The New Home on the Block That Uses 90% Less Energy
By Ariel Meadow Stallings / Photos by José Mandojana –
A Seattle engineer builds an energy-efficient house with an assist from a prototype smart-home system.
It sounds like a punch line: Welcome to Seattle, where even the houses are smart and passive. In a city known for its progressive politics, it’s no surprise that a Seattleite would build a hyper-efficient Passive House–certified structure with a prototype operating system to connect all its home automation features.
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