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Zero-Net Energy Housing and Devens, Mass.

Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Cliff Cort, Triumph Modular in Industry Insights, Permanent Modular

We spend a lot of time talking and thinking about zero-net energy construction. Living and working off the grid, so to speak, is the ultimate sustainable practice. In California, the goal is to make zero-net the standard for all new housing by 2020 and all new commercial buildings by 2030. Triumph Modular is currently involved in a number of zero-net energy partnerships and projects for which we have high hopes.

And then there is this exciting and ambitious initiative in Devens – a successful development on the site of the former Ft. Devens U.S. Army base. Doing zero-net housing anywhere is a challenge. Doing it in the Northeast – where real serious winters demand real serious energy consumption – will present some very unique obstacles.

But according to Mass Development, which has overseen the redevelopment of Devens, no fewer than four teams of engineers, architects and other partners are confident they are up to the challenge.

Tags: devens ma, mass development, sustainable, zero-net energy