ZeroEnergy Design (ZED) is an architecture and mechanical design firm specializing in high performance homes and buildings. Our commitment to innovative and ecologically sensible design is reflected in our multidisciplinary knowledge base, which spans architecture, mechanical design and financial analysis. With this shared expertise, ZED originates designs that are tailored to a client’s way of life, environmental values, and unique sense of style.
We believe that great design should enhance the value of each place, make optimal utility of space, elicit an emotional response, and use less energy. Our designs are inspired by clients and the surrounding landscape, resulting in an architecture that is uniquely informed by both subject and place. We are also committed to designing homes and buildings that use 50% less energy than building code requires, in pursuit of energy independence.
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts
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A Hingham-based couple who commuted to Boston for work commissioned ZeroEnergy Design to create a modern home on their private marshfront property that fit with their green lifestyle. They had already decided that their existing 80s-era home wasn’t sited optimally, didn’t take advantage of the outdoors, and couldn’t accommodate their combined family.
Located in the coastal neighborhood of Bristol Ferry/Common Fence Point, Rhode Island with a commanding ocean view, this seaside modern home welcomes you to its warm stylish interiors, while just as quickly shifting your gaze towards the sea. The fenestration creates a variety of views and experiences, all intended to capture natural light and ocean vistas.
Wellfleet House is a vacation home designed by Boston-based ZeroEnergy Design for a family who lives in San Francisco. With a ultra low energy consumption this modern green home offers both a vacation destination on Cape Cod near local family members and an opportunity for rental income.
A blend of features were carefully balanced to develop a final design that has an efficient footprint, meets the Passive House Standard (PHIUS+ Certified), and takes the form of a traditional farmhouse with some modern twists both inside and out.
A young couple starting a family in the city purchased this two story loft in Boston’s South End. Built in the 1990’s, the loft was ready for updates. ZED transformed the space, creating a fresh new look and greatly increasing its functionality to accommodate an expanding family within an urban setting.
