WHAT DO YOU procure WHEN YOU combin...

WHAT DO YOU procure WHEN YOU combine a super-tight, energy-efficient hearthstone with a large photovoltaic array and a solar burning water heater? You get a dwelling that produces more energy than it consumes--in theory at least.

BUILDER'S latest point out to home, the Ultimate Family domestic circle set to debut this January at the International Builders' exhibit to in Las Vegas, will be a zero-energy family circle That's the name the DOE has given to a strange series of demonstration homes that show at least half the vigor they need to operate. The 5,200-square-foot Ultimate Family dwelling built by Los Angeles-based Pardee