Case Studies

2012 EVHA GOLD The Painted Hills Park Ranger’s station may just be the most powerful home in America.  It not only powers itself, it also powers the entire unit of the Jahn Day Fossil Beds National Monument, including the Park Service vehicle and the Visitor’s Kiosk and Restrooms. Zep 2012 EVHA Mag

The owners of a U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home in Seattle, Washington, are so excited about their high-performance net zero energy home they have become “energy evangelists,” blogging about the design and construction process, organizing a series of community talks on sustainability, and hosting several local green home tours since construction started in 2011. […]

While homeowners ooh and ahh over the views from their new custom homes on Whidbey Island in Washington State’s scenic Puget Sound, builder Ted Clifton saves his admiration for the passive solar thermal mass floors, structural insulated panel (SIP) walls, and innovative ventilation designs that allow these homes to be heated and cooled for pennies […]

Custom home builder Ted Clifton’s reputation for quality construction has gotten him a lot of leads in and around Whidbey Island, Washington, but zero energy seals the deal. “Once home buyers realize that they can have a zero energy house for the same cost as a regular house, they don’t want to go anywhere else,” […]

Custom home builder Ted Clifton continues to innovate even though he’s already set a standard for himself so high that most builders would only dream of aspiring to it. View the Case Study (PDF)