What would a truly green community, designed from the ground up, look like? It is something that many urbanists and architects have dreamed about and a few have tried. Now Matt Grocoff and the THRIVE Collaborative are having a shot at it with the Veridian at County Farm in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
WMUK-NPR: The "Net Zero" Home of the Future
Matt Grocoff of Ann Arbor promotes the practice of building or converting homes so that they generate as much energy as they use, something he says does more than lower utility bills.
"We're going to have to see a lot more 'net-zero' buildings going forward in the future if we're going to manage the quickly changing energy fields and climate change."