Canadian home builders gathered in Ottawa to celebrate their involvement in the country’s largest net-zero energy housing demonstration project.

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a refined definition for the meaning of a net zero energy building to create more consistency in the market.

A net zero energy home in Guelph, Ontario, the first of 25 to be completed as part of a national project, aims to position NZE in the mainstream public.

Construction Voyer has begun building six net zero condominiums in Laval, Quebec.

While green benchmarks such as LEED are provable targets, net-zero buildings have yet to gain momentum in the industry, mainly due to their perceived cost.