<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/883251c9-7373-48bd-894f-995b9776601a/5227EB61-A512-4583-B574-2283928428C5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/" href="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.lowimpactliving.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/">Zero Energy Home in San Francisco</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/"><P>Homes of the future will go beyond including green design elements, low VOC paints, and solar systems. Homes of the future will be carbon neutral, generate all their own power, some of their own food and have integrated systems to increase energy efficiency, reduce water consumption and minimize waste. Plans for the first <A target="_blank" href="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/07/13/living-zero-homes-tour-coming-near-you/">Zero Energy House</A> in San Francisco are underway, and this house will be a model of efficiency and green design to other homes in the area. Not only is the Zero Energy House by <A target="_blank" href="http://lsarc-sf.com/?p=projects&cat=2&id=33">LSarc</A> carbon neutral, but it includes a solar system on the roof and many integrated systems to make for one very sustainable house.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.lowimpactliving.com/img/2A3E4608-7730-43E0-8FD3-537711B6EBF8" alt="sf-zero-energy_siteplan" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/">The home itself is a new construction, but placed within a historical setting. The home will allude to the surrounding architecture, but will update to a more contemporary style with more open and functional space. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5227EB61-A512-4583-B574-2283928428C5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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