{"id":3689,"date":"2011-05-19T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2011-05-19T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T19:34:02","slug":"net-zero-for-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/net-zero-for-the-masses\/","title":{"rendered":"Net Zero for the Masses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Meritage announces the nation\u2019s first net-zero energy production homes.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Arizona-based Meritage Homes\u2014one of the top 10 home builders in the country\u2014has been integrating standard energy-efficient and sustainable elements into its homes for years, which has resulted in production homes that are 80% more efficient than existing homes.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the company has raised the bar on itself by rolling out the nation\u2019s first net-zero production home. While more than 100 true net-zero homes exist in the United States, they are custom homes. The implications of net- zero energy homes available at multiple price points and in different markets, is a huge step for the housing industry\u2014and the planet.<\/p>\n<p>We talked with Meritage\u2019s vice president of environmental affairs, C.R. Herro, to learn how the company achieved this ground-breaking goal and to get his take on what it will take for net-zero energy homes to gain traction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildermag.com\/News\/Headlines\/Net-Zero-for-the-Masses\" target=\"_blank\">Read the complete article and interview at Green Builder Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meritage announces the nation\u2019s first net-zero energy production homes. Arizona-based Meritage Homes\u2014one of the top 10 home builders in the country\u2014has been integrating standard energy-efficient and sustainable elements into its homes for years, which has resulted in production homes that are 80% more efficient than existing homes. Now, the company has raised the bar on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/net-zero-for-the-masses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Net Zero for the Masses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3691,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions\/3691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}