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Boulder, Colorado: Solar Village Homes develops & sets scene for mass production of systems built zero energy and high performance homes! The Solar Village Zero is the first of a line of homes ranging in size from 1,100 to 2,457 square feet. Designed for super efficiency in any climate and sold at a very reasonable price tag, these homes are bound for popularity. Solar Village Homes Website. The Zero flyer. Energy Design Update.

California: The 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report by the California Energy Commission recently released recommends groundbreaking that current energy policy be amended to mandate that all California homes achieve zero-energy performance by 2020, and all commercial buildings zero energy by 2030. The commission does not need legislation to put this plan into affect, and steps are already being taken. BuildingGreen.Com Article.

Austin, Texas: On October 18, 2007 Austin City Council adopted the first of a series of code amendments leading to a net-zero energy city by 2015. City press release.

Portland, Oregon: 1900 square-foot zero-energy demonstration home built by the Oregon Renewable Energy Center to identify critical systems and components involved in building net-zero energy in the northwest. OREC Rose House Homepage

Tuscon, Arizona: 1685 square-foot zero-energy demonstration home completed in 2004 in partnership with the NAHB Research Center. Toolbase article.

Sacramento, California: 95-home zero-energy community called "Premier Gardens". Newsweek article.

Wheat Ridge, Colorado: NREL's Habitat for Humanity ZEH. Interactive Graphic. Paul Norton's Solar 2006 Powerpoint. Building America site. Building America publication (pdf). NREL Press Release. "Climate-optimized design" presentation at Solar 2006 (powerpoint). Interactive Graphic. Perfecting Climate-Suited Design (pdf).

Lakeland, Florida: Florida Solar Energy Center's Zero Energy Homes project. FSEC site. Lakeland home site. New Smyrna Beach site.

Westbrook, Georgia: Solar EarthCraft Zero Energy Home: Building techniques for hot-humid climates. Homepage.

Cherry Lane, Idaho: ZEH for Tribal Lands project: Manfuactured [pre-fabricated] Zero Energy Housing. Bonneville Power Press Release.

Chicago, Illinois: 25-unit affordable housing development in South Chicago: under construction by Clareton Associates with half of the homes equipped with PV arrays as a step toward zero energy housing developments. DOE EERE Press Release.

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Zero Energy Homes for Chicago "EcoPower" Project: designed to utilize RECs as a mechanism for making low-income housing more affordable by employing them as residential solar generation stations. Original proposal was for 100 solar homes to be built in Chicago's west side. 7 currently under construction.

Las Vegas, Nevada: The 2004 "Ultimate Family Home" by Pardee Homes, NREL, DOE and ConSol. Homepage. Greenbiz article. Pardee Homes' site. DoItYourself.com article.

Norman, Oklahoma: 2006: The first ZEH under $200,000. Housingzone.com article. Treehugger.com article. ZDNet article.

Lenoir City, Tennessee: A Habitat for Humanity ZEH built in the jurisditction of TVA: the oldest & largest public electric utility in the USA - infamous for being one of the top polluters in the nation, deriving more than 60% of its power from coal-fired plants (most of them dinosaurs) and the remainder largely from nuclear. GreenBiz article 1. GreenBiz article 2.

Dallas, Texas: Website of the first northern-Texas ZEH with virtual tour photos and press releases. Homepage.

Edmonton, Canada: The Riverdale ZEH Project. Homepage.

Ottowa, Canada: Canada allocates $1million to fund their first zero-energy community. Greenbiz article.

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