Fine Homebuilding just released a summary video of the 6 award winning projects profiled in the 2017 HOUSES issue. Click below to view!
2017 HOUSES Award Winners Video
Fine Homebuilding's 2017 Best Energy-Smart Home
ZED & Thoughtforms Won 2017 Best Energy-Smart Home award from Fine Homebuilding! Great article in 2017 FineHomebuilding HOUSES issue covers the project's design and net positive energy performance.
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USGBCMA Residential Green Building Committee Presentation
The USGBCMA Residential Green Building Committee (RGBC) hosted guest speaker Stephanie Horowitz AIA, Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design. Details of the net positive energy focused presentation are available in the RGBC blog post on the USGBCMA website.
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Nominated - please vote!
Stephanie Horowtiz of ZED is nominated for the Boston Mayor's Greenovate Awards!
(She's in the 'Buildings and Energy' category of course).
Support her nomination and help her win! Voting is open only until April 7!
PLEASE: VOTE
Free Passive House Book
A #FREE #PassiveHouse book of project case studies!
Just released, Passive House Buildings: New England Forges Ahead, is a collaboration between the Passive House groups from Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts to publish this collection of high performance, regional case studies.
The book includes ZeroEnergy Design's involvement with 8 separate project cases!
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Front page of Dwell
We're excited to see that ZED's Passive House Retreat made the front page of Dwell magazine's website today!
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Homify Feature Story
Building Energy Literacy via AIA 2030
Learn how the Architecture 2030 Commitment empowers #BuildingEnergyLiteracy.
Session at the 2107 #NESEA Building Energy Conference in #Boston with Stephanie Horowitz of ZeroEnergy Design and Andrea Love of Payette.
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Boston Common magazine SOURCE
Latest Boston Common magazine includes a new fabulous SOURCE section, that enables one to find an #Architect, #Builder, or any number of other services.....
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Green Home in Boston Home Magazine
The spring 2017 issue of Boston Home Magazine includes a features story about ZED's LEED Platinum certified Wellesley Green Home!
Read online, or pick up a copy at your local newsstand.
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LEED PLATINUM CERTIFIED
Congratulations to Thoughtforms for the LEED Platinum certification just formalized on the Lincoln Net Positive Farmhouse! Great job, great performance, and great project!
Tour opportunity coming this spring.
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ZED awarded Best of Houzz 2017 for Design!
Best of Houzz 2017 - Design
ZED has been awarded "Best of Houzz 2017" for Design by Houzz, a leading website for home design and architecture.
With a focus on green modern homes, ZeroEnergy Design was selected by the 40 million monthly Houzz users from among the thousands of home building, remodeling and design industry professionals listed on the website.
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Homeowners Attend Newton Net Zero Tour
The Newton Net Zero tour was a strong success! 50+ attendees joined ZeroEnergy Design (the architect) and Auburndale Builders (the contractor) for a presentation and tour of the property while under construction. Both firms are grateful for the promotional cooperation of Green Newton and Historic Newton, helping to share the opportunity and enable homeowners to view a new house with exceptional energy performance, healthy indoor air quality, and resilient design.
Stephanie Horowitz AIA, Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design, discusses the design process essential to achieving a net zero energy home.
Matthew Genaze, Project Manager & Designer at ZeroEnergy Design, discusses how to achieve an airtight enclosure.
Nick Falkoff, General Manager of Auburndale Builders, explains how his staff implemented the exterior rigid insulation, and when soon combined with cavity insulation, will achieve super-insulation for the home.
Ryan McCarthy, Project Manager at Auburndale Builders, describes the wall assembly using a mock-up.
A thermal image shows the warm attendees on the cold and stormy day.
Period Homes Cover Story
ZED's Lincoln Net Positive Farmhouse captures the cover of Period Homes!
Feature article includes a detailed interview with Jordan Goldman about how ZED's Energy Consulting & Mechanical Design practice empowers other architects to build high performance homes.
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Homify on modern architecture
Homify, an international design focused website, has released several recent articles on ZeroEnergy Design's modern architecture projects including the Brookline Modern Residence and the Orleans Modern Green Home.
READ: BROOKLINE MODERN RESIDENCE
READ: ORLEANS GREEN MODERN HOME
Net Zero Home Construction Tour
Please join us for a tour of a Newton net zero energy home under construction.
Go behind the scenes to learn about the design and construction of a green home that will produce as much energy annually as it consumes. ZeroEnergy Design, the architect, and Auburndale Builders, the contractor, will explain how the project achieves exceptional energy performance, healthy indoor air quality, superior thermal comfort, and long term durability. The event includes a tour of the building and systems while the walls are still open for viewing, plus a short explanatory presentation.
DATE: January 18, 2017, Wednesday at 12PM
LOCATION: Newton MA
(Street address provided approx a week before tour to confirmed attendees.)
DETAILS: Attendance is free. RSVP required!
Reserve your space by emailing info@zeroenergy.com with name & phone.
Passive House Accelerates
The largest Passive House conference in North America, the NAPHN16 Conference & Expo, included a conference program book: Passive House Accelerates which is available online.
The book provides an overview of the conference and the people, companies, and institutions making Passive House a reality today, including an interview with ZeroEnergy Design's Jordan Goldman.
READ: JORDAN GOLDMAN INTERVIEW
Celebrating Best Sustainable Architect
L to R: Adam Prince, Stephanie Horowitz AIA, and John Mucciarone of ZeroEnergy Design
Representative ZED team members were thrilled to celebrate the Best of Boston Home® 2017 award Best Sustainable Architect, Boston while at the Innovation & Design Building last night! Thanks to @BostonHomeMag & @BostonMagazine - We are grateful for the honor.
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Best of Boston Home - Sustainable Architect
ZeroEnergy Design was awarded Best of Boston Home® 2017 for Best Sustainable Architect- Boston!
The prestigious award signifies the very best within the home design industry, per Boston magazine. The Winter issue of Boston Home with the award is now available at newsstands.
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2016 Passive House Symposium Success!
2016 Passive House Symposium was a resounding success! Speakers, vendors, and attendees all gathered at District Hall in Boston for a full day of amazing content and knowledge sharing. Panels covered a variety of topics, including the legislative process, selling Passive homes, wall sections, and multifamily buildings.
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Below from left to right: Panelists Senator William Brownsberger, Emily Norton, Masschusetts Chapter Director of the Sierra Club, and Eugenia Gibbons, Clean Energy Program Director of the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance.
Below: Panel moderator Stephanie Horowitz, member of Passive House Massachusetts Board of Directors, and Managing Director of ZeroEnergy Design.
Below: Keynote speaker Ken Levinson, President of New York Passive House.
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