{"id":298,"date":"2018-05-01T21:40:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T21:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2018-05-02T03:29:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:29:04","slug":"retro-fitting-home-to-net-zero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/sustainable-solutions\/retro-fitting-home-to-net-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro-fitting a House to Net Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-298\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-298-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-298-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\">\n<div id=\"panel-298-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<h1><strong>How to Retrofit a House to Net Zero<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>by Emily Gaub<\/p>\n<p>Peter Wirth is a local Syracuse resident who is retrofitting his house to reduce save energy and lower his family\u2019s carbon footprint. He is trying to achieve net zero, the point at which the energy consumed equals the renewable energy created. By retrofitting his house, Peter has lowered his consumption of electricity, natural gas, and water. He said he took on the project because he felt as if he should \u201cwalk the talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m going to talk about climate change,\u201d Wirth said, \u201cI should try and do with my own house, which is under my control, as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zkuTwEaTeLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Retrofit a House to Net Zero by Emily Gaub Peter Wirth is a local Syracuse resident who is retrofitting his house to reduce save energy and lower his family\u2019s carbon footprint. He is trying to achieve net zero, the point at which the energy consumed equals the renewable energy created. By retrofitting his &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/sustainable-solutions\/retro-fitting-home-to-net-zero\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Retro-fitting a House to Net Zero&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/461"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eegoode.expressions.syr.edu\/sp18\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}