As far as the energy modeling goes, compact designs are the most efficient configurations with less than 40% glazing. However, this would be bad for daylight and harvesting energy during the heating season by accepting sun. Keep in mind that many cases the envelope does not drive the load. Usually, it is internal loads that drive the energy use. In some cases in cold climates you may pay a penalty for not having lots of windows facing the south (northern hemisphere) or north (southern hemisphere). Generally, it is best to choose the massing based on architecture and urban design concerns. Then adapt that massing based on analysis to make it high performance. In hot climates east and west sun is not good and shading strategies will be needed. Pay attention to whether the building is heating or cooling dominated. This will help with picking your correct strategy for the envelope.

Having efficient Roofs, Wall, and Glazing insulation when your climate has seasonal temperature peaks can significantly help lower a projects EUI. Also check your Envelope Heat Capacity input as this property is related to thermal mass, and depending on your climate can be an effective passive strategy to reduce Energy use.

Daylight and occupancy sensors are a must for net zero designs. If you are unsure whether they will be in the final design, it might be worth running an optimization to illustrate the energy savings and payback period associated with partial/full sensors in your project. Based upon efficient design, lower the lighting power density and appliance power density accordingly.

35% of your energy could be going into schedules, set-points, and lighting/equipment loads.

Increase Heating COP to 0.95, for an efficient building

Switch Fan Flow Control Factor to the Variable Speed option

Make the building nearly airtight by lowering Infiltration to 0.1 ac/h

Include an Advanced BEM System (Building Energy Management System) to operate all these measures in sync. This is one of the easiest changes and most modern systems have this by default so it should not cost more.

Photovoltaic Panels (PV) and Solar Hot Water (SHW) proportionally reduces your EUI, the more you have the less energy you need to purchase. It is always better to reduce the load first before adding this strategy. However this is can be one of the mostly costly strategies to implement, so make sure to calculate the cost of your PV and optimize for a target array size.

Additionally, take into account day as sometimes free heating from the sun can make up for the heating mid and thus a less compact design can be more energy efficient with free heating and daylight sensors. Works for heating dominated climates. Adjusting the SHGC to allow more sun in can also work.