Zero-energy residence inventories grow in 2018: Report

by sadia_badhon | August 16, 2019 9:22 am

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The market for residential zero-energy buildings grew 59 per cent across Canada and the United States last year, according to a new report.

The Zero Energy Residential Buildings Study[2] released by Team Zero[3] documents 22,146 units that are either in design, construction, or operation. These include single and multifamily projects that are working to achieve zero energy or zero energy-ready performance.

This study, now in its fourth year, works to answer questions about the viability of zero-energy homes in different markets, climates, and political jurisdictions. Team Zero is a coalition of organizations, manufacturers, and others working to grow the market share of zero energy and zero energy-ready homes and commercial buildings.

Other findings of the study include:

• larger multifamily buildings are increasingly dominating the zero-energy housing stock;
• more projects are seeking zero-energy performance with integrated renewables;
• California is leading in the number of projects (6828) with New York in second place (3022);
• in Canada, there was a 240 per cent increase in the number of zero-energy units over 2017;
• multifamily projects now represent 71 percent of the total zero energy residential stock;
• in Canada, multifamily is even more dominant than in the United States, with 90 per cent of its zero-energy units in multifamily projects, versus 67 per cent in the United States; and
• future trends to watch that were spotlighted in Team Zero’s findings include community micro-grids, electrification, grid integration and harmonization, and zero carbon.

Source URL: https://www.constructioncanada.net/zero-energy-residence-inventories-grow-in-2018-report/

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