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No waste, no carbon, no wonder this net-zero home breaks the mold

AGreenLiving

When the Baboolals looked around their North Carolina community, they saw what many people see in their local areas: cookie-cutter houses that consume excess energy. First, the net-zero home needed to be well-insulated, air-tight and energy-efficient. The windows are also triple-glazed and protected with deep roof overhangs.

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

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They represent a wide array of actions and are presented in no particular order. The British hardware startup has designed an internet-of-things-connected smart socket that can "automatically identify and eliminate wasted energy" in buildings, through machine learning. What others would you suggest?