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Topic: Net Zero Buildings
The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) is a unique laboratory at the National Institute of Standards (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md. A net-zero energy home produces at least as much energy as it consumes over the course of a year.
Both a laboratory and a house, the two-story, four bedrooms, three-bath NZERTF would blend in nicely in a new suburban subdivision. It was designed and built to be approximately 60 percent more energy efficient than homes built to meet the requirements of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code.
I've discussed Net Zero Buildings in a previous post. But...if you knew there was an engineering solution that could benefit the middle class; more about such homes existing, you might demand it, and affect the "free market," currently deciding the price of fuel at the pump; groceries (grocers paying the shippers by raising our food costs); clothing, plastic, consumer products (ditto reasons) and generally dealing in parts of the world that clearly don't want us in their back yards. You're not supposed to know it exists, so shh!
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