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Sustainable Industries Economic Forum

Donna Shirey will be appearing at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum 2008 in Seattle on Wednesday, Nov. 5, as part of a panel of business thought leaders who have long understood the economic potential of sustainability.
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Zero energy “Idea House” being built in Bellevue

(September 24, 2008)
With dual goals of arriving at net zero energy usage and showing homeowners how they can become more energy independent, Shirey Contracting is building a Zero Energy Idea House.
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425 Magazine
Minimizing Energy Maximizing Style: The Making of a Zero Energy Idea Home

(September/October 2008)
Construction of a striking, state-of-the-art home is nothing new in Bellevue. But the one going up at 840 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway is far from ordinary. If all goes according to plan, that home will use a tiny fraction of the energy used by the typical residence, bringing total utility bills down to less than the cost of cable TV.
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Eastside Life (Eastside Business Journal)
Ground Breaks on Cutting-Edge Demonstration Home

(September 2008)
An innovative green technology demonstration project broke ground today at Bass Cove, just off of West Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue, Washington. Shirey Contracting of Issaquah is building the Zero Energy Idea House to increase awareness of products and systems that can help inspire homeowners to move toward energy independence.
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Ground Breaks on Cutting-Edge Demonstration Home to Showcase Energy Saving Technologies

BELLEVUE, Wash. – July 24, 2008
An innovative green technology demonstration project broke ground today at Bass Cove, just off of West Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue, Washington. Shirey Contracting of Issaquah is building the Zero Energy Idea House to increase awareness of products and systems that can help inspire homeowners to move toward energy independence.
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Jetson Green
Zero Energy Idea House Breaks Ground

(July 29, 2008)
At the tail end of last week, Shirey Contracting broke ground on the Zero Energy Idea House located at Bass Cover near Bellevue, Washington. The house is intended to be kind of an inspirational structure that can help homeowners move toward energy independence. As a zero energy house, the goal is to generate all the necessary energy from on-site power and efficiency measures.
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The Journal newspapers
Zero Energy Idea House aims to leave no footprint on the planet

(June 2008)
A Bellevue couple plans to build a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient home called the Zero Energy Idea House on a windy bluff overlooking Lake Sammamish.
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Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Contractor builds zero-energy house

(February 28, 2008)
Shirey Contracting has used energy-efficient systems for 20 years. So when it came time for the company's owners, Donna and Riley Shirey, to build their own house, they decided to make it a paradigm of energy efficiency.
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