In The Press

Zero Energy Project founder Joe Emerson interviews zero energy home pioneer Ted Clifton. After decades as a high-performance home designer and builder, Ted shifted his focus to taking energy efficiency to its logical conclusion – positive energy homes that can also power electric vehicles. Read the interview here.

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 building plans that are Built Green® and incorporate Universal Design philosophies. SIP products and construction […]

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

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

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.

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

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 rigorous Federal standards. Now that the energy efficiency of this design has been proven on-site, […]

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, etc., was LESS THAN $100! The second year was about $149, due to more winter […]

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 State locations, contact amandaf@biaw.com. Our founder, Ted L. Clifton is now also certified to teach […]

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 of ten minutes per video. The video was narrated on the front porch of the […]