New
York Times: The idea that net zero energy use is not only
attainable but also affordable and even elegant is meant to
inspire builders and architects of the future. The National
Renewable Energy Laboratory's new hyperefficient office
building in Golden, Colorado, serves as an example. The $64
million research support building opened last year as a kind of
physical assertion by the US Energy Department, the lab's
parent agency, that office space can be driven down to zero net
energy use through a combination of on-site energy production
(rooftop solar) and fanatical attention to detail everywhere
else, writes the
New York Times's Kirk Johnson.
