zHomes Use Zero Net Energy in Issaquah

zHome is a contemporary, new, townhome development in Issaquah, Washington.  The homes go on sale this month and have received national attention, such as in the video embedded below with the Wall Street Journal .  Homes in this community will use zero net energy — after considering all energy used and produced during a year — and zHome may just be the first townhome project in the country to achieve such a feat. In order to achieve zero net energy, the project team first sought ways to reduce total energy demand and ended up cutting annual energy use from about 14,000 kWh per year to about 5,000 kWh per year.  Next, the remaining 5,000 kWh is offset with solar PV mounted on the roof

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zHomes Use Zero Net Energy in Issaquah