Wort des Tages
1 July 2026
net-zero
adjectiveEnergie und Versorgung
Of a building or system, generating as much energy through solar, wind, and other renewable resources as it uses from the electricity network.
Warum dieses Wort
The word doing the work is net: the balance is struck over a year, not minute by minute, so a net-zero building still pulls from the grid on a still January night and pays it back in July.
In use
They want net-zero on the new depot, so the roof array has to cover the whole year's draw, chargers included.
Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.