In The Press

• Who is Ted Clifton?

  via SIPA Not only did Ted Clifton and CVH Inc. design/build the overall winner of SIPA’s 2017 Building Excellence Awards, he has been a designer/builder for over 45 years. The company he founded, Zero Energy Home Plans, focuses on promoting …

• Positive NRG™ 931-2 Time-lapse Video

  Take a look at this time-lapse video of one of our customer’s homes being built from the Positive NRG™ 931-2 plan.

• Net Zero Energy Rental Home Is Seattle’s First Ever

  SEATTLE — This weekend’s Northwest Green Home Tour will feature Seattle’s first “net zero” rental home.

• Housing Innovation Awards announced during 2015 EEBA Conference: Winners include SIP home builders

  Since 2013, The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Housing Innovation Awards has recognized the very best in innovation on the path to zero energy ready homes.

• Green Builder (JANUARY 2010)

  The NAHB Research Center honors builders who incorporate energy efficiency in new homes through its EVHA program. (Download the PDF)

• National Park Service chooses Zero-EnergyPlans.com Plan for Employee Housing

  Zero-Energy Plans LLC. has recently completed construction supervision for the US Park Service’s new Ranger Residence for seasonal employees at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Eastern Oregon. This new net-zero-energy home is also fully accessible, to meet …

• Energy Bills less than $150 PER YEAR, for two years in a row!

  We received word from the owners of the prototype of the S-1 plan that their first full year of complete energy bills, including the 1977 sf house, the detached garage with 360 sf apartment above, including all appliances, heating, cooking, …

• NAHB Green Building for Building Professionals teaching schedule open

  Our NAHB Green Building for Building Professionals teaching schedule is now shown at the bottom of this page. For more information or to sign up for the class, contact your local Home Builders Association, or for any of the Washington …

• Two ZEP homes featured in Built Green® Washington Video

  A new instructional video titled “Built Green 101” has been posted on YouTube by Built Green® Washington. The video is about thirty minutes long all together, which requires it to be posted in several segments, due to the YouTube restrictions …

• National Association of Home Builders Green Building Conference

  Our Chief Designer, Ted L. Clifton presented a seminar on the High Performance Energy Remodel at each of the last two years National Green Building Conferences. Ted described techniques he has used to upgrade typical homes of the ’60s or …