In the state of New York, Lloyd Hamilton has been promoting net- zero energy homes (NZE) to fellow Empire State residents since 2002. As the owner of consulting firm Verdae, LLC, located in Rhinebeck, New York, Hamilton soon convinced builder Anthony Aebi, president of Greenhill Contracting Inc., in nearby Esopus, to become a believer—and they have been making history ever since. Aebi built the first net-zero home to achieve a HERS index of 0, built the first development in the U.S. where every home is designed to be NZE, and has now built The Preserve, another NZE development with houses that are at mainstream market rates. “When I first started working with Anthony in 2007, I was thrilled to A PUBLICATION OF WATERFURNACE INTERNATIONAL The Preserve at Vista Mountains off

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