Building America Aims for Zero-Energy Homes

In 1996, Environmental Building News (EBN) looked at residential building science developments emerging from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) fledgling Building America program. Started in 1994, the program consisted of four research teams working with several private-sector builder partners to build and test houses in various climate regions, with the stated goal of demonstrating 50% energy savings at no added cost. Now, ten years and more than 30,000 houses later, the program has grown to include seven research teams, three national laboratories, and dozens of builder partners.
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