Best Green Architect – 2011 Best of Boston

August 19, 2011

ZeroEnergy Design was named Best Green Architect in Boston Home magazine’s 2011 Best of Boston awards. The award is one of New England’s most recognized professional accolades and is produced by the publishers of Boston magazine with input from construction industry experts. More: Press Release

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ZED Passive House project written up on Brooklyn Ink

December 2, 2010

Check out a nice write-up and video of one of our Passive House consulting projects in Brooklyn Ink. Thanks to Lea for the great article.

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ZED’s Jordan Goldman discusses Passive House on National Public Radio.

November 30, 2010

ZED’s Engineering Principal, Jordan Goldman was interviewed on today’s edition of HERE & NOW, an National Public Radio (NPR) daily produced by radio station WBUR in Boston. Jordan discussed the Passive House building standard. More: Listen

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Arlington Foundation

November 29, 2010

Here’s a video overview of the Arlington foundation and the techniques we’re using to make the basement area livable. Arlington Foundation from ZeroEnergy Design on Vimeo.

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ZeroEnergy Design’s Vermont Passive House in NYTimes

September 25, 2010

Our Vermont Passive House was published today in the New York Times.  In “Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Green?”, Tom Zeller, Jr. follows the Landaus through their design and build process.  The article presents an overview of the challenges and rewards of pursuing a Passive House project as well as the critical [...]

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ZED Entry is Regional Finalist in USGBC competition

August 24, 2010

ZeroEnergy Design was recently named the regional winner of the US Green Building Council’s Natural Talent Competition! ZED partnered with FreeGreen on the Little Easy entry. The USGBC teamed up with The Salvation Army’s EnviRenew Initiative to host a design competition to benefit the Broadmoor neighborhood in New Orleans.  The competition challenged design teams to [...]

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Low-down on Deep Energy Retrofits

August 23, 2010

We recently began work on a Deep Energy Retrofit project with a client in Cohasett, MA. We’ll follow that project in the blog but I figured it was worth giving an overview of a Deep Energy retrofit first. For an existing building, a dramatic reduction (>50%) in energy use is only possible through a Deep [...]

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Passive House Alliances – Coming Soon to a Location Near You

July 20, 2010

One exciting Passive House development is the emergence of the National Passive House Alliance and local Passive House Alliances. The national PHA is a trade organization dedicated to promoting the Passive House standard. Each local PHA will be a city, state, or regional chapter of the national Passive House Alliance. Through public outreach, education, and [...]

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Making a commitment to 2030

July 20, 2010

ZeroEnergy Design has officially signed-up to the AIA 2030 Commitment, which holds firms accountable for the energy performance of the buildings they design. What is the 2030 Commitment? We see the commitment as two things.  First, it is an acknowledgment that the building sector is the single largest user of energy (40%), ahead of  transportation(28%) [...]

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Truro Residence featured in Ocean Home Magazine

July 14, 2010

We’re pleased to share that the Truro Residence is featured in the July/August Ocean Home Magazine!  And another cover to boot!  We’re thrilled to have this project listed included with several other splendid beach homes. Read the article here. See the online version of the magazine here.

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