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CONSERVATION: ZERO NET ENERGY HOMES FOR LOW‐INCOME FAMILIES
Author(s) -
Perkins Anne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01233.x
Subject(s) - net energy , subdivision , zero energy building , work (physics) , net (polyhedron) , zero (linguistics) , net income , safety net , electricity , geography , business , natural resource economics , economics , energy conservation , political science , ecology , engineering , mathematics , archaeology , mechanical engineering , zoology , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , electrical engineering , finance , biology , law
The Wisdom Way Solar Village in Greenfield, Massachusetts is a zero net energy mixed‐income, mixed‐ability subdivision/condominium of 20 solar homes. It stands as an ethical response to climate change in that it demonstrates that homes in the northern United States can be built to use almost no fossil fuel for heat or electricity and to use very little water. It also demonstrates that small groups of people can learn to work together and to enjoy the benefits of living in a small community.