In The Press

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 ’70, that currently use up to 300% of the energy of todays homes. The end […]

Bellingham, WA custom home builder TC Legend Homes is now offering their customers the full line of Zero-EnergyPlans.com home plans. They feel that this is the most comprehensive way to assure that they are offering their customers the latest and best in energy efficient homes. For more information on TC Legend Homes, go to www.tclegendhomes.com. […]

You will notice a new pull-down menu on the Home Page tool bar titled More Plans. Over the last couple of years, we have built relationships with several other designers of Energy Efficient Homes. One such Designer is Jim Chauncy of Sunterra Home Design in Bend, Oregon. We proudly offer you the link to his […]

On July 9th, 2013, our ZEP page-view counter registered over 450,000 individual plan page views by visitors to our Zero-EnergyPlans.com web site. We thank you for your support!

Our Founder and CEO, Ted L. Clifton, has been recognized as a Master Certified Green Professional by the National Association of Home Builders. He teaches classes on Green Building and Energy Efficiency. His 2013 class schedule is below: Green Building for Building Professionals Class Schedule: (all classes run from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM both […]

In July 2012, our chief designer, Ted L. Clifton was named to the Green Building Designations Board of Trustees of the National Association of Home Builders. This appointment recognizes Ted’s knowledge and commitment to Green Building techniques and methods, both in New Construction and in Remodels.

Zero-Energy Plans LLC and TC Legend Homes teamed up to win the coveted 2012 National Green Building Award for Concept & Research. The MB-2 plan, designed by Zero-Energy Plans LLC and constructed by TC Legend Homes in Ballard, WA was selected by a panel of judges as the top entry in the Concept & Reserch […]

Our construction company, CVH Inc. and our design company, Zero-Energy Plans were each presented an EVHA award at the 2012 Awards ceremony on February 8th, 2012 in Orlando, FL. Our P-1 plan is the CVH Inc. winner, earning a Silver level award, the RC-3 Positive NRG™ Home earned a Gold level award for Zero-Energy Plans […]

Clifton View Homes received a Gold Award in the Custom home category, and another Gold Award in the newly created Existing Homes category, as well as receiving the over-all Remodeler of the Year Award at the 2011 Energy Value Housing Award ceremony in Orlando, Florida on January 11th. This is the first time one builder […]

Seventeen of the nation’s most energy-conscious builders and remodelers will be honored with the EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA) — which recognize builders and remodelers who successfully integrate energy efficiency into all aspects of home building and remodeling — at the 2012 NAHB International Builders’ Show in February. The awards are given each year by the […]