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Unity Homes: Pushing the Boundaries of Home Building
Tedd Benson's latest initiative tries to reinvent home building with lower-cost panelized construction
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EcoSeal: A New System for Air Sealing Homes
Knauf EcoSeal, a sprayable caulk installed prior to cavity-fill insulation, can provide a significant reduction in air leakage
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Växjö, Sweden, is a Model of Sustainability
Having embraced the U.N’s Agenda 21, this energy-efficient city generates electricity with wind turbines and generators fired by wood chips
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Gunning for Sustainability in Kansas
Fear of Agenda 21, a United Nations environmental declaration, fuels a bill to ban sustainability planning in the state of Kansas
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Installing Cork Insulation
Climbing the learning curve in working with a new insulation material
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Cork Insulation on Our Farmhouse
Why we chose cork exterior insulation for our net-zero-energy house
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Extending Window Openings for a Deep Energy Retrofit
For weather-tight window installations, we prefabricated the window surrounds and used advanced European tapes
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A Pioneer of Low-Energy Homes Since 1973
Bruce Brownell has been building foam-insulated homes in the Adirondacks for decades
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Will Natural Gas Be Our Domestic Energy Savior?
Why we should think twice before putting all our eggs in the natural gas basket
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FTC Cracking Down on False R-Value Claims
The federal government has fined a company selling ‘R-100 paint’