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Posted on January 17, 2010
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Can you live entirely off the grid? It’s possible with a house designed specifically for zero net energy use. Local architects Scott Specht and Louise Harpman are developing just that: ZeroHouse, a house designed to operate with no connections to external sources of power or water. [Link]

“The off-grid model has the most challenges, so that’s the test case we designed for,” Specht said. “We think that the value is in the complete self-sufficiency, the absolutely minimal environmental and site impact, and the fact that this would be a model for what can be done — a ‘first adapter’ demonstration of the ultimate in green living.”

The architects consider Austin the best place to bring the ZeroHouse into the residential real estate market, becauise “Austin is the center of the new green economy.”

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