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September 11, 2014
How to go net-zero without blowing your budget
By SAM BENNETT
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Photos courtesy of TC Legend Homes
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Solar panels atop the net-zero Ballard house built by TC Legend Homes provide all the power it needs.
Like many homebuilders, Ted Clifton Jr. had a bias about net-zero homes. That was before he built one.
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