Why?

Why a Zero Emission Household?

20% of emissions in the U.S. are from residential energy use

But carbon emissions caused by household consumption is over 70% of the total (worldwide).  This includes direct and embedded emissions. Direct emissions are emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by a household. Embedded or indirect emissions are a consequence of the activities of the household, but occur at sources owned or controlled elsewhere.

Most agree that government policy, at federal and state level, is the most important tool for shifting away from fossil fuels, and that the challenge can’t be left up to individual actions. But we believe that households play a vital role too..

There are 130 million households in the U.S. of all types and sizes – single family homes, townhomes, condos, apartments, etc.

A zero emission house has been a difficult and rare designation, but in the future we actually need all homes to be emission-free.

Why by 2030?

The latest UN IPCC report highlights the need for dramatic progress by 2030. It states that limiting global warming to 1.5C means decreasing global carbon pollution by almost half by 2030.  More specifically, 48 percent from 2019 levels by 2030, reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and thereafter achieving net-negative carbon emissions.
>> More about net-zero from the UN..

“It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F)”
Jim Skea, Co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Why a Hub?

Currently net-zero homeowner stories are sprinkled all over the Internet as articles and on various web sites and not centralized or consolidated for easy access.