Zero-Energy Retreat
May 10, 2019
3 minutes
By Eric Thomas
Imagine a home that produces more energy from the sun than it uses. Now, envision building that home and turning it into a vacation retreat with a stunning view of snow-capped mountains — a place that won’t drain your checkbook, but will instead earn you thousands of dollars a month.
A few years ago, my wife, Alex, and I started dreaming about just these things. We had already achieved a piece of that dream — we’ve lived in a net-zero solarpowered house since 2011, when we built Seattle’s first zero-energy home
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