HeraldNet: Tired of paying energy bills?



RECENT POSTS:
• Green Drinks! July 22 • Green home kits July 18 • Lawn, schmlawn... July 16 • Ridiculous eco-invention alert! July 14 • Eco-confessional July 11

Archives:



LINKS:
Eat Local • Eat Wild • Get Fresh • Pacific Northwest Cheese Project • Puget Sound Fresh • Tilth Producers • Urban Hennery (Everett) Eco Friendly • EcoConsumer • Green Everett • Green Gardening Tips • Grist Recycling • 2good2toss • Freecycle • PC Recycle • Recycle with Karen (Everett) • Snohomish County Solid Waste

RELATED ARTICLES:
• Save a Buck: Simple changes save power July 24 • Nation, World Briefs: L.A. council votes to ban all plastic shopping bags July 24 • FYI July 24 • Utilities say power grid can handle rechargeable cars July 23 • 361 Stanwood area households advised to boil water July 22 • Air begins to clear in Beijing July 22 • EPA: Global warming to hit poor the hardest July 18 • Bush rescinds offshore oil ban; ball in Congress' court July 15 • Washington state may get Hawaii's next export: Tons of trash July 15 • EPA releases report on warming that White House had buried July 15


ADVERTISEMENT <script language=JavaScript src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/vj?z=heraldnet&ct=122081&dim=169231&abr=$scriptiniframe"></script><noscript><a href="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/cc?z=heraldnet"><img src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/169233/0/vc?z=heraldnet&ct=122081&dim=169231&abr=$imginiframe" width="160" height="600" border="0"></a></noscript>

Eco Geek

December 20, 2007

Tired of paying energy bills?

Posted at 2:57 pm by Sarah Jackson

Well, maybe someday, you won’t have to shell out nearly as much. Homes of the future will simply manufacture their own power.

That’s the dream behind the Zero Energy Idea House, a Bellevue project by Issaquah-based Shirey Contracting.

Scheduled to be completed this spring, the 1,700-square-foot home will "show how comfortable and stylish an energy-efficient house can be by generating its own solar and wind power, while minimizing energy needs through a vegetated green roof, structural insulated panel construction and other features."

Donna Shirey, president of Shirey Contracting and a longtime advocate for green building, hopes to inspire homeowners to move toward energy independence.

Located at Bass Cove just off of West Lake Sammamish Boulevard, the Zero Energy Idea House will blend cutting-edge green products and systems with inspiring and modern design elements.

Construction is slated to begin in February.

Interested parties can watch the progress and learn about new products here, where the project will be thoroughly documented during design and construction, including progressive photography, educational presentations, public outreach and tours for the public and building industry professionals.

Cool!

Return to Eco Geek

TODAY'S TOP JOBS

View All Top Jobs

>> view all top homes

>> view all homes

<script language=JavaScript src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/vj?z=heraldnet&dim=100749&abr=$scriptiniframe"></script><noscript><a href="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/cc?z=heraldnet"><img src="http://ads.heraldnet.com/servlet/ajrotator/105699/0/vc?z=heraldnet&dim=100749&abr=$imginiframe" width="728" height="90" border="0"></a></noscript>
\|Contact Us \|Advertiser Services \|Home Delivery \|Newsstand Locations \|Classifieds \|Feedback \|About the Company \|Work@the Herald \|Site Map	© 2008 The Daily Herald Co., Everett, WA.