past few decades. In theory, a NZ building will generate as much energy from renewable energy resources as it consumes ...

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HUDSON – Marking an innovative partnership that advances energy efficiency and sustainability, Eversource and Elkridge Construction LLC are commemorating the completion of the first net zero homes in ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In a landmark move, Boston has become the first city in the ...