• A federal test house is ready to begin a project to see if a LEED-platinium home can be a net-zero place to live.
• As Construction Dive reported earlier this year, the house will use computer controls of lights, heat and other energy-demand activities to simulate what a family of four would do if they lived there.
• The National Institute of Standards and Technology will be running a year-long test at the site in Maryland.

From the article:

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year. ...