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Zeta is a Massive Step in the Right Direction
Sometimes the speed at which things change can be nothing short of amazing. Slowly, over the past couple of years industrialized nations have really begun to take a serious look at how we build our homes. A movement away from McMansions and towards smaller homes and tiny homes has begun in earnest. More and more large corporations and developers are beginning to see that the wind of change is in the air and are moving towards green construction and more energy efficient homes in particular. ZETA is one company that is building large numbers of homes that are designed to be net zero energy. This would have been virtually unheard of ten years ago, but today Zeta is quickly expanding their operations.
ZETA designs its communities to be “zero energy structures.” By this statement, ZETA means quite simply that a ZETA home actually produces as much energy as it uses over the course of a year. Again, this would have been considered blasphemy of the highest order only ten years ago, but today it is really change in the building community and it’s beginning to take root. ZETA’s vision for its communities is that they minimize their consumption of resources; produced far less waste and CO2 emissions and they do this without dramatically increasing overall home cost. Further good news is that they are accomplishing all of this with sustainable building materials.
Another eco-friendly aspiration of ZETA is that they are designing homes that are from the ground up intended to be more efficient. The core concept calls for actually building time to be slashed when compared to more commonly used building methods. Their concept also calls for less waste of material and lower labor and construction cost.
There is one additional fact about this San Francisco based company that will truly surprise most people. A ZETA home is designed to actually use less energy than a LEED Certified Home. The brainchild of Naomi Porat and Marc Porat, ZETA is leading the way in changing how we build large-scale home communities. Naomi Porat holds a MBA from Yale University and a Masters in City and REgional Planning from UC Berkeley. Dr. Marc Porat holds a double Masters from Columbia University and a Ph.D from Stanford University. Additionally Dr. Porat was a member of Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group. Together they are spearheading ZETA’s impressive efforts to change the face of housing.
Sometimes the speed at which things change can be nothing short of amazing. Slowly, over the past couple of years industrialized nations have really begun to take a serious look at how we build our homes. A movement away from McMansions and towards smaller homes and tiny homes has begun in earnest. More and more large corporations and developers are beginning to see that the wind of change is in the air and are moving towards green construction and more energy efficient homes in particular. ZETA is one company that is building large numbers of homes that are designed to be net zero energy. This would have been virtually unheard of ten years ago, but today Zeta is quickly expanding their operations.
ZETA designs its communities to be “zero energy structures.” By this statement, ZETA means quite simply that a ZETA home actually produces as much energy as it uses over the course of a year. Again, this would have been considered blasphemy of the highest order only ten years ago, but today it is really change in the building community and it’s beginning to take root. ZETA’s vision for its communities is that they minimize their consumption of resources; produced far less waste and CO2 emissions and they do this without dramatically increasing overall home cost. Further good news is that they are accomplishing all of this with sustainable building materials.
Another eco-friendly aspiration of ZETA is that they are designing homes that are from the ground up intended to be more efficient. The core concept calls for actually building time to be slashed when compared to more commonly used building methods. Their concept also calls for less waste of material and lower labor and construction cost.
There is one additional fact about this San Francisco based company that will truly surprise most people. A ZETA home is designed to actually use less energy than a LEED Certified Home. The brainchild of Naomi Porat and Marc Porat, ZETA is leading the way in changing how we build large-scale home communities. Naomi Porat holds a MBA from Yale University and a Masters in City and REgional Planning from UC Berkeley. Dr. Marc Porat holds a double Masters from Columbia University and a Ph.D from Stanford University. Additionally Dr. Porat was a member of Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group. Together they are spearheading ZETA’s impressive efforts to change the face of housing.
