Sierra Club’s Geothermal Net-Zero Building — 4 Years Later
August 19, 2016 at 10:00 AM EDT
St. Petersburg, Fla., got its first net zero energy, fully self-sustaining commercial office building almost four years ago, in December 2012. Like so many other energy independent buildings, the path was fundamentally simple; reduce energy consumption as low as possible, make up the rest with solar PV power.