Energy-plus-house

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An energy-plus-house produces its own energy, sometimes even more than is being used within its own walls. This is generally achieved using some combination of solar panels, solar heating and cooling, excellent insulation and careful site selection and placement. It often, but not always, involves a sort of post-modern minimalism that uses a minimum of modern conveniences, all of which "sip" power instead of gulping it. Others are near indistinguishable from a "normal" home, since they simply use the most efficient of everything (i.e. appliances, fixtures, etc) throughout the house.

The author William McDonough describes a type of architecture that is designed after the natural image of a tree which produces clean air for its environment, filters the ground, and provides many different organisms with the livelihood that they need. The tree's engine that makes this incredible performance work is photosynthesis which surpasses all of our current decentral power-units by far.