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Weatherization’s Home-Stretch Recovery
Even though the expanded Weatherization Assistance Program struggled out of the gate – and can always be improved – it has produced encouraging, credible results
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Affordable-Home Development Uses Net-Zero Prefabs
In California, a community developed by ZETA combines energy efficiency and renewable-energy systems to shrink energy use in 22 modular homes
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Uptick Expected in Lead-Paint Rule Enforcement
The EPA is increasing inspections of RRP job sites and stepping up enforcement efforts
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Cornell-Technion Green Campus Gets NYC Nod
A planned applied-sciences complex on Roosevelt Island is expected to include one of the largest net-zero-energy buildings in the eastern U.S.
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Striving for Passivhaus Affordability
Focusing on high performance and cost control, EcoCor Design/Build is completing a Passivhaus project in Maine
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Japan’s Emerging Smart-Town Boom
Building component manufacturers are developing large residential communities incorporating energy efficiency, renewables, and energy storage
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Tackling PV’s Red-Tape Roadblocks
The DOE names the winners of a competition to make permitting and financing for photovoltaic systems quicker and cheaper
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A ‘Kit-Home’ Approach to Passivhaus
A Wisconsin entrepreneur is offering packages of plans and materials for small homes that will meet the Passivhaus standard
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Buildings Will Play a Big Role in the EU’s Carbon-Reduction Plan
By 2050, greenhouse gas emissions of ‘nearly zero-energy buildings’ will need to show a 88% to 91% drop from 1990 levels
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PHIUS Says No to Some Types of Spray Foam
Concerns about the global-warming potential of spray polyurethane foam prompt the institute to remove some spray foams from its list of allowed insulation materials