Our intentions for undertaking this project included several major goals. These included creating a home where: all space was of use, it would be easy to maintain, the layout would allow us to age in place, and energy efficiency was a focus. Energy efficiency was important both to make the home comfortable and energy costs predictable when living in retirement. Although the original intention was not necessarily to build a net zero home, information sources like the Green Building Advisor and the CT Zero Energy Challenge led us to Jamie Wolf, who showed us what was possible within our budget. Jamie’s design allowed us to accomplish all of our goals without compromise. Not only did we achieve net zero, but the inherent low load home design allowed us to build excess PV capacity with future plans to buy an Electric Vehicle.