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                  - NIST home puts energy back into the grid ,  Science , 7/14/14
                  - Polar Vortex - Summer Edition , Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog), 7/12/14
                  - NIST Net Zero Energy House is in fact net positive. It is still a robotic green dinosaur. , Treehugger, 7/10/14
                  - Net-zero energy test home ends year-long study with surplus energy , gizmag, 7/10/14
                  - Zero-energy house of the future could be lurking in your neighborhood , Grist, 7/9/14
                  - NIST Net-Zero Energy Test House Blows Past Goals In One-Year Trial , Clean Technica, 7/7/14
                  - Net zero energy house earns credit for surplus energy , Fierce Energy, 7/3/14
                  - Countdown to net zero , R & D Magazine, 6/3/14
                  - NIST Test House Counts Down to Net Zero , EcoBuilding, 6/2/14
                  - Real Estate Weekly , Daily Record, 3/21/14
                  - Experimental House on Track for Net-Zero Operation , Green Building Advisor, 3/19/14
                  - A House and A Laboratory: NIST's New Home Tests Energy Efficient Technology, Building Washington , Summer 2013 (PDF)
                  - House Envy: Forget keeping up with the Joneses. The 21st century will be all about keeping up with the Nisters , American Way, 05/15/13
                  - Federal Drive Interview: Hunter Fanney , Federal News Radio, 12/12/12
                  - Net-Zero Home Could Eliminate Energy Bills , InsideScience TV, YouTube Video, 11/29/12
                  - NIST's Net-Zero Test House Is Inhabited by a Virtual Family , Al Bredenberg, inhabitat, 09/18/12
                  - U.S. net-zero lab: all the comforts of home, except people , Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, 09/17/12
                  - NIST holds open house for energy-conserving experiment , Sylvia Carignan, Gazette.Net, 09/17/12
                  - Test facility set to demonstrate net-zero energy usage , The Engineer, 09/17/12
                  - Lab, sweet lab: NIST Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility opens , Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network, 09/17/12
                  - Sustainable structures and shale gas , Jason Ford, The Engineer, 09/17/12
                  - New Test House to Generate More Energy than It Uses , Joshua S. Hill, CleanTechnica, 09/17/12
                  - Style and comfort - It must be an energy saving house , Mike M. Ahlers, CNN, 09/16/12
                  - NIST "Net Zero" Could Revolutionize Home Construction, If We Let it , Tina Casey, TriplePundit, 09/16/12
                  - Computerised house to generate as much energy as it uses , Health24, 09/14/12
                  - Now, an energy-sufficient computerised house , Business Standard, 09/14/12
                  - Suburban house to demonstrate net-zero energy usage , Darren Quick, gizmag, 09/14/12
                  - Zero-Energy Residential Test Facility Unveiled , Occupational Health & Safety, 09/14/12
                  - Net-Zero Test House Generates Its Own Power , redOrbit, 09/14/12
                  - Net-Zero Energy Home Could Make Utility Bills a Thing of the Past , Meg Handley, U.S. News & World Report, 09/13/12
                  - 'Net Zero' house provides all its own power , KPLCtv, 09/13/12
                  - Home uses less energy than it produces , CNN, 09/13/12
                  - Home sweet lab: Computerized house to generate as much energy as it uses , Science Codex, 09/13/12
                  - Net-Zero Energy Computerized House Generates as Much Energy as It Uses , Scientific Computing
                  - Golden Goose awards , Ed Zuckerman, Talk Radio News Service, 09/13/12
                  - Smart House Produces as Much Energy as it Uses , Laboratory Equipment, 09/13/12
                  - NIST's New Net-Zero Energy Home could eliminate heating, electric bills , ABC 7, 09/12/12
                  - Green Net Zero House , Voice of America YouTube Video, 07/23/12
                  - NIST unveils Net Zero Energy home , Greta Kreuz, ABC 7, 03/25/11
                  - 'Net zero' house to be built in Maryland should produce as much energy as it uses , Sandra Fleishman, The Washington Post, 03/14/11

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