Making a wooden solar insolation visualization
https://youtu.be/PvcvY4ToFaQ
https://www.makingdatatangible.com/solar/ – program to help you make your own
https://pysolar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ – a collection of Python libraries for simulating the irradiation of any point on earth by the sun
Editorial Comment: possibly a useful tool for those thinking about solar in relation to zero net energy
District heating in Sweden
https://www.ecowatch.com/sweden-renewable-energy-homes-2647776925.html
World’s largest PassivHaus-certified office building
https://handelarchitects.com/project/winthrop-center
https://inhabitat.com/this-will-be-the-worlds-largest-passive-house-certified-office-building/
Saudi Arabia to build a zero emissions city
https://www.dw.com/en/saudi-arabia-to-build-a-zero-emissions-city/a-56189240
Sustainable Housing Ownership Project, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
https://thundervalley.org/program-guide/sustainble-home-owenership-project
Gothenburg, Sweden is developing the world’s first large-scale zero-emissions city zone
https://news.cision.com/business-region-goteborg/r/gothenburg-green-city-zone-leads-the-way-towards-zero-emissions-transportation-in-the-near-future,c3266333
https://inhabitat.com/gothenburg-sweden-develops-worlds-first-zero-emissions-zone/
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/01/19/gothenburg-partners-with-volvo-to-create-a-climate-neutral-city/
https://www.greengothenburg.se
Ohlone College – 185,000-square-foot net zero energy development
https://inhabitat.com/new-ohlone-college-buildings-target-net-zero-energy-consumption/
https://www.cannondesign.com/our-work/work/ohlone-community-college-district-academic-core-buildings/
http://aba-arch.com/Portfolio/education/Ohlone-CORE
UK prefab low energy homes coming to scale? An estimated 30,000 in the pipeline
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/06/eco-homes-become-hot-property-in-uks-zero-carbon-paradigm-shift
Leeds Climate Innovation District
https://citu.co.uk
Deep Energy Retrofit for Triple Deckers
https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/03/12/triple-decker-deep-energy-retrofit
Oregon State University goes for net zero in new building
http://www.srgpartnership.com/work/edward-j-ray-hall
https://inhabitat.com/oregon-state-university-building-on-a-reclaimed-mine-targets-net-zero-energy/
ML King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School in Cambridge, MA achieves net zero emissions
https://www.arrowstreet.com/portfolio/king-open-cambridge-upper-street-schools-community-complex/
https://rawnarch.com/kingopen
Award-winning school and community complex achieves Net Zero Emissions
Net zero home development with 3D printed components
https://www.treehugger.com/community-3d-printed-net-zero-homes-california-5116947
Years of Zero Net Energy links at http://solarray.blogspot.com
Scotland is already beating us by having nearly 97% of their energy come from renewables. Particularly through harnessing the wind. It’s even become a flashpoint in their upcoming devolved parliamentary elections and a push for a second independence referendum. Eight years ago it was easier to argue that Scotland would be lost on its own without oil revenues, now it’s becoming a net exporter of alternative energy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-scotland-56530424
Somebody should tell Bill Gates about Scotland not running into difficulties by supplying over 80% of their energy from renewables without coal or nuclear. They might also want to talk to him about Costa Rica which does the same, primarily through hydroelectricity (and may still be on track to be a carbon-neutral nation by 2022, their goal the last I heard).