0 (of a country, city, etc.) removing as many emissions (= gases that cause the earth to warm up) as it produces:
The main goal was to be a carbon-neutral or net-zero city.
The net zero house has panels on the roof to convert sunlight to electricity.
Even with net zero immigration and the current birthrate, our population would continue to grow for many years.
1 the point at which a country, industry, company, etc. removes as many emissions (= gases that cause the earth to warm up) as it produces:
The last portion of the net zero plant would be a biomass generator that provides additional fuel to run the plant's boiler.
The college pledged to become the nation's first net zero campus for greenhouse gas emissions.
Australia is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as is feasible.
The company's projections show that installing the net zero technology will cost slightly more over the next 25 years than if they continued with the current programs.
Should we have a balanced migration policy with a net zero increase?
A reduction in income taxes that matches the value of the MID would mean a net zero change in the tax paid by the homeowner.
It seems we need some broad scenario planning on getting to net-zero.
Net zero is the company's most ambitious environmental venture to date.
