The winners in this year’s Green Home of the Year Awards share numerous traits—sustainability-focused construction materials, limited negative impact on the local environment, the latest ENERGY STAR® appliances. But the one trait stressed in every winning home is energy resilience. Whether it’s to keep household bills low or ensure the lights stay on after a natural disaster, a green grid is the best grid.
Our expert panel of judges evaluated projects in terms of overall sustainability, resilience, synergy with the environment and surrounding neighborhood, affordability, creativity and the depth of science employed. Here are their choices for the six most exemplary and imaginative green homes.
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Industry stalwart Peter Pfeiffer’s four decades of building efficient, beautiful structures that are appropriate for their climates and locales has made an indelible mark on the industry.
Although much of the world is actually losing ground in terms of CO2 pollution and resource waste, some American cities are showing that a carbon neutral future can be achieved NOW.
This year’s outstanding products demonstrate how sustainability can be enhanced when cloud-based apps and real-world engineering smarts converge.
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