America’s Oldest “Net Zero” House

America’s Oldest “Net Zero” House
Kelly and Matt Grocoff bought a 110-year-old Victorian home in Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Old West Side Historic District, and immediately set out to make it a “net zero” building, or one that  generates at least as much energy as it uses, and—by their definition—”creates zero waste and will be a restorative part of our community.” As it turned out, Kelly and Matt’s house earned a lot of superlatives …
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New Zealand tries to keep ‘The Hobbit’
The prime minister sought to keep filming of “The Hobbit” movies in New Zealand by holding a crisis meeting with studio executives Tuesday, but said the country would not be drawn into a bidding war.
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