Introduction: Case for zero energy houses
Learning from the passive house movement
Diversity of framing practices
Attic and roofing systems
Insulation choices and strategies
Case study: Butterfly home in the city
Case study: Outside-in retrofit
Passive solar in the 1970s
Principles of passive solar design
Case study: PassivHaus retrofit
Case study: Bringing 1887 into the 21st century
Case study: Target zero house in Taos
From sunlight alone, clean electricity
Harnessing the power of the wind
Making hot water with the sun
Sizing a renewable energy system
Look at all the renewable energy options
Case study: Good life in Vermont
Case study: Next West house
Case study: High-end lakeside retrofit
Heating, Cooling, And Ventilation
Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling
Electric-resistance heat can work in a net zero house
Wood and other forms of biomass
Getting heat around the house
Ventilation for a healthy house
Case study: Solar jewel in Boulder
Case study: Reinventing the high rise
Case study: All-electric house: $1.16 a day
Living A Zero Energy Life
It's not just low energy bills
Gaining a new appreciation for energy
Mechanical systems are more complicated
Fighting the perceptions of high cost
Marketing the zero energy house
House that's also a classroom
Case study: Affordable housing meets zero energy
Appendix 1: Energy modeling software
Appendix 2: Air changes per hour : 50 pascals of pressure
