Energy future could rest on ‘green’ building blocks

Vali Homes was started with the consumer in mind and we are driven by their needs and desires.
Vali Homes was started with the consumer in mind and we are driven by their needs and desires.

By Kara G. Morrison | The Arizona Republic

One of Austin Trautman’s heroes is Joseph Eichler, a midcentury California developer who brought beautiful architecture to the masses.

Eichler, however, didn’t bear the burden of knowing how energy inefficient all those expansive glass walls, skylights and atriums could be.

Trautman, an environmentalist with a degree in kinesiology from Arizona State University, does.

He has spent the past three years researching the best way to build a net-zero energy home, east of downtown Phoenix, that produces all the power it consumes.

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