Engineering resilience is a part of adaptive governance. Adaptive governance is the idea that sustainability can be achieved by adapting to changes instead of changing something completely. Zero Carbon homes allow humans to adapt to the increasing global temperature. These types of homes make it possible for people to survive without the use of declining levels of fossil fuels, protects the inhabitants from food shortages, and water contamination. Zero carbon homes can provide resilience to the changes from the upset of a tipping point in dynamic stability. In this case "tipping point" represents the dangerous aspects of climate change. When a tipping point occurs the system would be subjected to a new domain of stability and the characteristics of stability will have changed. The system will have entered into a new "domain of attraction" and the system will be attracted to a new resting place. In the idea of this, the height of the valley that the "domain of attraction" is in determines the amount of stress or disturbances needed to force the system into another valley or "domain of attraction". Zero carbon homes provide engineering resilience to this event because they will be able to cope with the disturbances that occur. Exactly when these "tipping points" are going to occur is almost impossible to know and difficult to predict. They represent non-linear change, making it difficult to predict or prepare for. ·Affordability: The Net Zero home, though affordable in the long run, may be quite an investment in the beginning. Much of the equipment used in the production of Net Zero housing is expensive. Aside from the solar panels which are an investment of their own, consumers have often settled for less square footage in an attempt to balance out the overall expenses.