Santa Monica civic building will produce net positive energy and going for full Living Building challenge certification
https://fisherpartners.net/projects/city-of-santa-monica-city-services-building/ https://inhabitat.com/new-santa-monica-city-services-building-will-produce-more-energy-than-it-uses/
An affordable Passive House development that’s “aggressively green" https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/15/999376/the-passive-house-thats-aggressively-green/
A ski chalet in Utah which will be a net-positive energy building, generating 364% more power than it needs https://tomwiscombe.com/THE-DARK-CHALET https://archpaper.com/2020/04/tom-wiscombe-architecture-dark-chalet-utah/#gallery-0-slide-0 https://inhabitat.com/dark-chalet-in-utah-will-generate-over-350-more-energy-than-it-needs/
Link City - proposed self-sustainable city-forest, using an urban operating system with an AI (Artificial Intelligence) https://www.lucacurci.com/portfolio/the-link-city.html https://inhabitat.com/luca-curci-architects-designs-a-zero-energy-smart-city-of-the-future/
Park Avenue Green - affordable passive house apartment building in the South Bronx, the largest passive house development in North America http://www.cplusga.com/works/park-avenue-green-2/ https://inhabitat.com/passive-house-certified-development-offers-affordable-housing-in-south-bronx/
Wellesley College Global Flora greenhouse "exceeds the Net Zero Water & Energy requirements of the Living Building Challenge, the world’s most rigorous certification of sustainable construction." http://www.kvarch.net/projects/133 https://inhabitat.com/wellesleys-global-flora-greenhouse-can-generate-all-of-its-own-energy/
Energy neutral school in Utrecht https://inhabitat.com/energy-neutral-school-in-utrecht-enhances-biodiversity/ http://e-v-a.net/?fluxus_portfolio=so-fier
AI to identify energy wasting homes https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/07/wattscale-is-an-open-source-ai-tool-that-identifies-energy-wasting-homes/ WattScale https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.01382.pdf Watthome, an earlier version: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/~irwin/watthome.pdf
Arctic Nordic Alpine - Exhibation on Snøhetta’s work including Hotel Svart in Svartisen, the Arctic World Archive Visitor Center in Svalbard Island, and the Museum Quarter in Bolzano https://www.aedes-arc.de/cms/aedes/de/programm?id=19520291 https://www.fastcompany.com/90524716/how-the-worlds-most-remote-buildings-can-help-us-adapt-to-climate-change hat tip to Heath Row’s Media Diet: http://tinyurl.com/joinmediadiet
Orford Mews - energy-positive, carbon positive, zero construction waste nine-unit development planned for London https://studioanyo.com/work/orford-mews/ https://inhabitat.com/zero-waste-orford-mews-to-bring-energy-positive-homes-to-east-london/
Moonstone House - test bed for energy efficiency started in 2002 is still evolving https://themoonstoneproject.co.uk https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/30/fully-charged-tours-the-net-zero-energy-moonstone-house/
Self-sufficient skyscraper proposed for NYC https://www.lissoniandpartners.com/en/architecture/competitions/americas/completed/skylines-new-york/1289 https://inhabitat.com/self-sufficient-garden-city-skyscraper-proposed-for-nyc/